Windows Home Patron is just a fake program hailing from the family of rogue viruses. This malware is a money extorting scam that wants you to buy it so it could benefit its creators. It looks like a real anti-spyware program and it pretends to be one but remember, it is a useless bug that will ruin your PC if you do not get rid of it.
Windows Home Patron virus is distributed through malicious websites. They use Trojans to install this virus on a computer without user consent. Once your PC is infected, it will start acting like if it is a legitimate security tool designed for your machine. It will try its best to convince you that Windows Home Patron is a powerful malware detection and removal tool. It will display some scan process and then it will tell you it has found some dangerous viruses on your machine that must be removed. From now, its fake campaign will be started with continuous popup alerts to assure you that your computer is infected with harmful threats , its in danger so you have to use the professional version of “Windows Home Patron” to clean your PC. If you unfortunately click on those popus, you,ll be asked to buy the registration license of Windows HomePatron`s full version. That is the main target of this program to somehow trick you into buying it. Please remember, yous system is not infected with any virus expect the Windows Home Patron. It is a malware itself that should be removed.
How to uninstall Windows Home Patron 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 Home Patron processes:
Protector.exe
Remove Windows Home Patron 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 Home Patron files:
%AppData%\Protector.exe
Auto Removal
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