Windows Proprietary Advisor is a fake program pretending to be a legitimate antivirus software. This malicious thing is designed by malware creators to generate some money illegally by tricking innocent people into buying the non-real security software. Mostly this virus is distributed through malicious websites that offer free online virus scan and system cleanup solutions. When you try some fake online scanning tools, the rogue virus like “Windows Proprietary Advisor” is installed on your machine.
Right after getting place in your PC, Windows Proprietary Advisor virus will make some modifications to your system settings. It will add itself for auto startup. It will try to block your current anti-spyware program, if you have one. Then it will act like it is scanning your computer for malwares. After a few seconds, Windows Proprietary Advisor will generate very scary report about your computer stating that it has found some dangerous malwares on your computer. It has caught an identity theft attempt and blocked some IP addresses, etc. Such creepy alerts and warnings will keep popping up on your screen now until you remove Windows Proprietary Advisor or pay for its rubbish full version that you are advised to purchase in the popups displayed on your machine.
Please keep in your mind, buying the full version of Windows Proprietary Advisor dose not solve your problem. It is a fake program which wants to steal your money and private data. It can not help your PC in any way. Windows Proprietary Advisor is a security threat that will disable your windows several features like registry editing and task manager to protect itself from being caught. We recommend you to immediately remove Windows Proprietary Advisor virus from your PC ASAP.
How to remove 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 Proprietary Advisor processes:
Protector.exe
Disable Windows Proprietary Advisor DLL files:
npswf32.dll
Remove Windows Proprietary Advisor 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 Proprietary Advisor 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)
