Privacy Protection Suite Removal Guide
Do you know what Privacy Protection Suite is?
DESCRIPTION
Privacy Protection Suite (PPSuite) is a program that tries to trick computer users through popups or alerts that display imaginary viruses. These tactics are used to ultimately get a computer user to purchase a full version of Privacy Protection Suite.
Privacy Protection Suite is basically a rogue anti-spyware program. Like other rogue anti-spyware programs, Privacy Protection Suite will not remove or even detect legitimate viruses, spyware or any other type of malware. Everything about Privacy Protection Suite is fake including the system scan that it performs. Privacy Protection suite may come from Trojans or malicious sources online such as ppsuite.com.
In non-techie terms:
Even though Privacy Protection Suite returns many parasites on the system scan that it performs it does not mean that you actually have those viruses on your computer. Privacy Protection Suite should be removed and never purchased under any circumstances.
PPSuite.com website image:
Aliases: Privacy Protection Suite, PrivacyProtection Suite, PrivacyProtectionSuite, Privacy ProtectionSuite, PPSuite, PPSuite.com.
Privacy Protection Suite Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Privacy Protection Suite Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Privacy Protection Suite manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Privacy Protection Suite will be removed completely. So read the Privacy Protection Suite 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 Privacy Protection Suite Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Privacy Protection Suite if found. - To stop Privacy Protection Suite 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 Privacy Protection Suite processes:
PPSuiteSetup[1].exe
PPSuiteSetup.exe
Uninstall Privacy Protection Suite.lnk
Privacy Protection Suite.lnk
PrivacyGuard.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Privacy Protection Suite DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Privacy Protection Suite DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Privacy Protection Suite DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Privacy Protection Suite and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Privacy Protection Suite 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 Privacy Protection Suite 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 Privacy Protection Suite 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 Privacy Protection Suite Directories.
To find Privacy Protection Suite directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Privacy Protection Suite directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Privacy Protection Suite folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Privacy Protection Suite and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Privacy Protection Suite could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Privacy Protection Suite icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Privacy Protection Suite manual removal instructions!
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