Personal Protector Removal Guide
Do you know what Personal Protector is?
DESCRIPTION
Personal Protector is a rogue anti-spyware program that tends to make use of false spyware results to lure you, the unsuspecting system user, into purchasing its full version. Personal Protector is a replica of the Personal Guard 2009 applications. Personal Protector is usually promoted via a Trojans. Vundo has been the Trojan of choice used by many a hacker, to infect users with pop up messages, disguised as system notifications – all of which are tactics aimed at leading users to the websites affiliated with rogue anti-spyware programs. It is also possible to install Personal Protector manually, by visiting the rogues website.
In non-techie terms:
Personal Protector may use its system scanner to display false positives, which work as an incentive to coerce unsuspecting users into making a purchase of Personal Protector’s commercial version. Do not click on any link provided by Personal Protector. Once a user clicks on the link provided, they’ll be redirected to Personal Protector’s website, to download and purchase Personal Protector’s rogue anti-spyware program. Personal Protector has the ability to recreate itself after reboot and its “System scan” messages may continue to pop up on the task manager, therefore, it is advised to run a scan with a reliable anti-spyware program to check for the presence of Personal Protector on your computer.
Aliases: PersonalProtector, Personal.Protector
Personal Protector Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Personal Protector Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Personal Protector manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Personal Protector will be removed completely. So read the Personal Protector removal steps carefully and good luck.
Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.
- Uninstall Personal Protector Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Personal Protector if found. - To stop Personal Protector processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these Personal Protector processes:
Personal Protector.lnk
personalprotector.exe
setup[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Personal Protector DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Personal Protector DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Personal Protector DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Personal Protector and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Personal Protector DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister). - To unregister Personal Protector registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these Personal Protector registry keys: - If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
- Remove Personal Protector Directories.
To find Personal Protector directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Personal Protector directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Personal Protector folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Personal Protector and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Personal Protector could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Personal Protector icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Personal Protector manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Personal Protector problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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