If you have a PC infected with Security Tool, you’re probably reading this article so you can understand how to get rid of it. Thankfully we’ve got the instructions to help you get rid of this virus.

Security Tool is just one of many fake antivirus applications like Antivirus Live, Advanced Virus Remover, Internet Security 2010, and others that hold your computer hostage until you pay their ransom money. They tell you that your PC is infected with fake viruses, and prevent you from doing anything to remove them.

This particular virus blocks you from doing most things, like Task Manager…It also gives you loads of error messages that just seem to pop up constantly.

And worse, it blocks you from running malware removal tools:

First we’ll walk through the general steps that usually apply, but you can skip down to read the specific steps that we used to remove this virus.

Removing Rogue Fake Antivirus Infections (General Guide)

There’s a couple of steps that you can generally follow to get rid of the majority of rogue antivirus infections, and actually most malware or spyware infections of any type. Here’s the quick steps:

Try to use the free, portable version of SUPERAntiSpyware to remove the viruses.
If that doesn’t work, reboot your PC into safe mode with networking (use F8 right before Windows starts to load)
Try to use the free, portable version of SUPERAntiSpyware to remove the viruses.
Reboot your PC and go back into safe mode with networking.
If that doesn’t work, and safe mode is blocked, try