Mar 30

How to Remove Ad-Protect – AdProtect Removal Guide

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Ad-Protect Description:

Ad-Protect (also known as AdProtect or Ad Protect) is a fake anti-spyware utility that uses aggressive and misleading tactics for propagating and providing income to its fraudulent creators. Just like most of the rogue anti-spywares, Ad-Protect spreads via its several “official” websites or as a part of some corrupt insecure downloads from doubtful web resources. The Trojan that precedes Ad-Protect installation employs the techniques of issuing misleading and exaggerated alerts that claim to report infections in the target system. It’s through these pop up ads, system tray notifications and other bogus warnings that Ad-Protect unregistered version gets installed, without the users’s awareness or consent. Once installed, Ad-Protect will surely keep triggering its fabricated scanner to make it more persuasive that the system is contaminated. As you may have figured out, the ultimate objective of these deceptive tactics is to make people think they have serious computer trouble that can be fixed using Ad-Protect commercial software only. If you purchase Ad-Protect full version, the hackers who developed it will be quite happy. Do not make scammers rich by wasting your money for Ad-Protect license. Remove Ad-Protect trialware and get rid of its annoying activity on your computer

Find out if your PC is infected with Ad-Protect:

Download Ad-Protect Free Scanner with Remover

Ad-Protect screenshot:

Ad-Protect

How to remove Ad-Protect manually:

To perform manual removal of Ad-Protect, you should do the following:

Delete Ad-Protect corrupt files:

  • %startmenu%\ad-protect v6.3.lnk
  • %desktop%\ad-protect v6.3.lnk
  • %profile%\application data\adprotect nospam\settings.xml
  • %profile%\local settings\temp\adplanguage.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\uninst.exe
  • %programs%\ad-protect\ad-protect v6.3 un-installer.lnk
  • %programs%\ad-protect\ad-protect v6.3 website.lnk
  • %programs%\ad-protect\ad-protect v6.3.lnk
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\messengercontrol\messengercontrol.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\startupeditor\languages\english.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\startupeditor\languages\spanish.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\startupeditor\startupeditor.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\registry.db
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\sdebug.log
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\spywareinfo.db
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\tips.txt
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\activex.db
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\ad-protect.chm
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\ad-protect.exe
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\ad-protect.url
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\adpiemonitor.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\adpnospam.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\blacklist.db
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\config.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\cookies.db
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\dbghelp.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\filesnames.db
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\hosts.db
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\knownlocations.db
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\languages\english.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\languages\spanish.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\logs\adp_activity-07132006-143048.log
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\md5.db
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\msvcp71.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\msvcr71.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\desktopmanager\desktopmanager.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\desktopmanager\languages\english.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\desktopmanager\languages\spanish.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\messengercontrol\languages\english.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\messengercontrol\languages\spanish.ini
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\messengercontrol\messengercontrol.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\desktopmanager\desktopmanager.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\msvcr71.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\msvcp71.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\dbghelp.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\adpnospam.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\adpiemonitor.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\plugins\startupeditor\startupeditor.dll
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\uninst.exe
  • %program_files%\ad-protect\ad-protect.exe

Remove Ad-Protect associated registry entries:

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” => 1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F3210E86-46A8-5973-963F-0EF4CF226A0C}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run ad-protect
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{d7abe914-b8cf-4602-9145-6bdaaeda21aa} appid
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{1f6fe2c2-6040-4645-9053-7f689affe176}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run ad-protect
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run ad-protect

Please, note that manual removal of Ad-Protect is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic Ad-Protect removal tool below:

Download Ad-Protect Removal Tool

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