Windows Security Renewal appears to be a legitimate system maintenance and protection software as it claims to be one, moreover its interface is much similar to a real antivirus program so it might be considered an effective tool by some people. But, there is a big hidden truth about this program, “Windows Security Renewal is a fake software”, it is a rogue virus that works as double agent. Being created and distributed by hackers, it comes to your PC for tricking you into buying its license so it could remove malwares from your PC but infact when you pay for it, you do not receive its virus removal services, it benefits to its creators with the sales you make. So better not to purchase this program but remove it from your system immediately.
Windows SecurityRenewal virus may enter into a computer without user permission. For this purpose, malware creators use some hacked malicious websites that spread this virus over internet using Trojan Downloader techniques. Once the malware has been dropped into a PC, the virus will make some modification into victim machine. i.e it will configure itself for auto startup. It will disable some important windows functions to protect itself like Windows Task Manager and registry editing tool REGEDIT. After finishing these steps, Windows Security Renewal virus will appear on your screen saying that it is going to scan your machine for malwares. After a while, its fake scanning utility will represent a security report about your system just like an antivirus software. This false report will state that your computer is infected with dangerous malwares, Windows Security Renewal has found some harmful threats on the PC, it has also detected and block some hackers trying to access your computer remotely. Now it will ask you to click a certain link that could read PREVENT ATTACKS. If you trust Windows Security Renewal software and choose this option to make the computer safe, you,ll be asked to pay the registration fee for the full version of Windows Security Renewal. And that is what it wants. Please remember! Windows Security Renewal is a fake program and it cannot help you in anyway. It just focuses its effort on tricking you into buying its pro version. We recommend you to remove this virus as soon as possible.
How to uninstall Windows Security Renewal 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.
To prform manual removal steps, you may need to learn,
How to stop a process
How to delete registry entries
Stop Windows Security Renewal processes:
Protector.exe
Remove Windows Security Renewal Registry Entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ERROR_PAGE_BYPASS_ZONE_CHECK_FOR_HTTPS_KB954312
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegistryTools” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Inspector”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings “ID” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings “net” = “2012-2-17_2″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings “UID” = “rudbxijemb”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\_avp32.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\_avpcc.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ashDisp.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\divx.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\mostat.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\platin.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\tapinstall.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\zapsetup3001.exe
Delete Windows Security Renewal files:
%AppData%\Protector.exe
Auto Removal
To remove this virus Automatically, We suggest following tools:
Malware Bytes Anti-Malware (Download)
HitMan Pro Anti-Malware (Download)
