Windows Proactive Safety is malicious and fake program that belongs to rogue viruses, it is believed to be downloaded on a computer without user permission and installation of this malware is done very secretly thats why most people just get to know about “Windows Proactive Safety” when their computer has been infected and taken over by this virus. As soon as a computer has got this bug, it will start acting to be a powerful anti-virus software to help the user. Moreover it will claim to be created by Microsoft for windows OS. You should not trust Windows ProactiveSafety as it is fake and it makes false promises and claims. After taking over your computer, it will display popup alerts on your screen stating that it has scanned your PC and found some harmful viruses and spywares in it. Windows Proactive Safety will display scary warnings to convince you that your computer is under danger of threats and you are in a big trouble which can be solved by using an effective security tool to remove the detected threats. Here comes the climax scene of this darama, you will be asked to pay some USD fee to buy the full version and activate the full protection mode of “Windows Proactive Safety” so it could remove viruses from your computer. Please never buy this program.
Please keep in your mind! Windows Proactive Safety is not a real anti-spyware tool to save your PC from bugs, but it is a nasty virus itself which is created by hackers who want to extort your money by selling you such scamware security products. Windows Proactive Safety is a dangerous thing as it can steal your private data like logins and bank accounts, credit cards. It can track your browser and internet activity for displaying adverts related to your internet. It can disable some important functions of your windows like Task Manager and Regedit registry editor tool. We recommend you to immediately take the action now to get rid of Windows Proactive Safety malware.
How to remove Windows Proactive Safety 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 Proactive Safety processes:
Protector.exe
Disable Windows Proactive Safety DLL files:
npswf32.dll
Delete Windows Proactive Safety 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
Remove Windows Proactive Safety 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)
