Win 7 Antispyware 2012, Vista Antivirus 2012, and XP Security 2012 are all names for the same rogue anti-spyware program. This family of rogues is promoted in two ways. The first is through the use of fake online antivirus scanners that state that your computer is infected and then prompt you to download a file that will install the infection. The other method are hacked web sites that attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in programs that you are running on your computer to install the infection without your knowledge or permission. Regardless of how it is installed, once it is running on your computer it will install itself as a variety of different program names and graphical user interfaces depending on the version of Windows that is running. Regardless of the name, though, they are all ultimately the same program with just a different skin on it. This rogue goes by different program names, which I have listed below based upon the version of Windows that it is installed on:
Windows XP Rogue Name Windows Vista Rogue Name Windows 7 Rogue Name
XP Antispyware 2012 Vista Antispyware 2012 Win 7 Antispyware 2012
XP Antivirus 2012 Vista Antivirus 2012 Win 7 Antivirus 2012
XP Security 2012 Vista Security 2012 Win 7 Security 2012
XP Home Security 2012 Vista Home Security 2012 Win 7 Home Security 2012
XP Internet Security 2012 Vista Internet Security 2012 Win 7 Internet Security 2012
Process Explorer v15.05
https://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip
UVK – Ultra Virus Killer Portable
https://www.carifred.com/uvk/UVKPortable.exe
Malwarebytes
https://www.malwarebytes.org/
Emsisoft Anti-Malware
https://www.emsisoft.com
System Repair Engineer
https://briteccomputers.co.uk/tools/FixEXE.reg
https://www.kztechs.com/eng/download.html
Rkill
https://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/rkill.com
Full Guide
by Lawrence Abrams
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-win-7-antispyware-2012
