What is Personal Protector?
Personal Protector
is a
rogue anti-spyware software application from the same family of
misleading tools such as Personal Guard 2009. Due to the fact that
this application is not really a malware application, its spreading
capabilities are limited and dependant on the infection methods
deployed by other Trojans, worms and exploits. For this reason, once
Personal Protector has been identified on a computer system the
chances are that there are also other adjacent infections.
What Does Personal Protector do?
When installed,
Personal
Protector will display false security alerts, exaggerated infection
reports and various notices that the licensed version of the
application is required to be purchased in order to offer complete
protection of the system. However, it is not recommended to purchase
the application for the reason that it is scam and the only result
would be the loss of money and privacy. Instead, when this misleading
application has been detected, the necessary steps to delete Personal
Protector should be considered in order to avoid any further loss of
privacy and data.
How did I get infected with Personal Protector ?
Infection normally occurs in one of two ways. The first is
from the
user downloading a fake video codec. This is a very common way of
tricking users into installing the fake security client. Another way if
for the hackers to build or hack into a website. Once there they setup
what is known as a drive by download. When a user visits the site it
will then attempt to push software onto the visitors computer. If
proper security is not in place or a new exploit just came out then the
users computer can become infected. If you find yourself infected with
this then you will need to run a full and in-depth scan to ensure you
have no other viruses installed on your computer. This will help to
ensure you do not get infected again with Personal Protector. We do
recommend Spyware
doctor with Antivirus. You can »
download the free trial here.
How to Remove Personal Protector ?
In order to delete
Personal Protector, it is required to use a combination of manual
procedures in order to obtain the best results. Regardless of the
numerous different variants that Personal Protector has in the wild,
certain standard procedures can cover most cases. When deciding to
delete Personal Protector, the first thing that it required is to
close all other non-essential applications, in order to protect their
processes and any further loss of data. After this is done, the main
executable Personal Protector process should be eliminated.
Here are the steps we used to remove Personal Protector
from a test
computer. Please note that traces will change and mutate. Most of the
time it will be similar in nature so the average computer user should
be able to figure out what changed. If you are in doubt then just run a
full scan with Spyware
Doctor with Antivirus to see the latest traces of this.
Kill Personal Protector processes
- personalprotector.exe
- un.exe
We do recommend you run a full scan using Spyware Doctor with Antivirus » download. Even if you do not
intend on purchasing the product it will help to stop the virus from
re-installing and re-activating while you manually remove the rest of
the traces. Also it will inform you of any new changes to the file
names. You may need this if it mutates. Not all the above process may
be running.
Delete Personal Protector registry values:
- HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Printers\DevModePerUser
- HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Printers\DevModePerUser
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Personal
Protector
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Personal Protector
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
"personalprotector"
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
"suicide"
Delete Personal Protector files: ( Hint )
Most of
these files will be in the C:\Program Files\Personal Protector \
directory. Not all will be there
and some may not be present in your virus version
- base.wdb
- baseadd.wdb
- conf.wcf
- personalprotector.exe
- quarant.wdb
- queue.wdb
- un.exe
- tempfile2.bat
- inetprovider.dll
- Personal Protector.lnk
- Uninstall.lnk
Delete Personal Protector directories: (
Please
note that in most cases everything in this folder can be deleted. Just
be sure it’s the correct folder )
- C:\Program Files\Personal Protector
- C:\Program Files\Personal Protector\q
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Microsoft PData
- %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Protector
Due to the fact
that in
many cases Personal Protector is delivered on already infected PCs it
is
recommended to use either genuine antivirus software such as Spyware
Doctor with Antivirus or professional technical assistance by
submitting the form located on the homepage of the website www.onlinecomputerrepair.org.
Even if manual removal is possible, the chances that additional
malicious components may still resident on the computer are quite
high.
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