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PrivacyProtector Free (Red BioHazard Desktop Screen)

PrivacyProtector Free is a fake security software that comes bundled with other malware and programs that uses malicious scripts to install it on your computer without consent. It freezes up desktop with the message “Your Privacy Is In Danger!

Category: Adware

Risk Level: High

Related Files and Process:

  • PrivacyProtector Free
  • UPRP.exe
  • uprpcw
  • uprpcw.exe
  • installprivacyprotectorfree[1].exe

Symptoms: It will display a red biohazard desktop wallpaper (screen) with message “You Privacy Is In Danger! Download Privacy Protection Software Now.”

It will pop-up a warning about threat on your computer. Warning! Privacy Violations Found

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How to Remove PrivacyProtector Free (Red BioHazard Desktop Screen):

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23 comments for “PrivacyProtector Free (Red BioHazard Desktop Screen)”

  1. I have this red bioHazard thing on my desktop and where ever i click it brings me to this website for spyware crap. I can’t find it in my add / remove programs in the control panel. Plus every couple minutes there are pop ups trying to get me to download stuff. I don’t know how to get rid of it. Please help me??

    Posted by Joshua Chisholm | August 19, 2007, 6:28 pm
  2. Hi Joshua, you may proceed to SmitFraudFix tool to remove it. http://www.precisesecurity.com/tools-resources/adware-tools/smitfraudfix/

    Posted by webmaster | August 20, 2007, 8:46 am
  3. Hi

    My next door neighbour had this red wallpaper on his pc today. I went to help him with it and found this site and managed to remove the threat. Thanks

    Lucy

    Posted by Lucy | September 18, 2007, 8:30 pm
  4. I used the instructions, but after rebooting, the computer, it reinstalled after itself 3 min

    I found a trojan on the infected comper, after removing that trojan, and following the instaructions again, I got it fixed, but now I can not go to secure websites was it the smithfraudfix or something els?
    Did a whole lot of fixes but nothing works
    any ideas?

    Posted by Hendrik | September 19, 2007, 5:32 pm
  5. I used to work for a computer place and I ran into many different things on biohazard…. what I used to do which cleaned it right up was download two programs. One was the smitfraudfix.exe and a super anti spyware which can be found on the internet at superantispyware.com. i first went into safe mode (not safe mode with networking) and ran the smitfraudfix.exe after that also in the safe mode I ran the super anti spyware and it cleaned it up there…. I then rebooted into normal mode and ran again the super anti spyware along with a few other fixes i had on the computer and it cleaned it right out.

    Posted by Cody | October 1, 2007, 6:49 pm
  6. “but now I can not go to secure websites was it the smithfraudfix or something els?”

    Your hosts file was modified by a malware. See how to clean your hosts file here:
    http://www.precisesecurity.com/tools-resources/threat-removal-procedure/clean-windows-hosts-file/

    Posted by webmaster | October 2, 2007, 1:22 am
  7. Hi, i had the same desktop, popups, etc, and tried the SmitFraudfix tool. it worked. But then it all started again when i next went on the computer!

    What’s to be done?

    Posted by Rubella | October 20, 2007, 10:39 am
  8. Rubella,
    Did you follow the SmitFraudFix instructions carefully. It is important that you have temporarily disable system restore if using WindowsXP. Also scanning in SafeMode is a must.

    Do it again and after SmitFraudFix follow it with a SuperAntiSpyware.
    http://www.precisesecurity.com/threats/worm_nuwararc/

    Posted by webmaster | October 21, 2007, 9:55 am
  9. I had this a few weeks ago. My anti-virus didn’t pick it up, and my anti-spyware couldn’t eliminate it. If you ove the mouse up to the top right corner, you can close out of the biohazard background, which is nice. I just did a system restore, and that got it. Also, I got to keep the biohazard image written in blood, which is kind of cool.

    Thanks!

    Posted by Max | October 26, 2007, 1:25 am
  10. My sister has gotten this malware. I tried to remove it, but couldn’t access the internet on her machine while the malware was running. One thing I noticed, it seems to max your cpu usage for about 10 minute intervals with about 20 second pauses in between, thus making any attempts at scans excruciatingly slow. Finally figured out to boot into safe mode, eliminating the processor tie up. Anyway, I will try the solutions seen here. Thanks for the help.

    Posted by Stephen | October 28, 2007, 7:09 pm
  11. The Smitfraudfix remedy will only work for the following startup. Everything comes back on subsequent startups.

    Everyone’s situation and results are different, of course, but Smitfraudfix simply does not work for me.

    Posted by pete592 | November 2, 2007, 2:25 pm
  12. i dont have a problem with it. i cought it a few weeks ago. i do like the background though anyone still have it?

    Posted by gavin | November 28, 2007, 7:35 pm
  13. I have the background. It is a web page where the images are hyperlinked. I nulled out the link, so it is just a normal back ground. You have to add it as a web object though.

    Let me know if you want it.

    dellguru@gmail.com

    Posted by mike | December 21, 2007, 2:36 pm
  14. BTW.. a little advice on using spyware programs like Spybot.. It works much better if you crash explorer first.

    Get farmiliar with the task manager and end Explorer, this will make the taskbar along with all of your desktop icons vanish, this is normal. Then run spybot to clean everything. Then restart Explorer by holding in the windows key (between Ctrl and Alt on the left side of your KB) and Press the R key, then type Explorer then hit OK.

    This does a much better cleanup because when you close windows explorer, many malware items crash aswell, and can be detected and cleaned by SB.

    Happy Hunting!

    - Dellguru

    Posted by Mike (again) | December 21, 2007, 2:44 pm
  15. Hi everyone,
    I got rid of the red biohazard screen with this fix, but now the computer keeps rebooting itself every five minutes!
    What do you think causes this and how can I fix it?

    Posted by Emma | December 23, 2007, 11:49 pm
  16. haha this faggot ate its way into my computer one day, it did all the expected stuff, i just defragmented and did a system restore and it just corrruptified and i got all the extra files XD

    Posted by anonymus | February 8, 2008, 3:05 am
  17. I’m having the same problems. My wallpaper change to the red biohazard screen. Very creepy. Does any body know how any one could get this and how to remove this from my computer. Any help?

    Posted by Antonio Cuello | March 26, 2008, 5:23 pm
  18. try combofix they will delete privacy danger

    Posted by john | April 5, 2008, 7:59 pm
  19. I took an alternate method to rid the virus/malware. I booted in safemode created another admin and deleted th accounts that were corrupted. lost some files and websites but much better to have my laptop back. Darn thing was irritating to be told your not an admin when your the owner of the system. Several methods work well. If all else fails you can do a severe method and reinstall windows.

    Posted by Rob S | April 11, 2008, 11:40 pm
  20. I got rid of the virus, but the desktop still changes back to the red background every now and then… any way to get rid of this? Thanks.

    Posted by Nate | May 11, 2008, 12:32 am
  21. Hi, just wanted to drop by and thank to all who posted help on this page! Thanks to the advice you guys gave me I wasn’t bother by the fake malware stuff for more than 24 hours. :) Thanks~

    Posted by Yue | May 16, 2008, 2:58 am
  22. parece ser que el virus nopuedes ser elimnado por completo por que que dan razgos del el ala hora de hacer esto procedimientos lo mejor es formater el sistema

    Posted by antua | June 13, 2008, 3:16 pm
  23. hi i am jessica and i got this virus and i tried to go to my task manager but it sayed disabled by administrator but niow i dont know what to do

    please help

    -jessica

    Posted by jessica | June 30, 2008, 10:42 pm

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