Saturday, March 8, 2014

Completely Uninstall/Remove Windows Protection Tool Rogue Program (Manual Removal Guide)



Windows Protection Tool reports a bunch of viruses in your system? Is it trustworthy? Absolutely not! This is scam. You should know that Windows Protection Tool is a rogue program created by hackers. This post will provide you with more information about Windows Protection Tool.

Windows Protection Tool Detailed Description 

Windows Protection Tool is a rogue antivirus application that is usually installed onto random computers by Trojan horses. The interface of this rogue program looks like a legit antivirus program, but it has no a virus database indeed. For running with every Windows boot-up, this rogue program constantly alters the settings of target computers. In order to protect itself from being detected, Windows Protection Tool disables your firewall and security protection tool.

As a rogue antivirus program, Windows Protection Tool runs a scan automatically each time you log in the contaminated Windows system. A few minutes later, it shows many false security warnings to scare you. You are informed that your computer has been infected with lots of viruses like worms and Trojan horses. If you want to remove these threats from your desktop, you need to purchase its full version. This is scam! The purpose of Windows Protection Tool is to swindle money out of you.
 
In short, Windows Protection Tool is a computer pest. In addition to disabling you antivirus program, it also embeds loads of viruses into your computer. For further damage, it opens a backdoor to hackers. As a result, your PC will suffer serious attacks. Then the infected PC starts to run weirdly. A variety of computer problems annoy you endlessly. To protect your PC, we recommend that you remove Windows Protection Tool at once.


Windows Protection Tool Rogue Program Manual Removal Guide


Step 1: Restart the computer, keep pressing F8 till the option appears, and then use arrow keys to select Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2: End related processes of Windows Protection Tool. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete together to run Task Manager.

Step 3: Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.

Step 4: Delete all files related to Windows Protection Tool as below:

%AllUsersProfile%\{random}
C:\WINDOWS\System64/32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system64/32\spoolsv.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe

Step 5: Click Start button and search for “regedit” to open Registry Editor. Then remove registries of Windows Protection Tool as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpUXSrv.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MSASCui.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe

Step 6: Restart your computer