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How do I remove Vista Home Security?

I got this thing popping up called "Vista Home Security" and a search on bing confirmed my suspicions that it is indeed a scam virus. I exited out of it without confirming anything, but notices still pop up. I looked on bing for how to remove it, and a couple of websites recommend that I download a program to do it for me. I'm worried that these programs might also be malicious. Please help me find a program that you know is safe! Thank you so much!

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1. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-win-7-internet-security-2011 this is a free site, all the help and tools are free follow the automated removal instructions and you will be clean hope this helps
2. You can trust this guide below, your only required to download rkill and malwarebyte anti-malware everything else is offline http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-win-7-antispyware-2011
3. Dang, everyone is posting the guides, there's no real reason to actually give my method of removing it.
4. it is possible to manually remove Vista Home Security 2011, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators..
5. XP Anti-Spyware 2011, Vista Security 2011, Win 7 Internet Security 2011 Removal Guide Option 1. You can register by entering the following serial code 1147-175591-6550 (manual registration) You enter no personal info, only the Reg Key, Fools the Rogue into thinking you paid for it. Some top notch Malware Researchers have found these keys in the files of the Rogue Antivirus and have kindly provided them for all to use Then download and run Malwarebytes' Antimalware(See below for Link) Option 2. When this particular rogue is installed, it will install itself as a variety of different program names, with each having their own graphical user interface depending on the version of Windows that the computer is running. When installed, this rogue pretends to be a security update for Windows installed via Automatic Updates. It is possible that the infection you are trying to remove will not allow you to download files on the infected computer. If this is the case, then you will need to download the files on another computer and then transfer them to the infected computer. You can transfer the files via a CD/DVD, external drive, or USB flash drive. This infection changes settings on your computer so that when you launch an executable, a file ending with .exe, it will instead launch the infection rather than the desired program. To fix this you must first download a Registry file that will fix these changes. From a clean computer, please download the following file and save it to a removable media such as a CD/DVD, external Drive, or USB flash drive FixNCR.reg-http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/reg/FixNCR.reg Now you must first end the processes that belong to XP Anti-Virus 2011, Vista Total Security 2011, and Win 7 Home Security and clean up some Registry settings so they do not interfere with the cleaning procedure. To do this, please download RKill to your desktop from the following link. Rkill – What it does and What it Doesn’t – A brief introduction to the program http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic308364.html #1. do not turn off computer until after running Malwarebytes’ when using rkill or the process will have started again and you will have to start over. #2.Vista and Windows 7 users, right click and click run as administrator. #3. Keep running Rkill until no malicious processes are detected Download ATF For cleaning of Temp Files & the Java cache http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=25 Download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/malwarebytes-anti-malware # Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program. # At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to the following: * Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware * Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware # Then click Finish. # If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. # Once the program has loaded, select Perform FULL scan, then click Scan. # When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results. # Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. # If it asks for a Restart DO SO, Very Important Malwarebytes’ Tutorial http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/how-to-use-malwarebytes-anti-malware-tutorial Malwarebytes’ Video Tutorials http://www.youtube.com/user/Malwarebytes?feature=mhum#p/u/1/xSHw-LItYmE =====For those having trouble running Malwarebytes Anti-Malware===== http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic267354.html Now please download SUPERAntiSpyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ SUPERAntiSpyware Tutorial http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/how-to-use-superantispyware-tutorial Now run ESET Online Scanner as a clean-up scan to remove any leftover's http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner