Your PC Protector
New rogue application “Your PC Protector” promises to be another virus with devastating impact on infected computers. “Your PC Protector” virus will initiate itself by a simple visit to a malicious website that employs a drive-by-download. This techniques will contaminate visitors computer without any execution. It downloads “Your PC Protector” virus on visitors computer without their knowledge. If installed completely, Your PC Protector will attempt to mislead users by displaying excessive pop-up alerts and messages. From time to time, it performs virus scan to inspect a computer and produces extreme fake results regarding computers security risks. Your PC Protector will asked to remove these infections by purchasing the licensed version first. Internet browser is set to redirect to a payment processing website where visitors are obligated to pay for the licensed version via credit card transaction.
These common ways and means of rogue developer to deceive users should be familiar to computer users at this point in time. For several years now, this a repeat process. To some who always find themselves in this situation, it is avertable. Getting infect with “Your PC Protector” should have been avoided if Internet users only keeps their distance from viewing non-trusted or unknown web sites. If in case you are unlucky to have this pest, we have provided a Your PC Protector removal tool to help you get rid of this malicious software.
Damage Level: Low
Systems Affected: Windows
Symptoms:
It will pop-up the following messages and encourage users to obtain the Your PC Protector registered version:
Warning!
Running of application is impossible.
The file [FILE PATH AND NAME] is infected.
Please activate your antivirus program.
Warning infection is detected
Windows has found spyware infection on your computer!
Click here to update your Windows antivirus software…
Security Warning
Your computer continues to be infected with harmful viruses.
In order to prevent permanent loss of your information and
credit card data theft please activate your antivirus software.
Click here to enable protection.
Screenshot Image:
Latest variant will display that computer is clean and shows that “Windows is secure.”
Older versions always shows that “Windows is in danger.”
Additional Information:
Characteristic
- Your PC Protector will install a browser hijacker object using this file: C:Program Filesadc32.dll
- It will modify system registry and placed its own value.
- The malware will block execution of any installed programs on the computer.
Roshan
Feb 09, 2010 @ 09:24:34
Delete the folder “Your Pc Protector” in C:\Program Files.
Then Goto Start -> Run -> Type Regedit. Search the registry for “Your Pc Protector”. Delete the entry if exists.
Later install and update “MalwareBytes”. Scan full system.
Remove the infected items
Carrie A
Feb 09, 2010 @ 22:59:43
Thank you sooo much Roshan! After searching all over the internet and do too many scans to count – you made it very easy to remove Your PC Protector from my system ty ty ty!
Mel
Feb 10, 2010 @ 03:48:41
I’ve tried everything – I tried deleting the file but then i get an error that says: “Cannot delete Your PC Protector.exe: Access Denied. Make sure disc is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.”
Any ideas?
whirlwind
Feb 10, 2010 @ 23:24:00
Hi, I got the PC Protector virus today also. Can’t run any exe files on my computer , so can’t run regedit. Suggestions?
Thomas Johnston
Sep 05, 2010 @ 22:05:46
I guess it may be foolish to ask but why are these folks not being charged with fraud? I once actually paid the registration fee then one year later when it was time to pay the fee again it killed my antiviral software (stopped it) blocked cnt alt del – could not run task manager and blocked all on line scans I tried. I also could not install microsoft security software – nothing seemed to work. Thank you for the infomation on how to remove this nasty and seemingly criminal software.