Theres a fake program appearing with the name of “Internet Protection” on internet. This misleading software claims to be a legitimate security software although it is a virus. Internet Protection comes from rogue spyware family which is known for spreading fake malwares. Some other clones of Internet Protection are Antimalware Tool, Internet defender.
The fake software Internet Protection is a scamware which is created by hackers to earn some bucks for selling fake security softwares to innocent internet users. To sell their fake products, they clone their virus like a legitimate antivirus software. Once the virus enters into your computer, it will run its fake virus scan utility on your system without your request. Fake scanner of Internet Protection virus will also generate very poor scan results that will popup on your system and warn you of serious virus detections. All this warning and alert system is a trick to scare you of viruses and convince you buy Internet Protection software to get rid of these viruses.
Here are some fake errors displayed by Internet protection virus:
Internet Protection
Your system has come under attack of harmful software. Click here to deactivate it.Internet Protection
External software tries to control variety of your system files. This may lead to breaking of some data in your system. Click here to protect remote access to your PC & delete these programs.Internet Protection
Spyware.IEMonster process is found. The virus is going to send your passwords from Internet browser (Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook & others) to the third-parties. Click here for further protection of your data with Internet Protection.Internet Protection Firewall Alert
Suspicious activity in your registry system space was detected. Rogue malware detected in your system. Data leaks and system damage are possible. Please use a deep scan option.Internet Protection Firewall Alert
Your computer is being attacked from a remote machine!
Block Internet access to your computer to prevent system infection.
Attacker IP: <ip address>
Attack type: RCPT exploitInternet Protection
Your computer is under the infections threat. Run instant shield protection to safe your data and prevent internet access to your credit card information. Select this to run instant shield.
Remember! All these warnings, alerts and virus removal offers made by Internet Protection virus are fake. This program is totally a fake software and it is specially designed to extort your money by selling its fake security products. You should ignore these warnings, avoid purchase of this program, avoid clicking any link within its popups and do not install any component of it promoted. All you have to do is to immediately remove it from your computer upon detection.
How to remove Internet Protection virus manually:
To remove this virus manually, complete the following set of tasks. Do not forget to create a backup before getting started to the manual removal guide.
Disable Internet Protection DLL files:
Internet Protection.dll
Remove Internet Protection Registry Entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘”[random]”
Remove Internet Protection files:
c:%UserProfile%\Desktop\Internet Protection.lnk
c:%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\ins1.tmp
c:%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\mv2.tmp
c:\Program Files\Internet Protection\
c:\Program Files\Internet Protection\Internet Protection.dll
Auto Removal
To remove this virus Automatically, We suggest following tools:
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