Windows PC Aid is a rogue antispyware program that is come form Rogue. FakeVimes Family. It is distributed and installed with the help of Trojan horse virus. The rogue program shows false infections and displays numerous fake security warnings in order to cheat you into you into purchasing the full version of the program. Actually, this rogue program can not provide any security service. After installation, the rogue program will be run automatically when you start Windows. And then, this fake security program will start to scan your computer and reports a lot of warning stating that the virus will not be removed unless you purchase the software. In fact, all of these infections are false. So you can ignore those warnings shown by this fake virus.
Some of the warnings are:
Error
Keylogger activity detected. System information security is at risk. It is recommended to activate protection and run a full system scan.
Error
Software without a digital signature detected.
Your system files are at risk. We strongly advise you to activate your protection.
Warning! Identity theft attempt Detected
As you can see, all this fake program does is dangerous and false. If your PC has been infected with the rogue virus, please keep in mind that find the most effective way to remove it.
Images of Windows PC Aid infection:
How Did You Get Infected with Windows PC Aid Fake virus?
Many cyber criminals will install virus into the free ware or share files, when you use this free ware or files, you may get infected with PC performer Fake virus. It is common that websites transfer virus to your computer. You just try to review or search on safe and legal websites to prevent this rogue program from disturbing you. You click on the unknown links or open unknown files received in your Email. Sometimes you insert the infected computer with your USB drives; it will get infected, too. Sometimes, your contacts or your friends use your computer to open unsafe websites or run unsafe programs, which may get infected with such virus.
Steps to removeWindows PC Aid fake virus: Manual Removal
This fake virus may hijack your browser, so we need to fix your internet browser firstly, and then we kill the associated processes of Windows PC Aid.
Step 1: Step 1: Restart the computer to Safe mode with networking by restarting your computer, hit F8 key constantly before Windows launches. Select Safe mode with Networking and hit Enter key.
Step 2: Reset your Internet Explorer.
Run internet Explorer, click Tools,
Select Connections Tab and click to Lan Settings button.
Uncheck “Use a proxy server” box. Click OK to close Lan Settings and Click OK to close Internet Explorer settings.
Step3: Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Windows Task Manager. Then stop all the Windows PC Aid processes.
Step4: Delete malicious registry entries.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Inspector = %AppData%\Protector-[random].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\a.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\aAvgApi.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\AAWTray.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
Step 5: Delete associated files:
%AppData%\NPSWF32.dll
%AppData%\Protector-[random 3 characters].exe
%AppData%\Protector-[random 4 characters].exe
%AppData%\W34r34mt5h21ef.dat
%AppData%\result.db
%CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Windows PC Aid.lnk
%Desktop%\Windows PC Aid.lnk
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Based on various situations and computer skills, you can choose the following solutions fit for you.
1. Follow the steps we provide to manually remove the virus.
2. If you failed to remove Windows PC Aid with the method above, please consult YooCare certified professionals to remove it completely. Live chat with professionals now
Published by & last updated on June 5, 2012 10:49 pm
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