Nov 17

How to Remove Personal Protector – Personal Protector Removal Guide

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Personal Protector Description:

The rogue anti-spyware application called Personal Protector appears to be very similar with the previously known scareware called Personal Guard 2009 (please follow the link to learn more about Personal Guard 2009 malware activities). Personal Protector is not distributed like a normal program because it attacks a system without notifying the user. Moreover, Personal Protector is hard to uninstall afterwards because it’s not listed on the Add/Remove Programs GUI, nor can it be stopped using Task Manager or sometimes even Safe Mode. The above malicious phenomena are called forth by the fact that Personal Protector plays havoc with the Registry of the compromised OS. When operating, Personal Protector configures your system to run its corrupted executables at startup so you won’t miss the bogus system scanners that pop up whenever you are starting your machine. The scan results and the numerous system tray alerts from Personal Protector are absolutely misleading so you should under no circumstances believe them. To cut the long story short, Personal Protector is a dangerous computer parasite that does not belong on your PC. Therefore, it’s strongly recommended to remove Personal Protector ASAP if it installs onto your machine.

Find out if your PC is infected with Personal Protector:

Download Personal Protector Free Scanner with Remover

Personal Protector GUI screenshot:

Personal Protector

How to remove Personal Protector manually:

To perform manual removal of Personal Protector, you should do the following:

Delete Personal Protector corrupt files:

  • %Program Files%\Personal Protector
  • %Program Files%\Personal Protector\base.wdb
  • %Program Files%\Personal Protector\baseadd.wdb
  • %Program Files%\Personal Protector\conf.wcf
  • %Program Files%\Personal Protector\personalprotector.exe
  • %Program Files%\Personal Protector\quarant.wdb
  • %Program Files%\Personal Protector\queue.wdb
  • %Program Files%\Personal Protector\un.exe
  • %Program Files%\Personal Protector\q
  • %WINDOWS%\tempfile2.bat
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Microsoft PData
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Microsoft PData\inetprovider.dll
  • %UserProfile%\Desktop\Personal Protector.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Protector
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Protector\Personal Protector.lnk
  • %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Personal Protector\Uninstall.lnk

Remove Personal Protector associated registry entries:

  • HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Printers\DevModePerUser
  • HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Printers\DevModePerUser
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Personal Protector
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Personal Protector
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “personalprotector”
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “suicide”

Please, note that manual removal of Personal Protector 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 Personal Protector removal tool below:

Download Personal Protector Removal Tool

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