Windows Secure Web Patch is a malicious program hailing from rogue virus family. There is nothing good about this software, it is cloned from infamous scamwares like Windows Instant Scanner. These malwares are creation of hackers who use malicious tactics to earn money. They misuse the name of legitimate security products. Windows Secure Web Patch is also given name like a real anti-malware program and its interface also matches with real security tools. Moreover it claims to be a Microsoft certified software created to help windows OS users but the reality is false from this truth. All these promises and appearances are fake. Windows Secure Web Patch pretends to be an effective software and thus it tries to trick people into buying its full version.
There are some websites online that use Trojans to drop the Windows Secure Web Patch virus into a computer. Once the virus is successfully installed into your machine, it will make some modifications to your system. i.e it will not allow you to access to windows registry editor by blocking REGEDIT and also disables the task-manager. Soon after, “Windows Secure Web Patch” will start displaying fake alerts on your screen stating that it has found some virus threats on your computer, then it will offer you to buy the full version of Windows Secure Web Patch program to clean your PC and get rid of detected malwares. Please do not pay for this program as it is totally fake. Its recommended to uninstall Windows Secure Web Patch virus as soon as possible.
How to remove Windows Secure Web Patch 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 Secure Web Patch processes:
Protector.exe
Disable Windows Secure Web Patch DLL files:
npswf32.dll
Remove Windows Secure Web Patch 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 Secure Web Patch files:
%AppData%\Protector.exe
Auto Removal
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