Title: APC Protect

Type: Rogue Antispyware

Remove APC Protect. Removal instructions

Also known as: APCProtect

Severity scale:

(65 / 100)

APC Protect is a program which will try to make you waste your money, so please be aware and do not deal with this scam. APCProtect is known to be promoted through deceptive online scanners or browser hijackers that all redirect victims to the malicious websites. On those domains, people are showed misleading security messages, usually bringing doubts are their PCs safe or not. Do not click on any link because the trialware of APC Protect will be downloaded just after doing that.

Like many other its “colleagues”, this scam will enter your computer unrecognized without asking any question. APCProtect starts with making Operating System to run its executable file apcprotect.exe with a reason to cause chaotic activity everytime people log into Windows. Victims are completely flooded by its fake system scanners, reporting about unreal infections found and various pop-up ads or system tray notifications. Just like its scanners, all the alerts produced by APC Protect are false. This rogue anti-spyware acts in such a way only to create a reason to buy its so called “licensed” version. In reality it is incapable to detect and delete any spyware and must be eliminated once after being caught.

Before you take any infection spotted by APC Protect serious, please scan your computer with a reputable security program. Keep in mind that only this scam must be deleted from your computer as soon as detected, so please use instructions written below and delete APC Protect.

Related files: 315329ot-z-5irus22.cpl, 31327trzj559.dll, 3118dz9nload5r1570.exe, 1085z9y559.dll, 106z0spam9ot55a.exe, 10494vzru597.bin, 10259woz5769.exe, .exe, Uninstall.exe, APCProtect.exe, APCProtect Software, 3 Uninstall.lnk, 2 Homepage.lnk, 1 APCProtect.lnk, APCProtect.lnk

APC Protect properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Stays resident in background

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APC Protect manual removal:

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Kill processes:
APCProtect.exe uninstall.exe 10259woz5769.exe 106z0spam9ot55a.exe 3118dz9nload5r1570.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\APCProtect
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\APCProtect
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\APCProtect
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ?�?APCProtect.exe?�?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ".exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ".exe"

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Unregister DLLs:
31327trzj559.dll 1085z9y559.dll

HELP:
how to unregister malicious DLLs

Delete files:
APCProtect.lnk 1 APCProtect.lnk 2 Homepage.lnk 3 Uninstall.lnk APCProtect Software APCProtect.exe uninstall.exe .exe 10259woz5769.exe 10494vzru597.bin 106z0spam9ot55a.exe 1085z9y559.dll 3118dz9nload5r1570.exe 31327trzj559.dll 315329ot-z-5irus22.cpl

HELP:
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Information added: 2010-01-04 01:19:07
Information updated: 2010-01-04 01:27:09

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