Windows Virtual Firewall is a fake program hailing from rogue virus family. This malware is designed to fool people by asking them to pay for some non-existing security services. To trick people into buying this software, “Windows Virtual Firewall” virus is maliciously installed on a computer without the user`s permission. Then it will pretend to be a legitimate anti-virus software. Upon system logon, the malware will popup automatically and will start scanning the computer for viruses just like a real program. After a while, a scary report about the system will be shown stating Windows VirtualFirewall has detected some dangerous malwares on your computer, you have to remove them very soon to protect your system from damages. From now onwards, the fake warnings and alerts will be displayed continuously on your screen until you remove the virus. These alerts become annoying when they appear again and again, moreover the virus will harm your system in several ways. i.e it may disable your access to windows task manager and registry editing tools. It may also disable your legitimate anti-spyware program. Windows Virtual Firewall is a spyware, it may steal your private data like bank account details and logins. Moreover it may open backdoors on your system to allow hackers to easily access it remotely. thus it is recommended to remove the Windows Virtual Firewall virus immediately.
How to uninstall Windows Virtual Firewall 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 Virtual Firewall processes:
Protector.exe
Remove Windows Virtual Firewall 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 Virtual Firewall files:
%AppData%\Protector.exe
Auto Removal
To remove this virus Automatically, We suggest following tools:
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