Title: Palladium Pro
Also known as: PalladiumPro
Remove Palladium Pro
Removal instructions
Severity scale:  (73 / 100)
Palladium Pro is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as ThinkPoint. It is promoted via Trojan that pretends to be a legitimate Microsoft Security Essentials Alert. The fake alert states that Microsoft Security Essentials has found an unknown Win32 Trojan. Then it will supposedly find another threat Trojan.Horse.Win32.PAV.64.a. In order to remove this threat you will be promoted to install Palladium Antivirus.
Microsoft Security Essentials Alert
Potential Threat Details
Microsoft Security Essentials detected potential threats that might compromise your private or damage your computer. Your access to these items may be suspended until you take an action. Click 'show details' to learn more.
Microsoft Security Essentials Alert
Solution found
Microsoft Security Center has detected the submitted suspicious file as "Trojan.Horse.Win32.PAV.64.a".
Threat level - very high.
Required action - Antivirus software is required to find and delete all traces of the virus.
Click "Ok" to allow operation system to install the trial version of Palladium to solve the problem.
System reboot is required to complete the installation.
If you choose to install this rogue program, your computer will reboot and after the reboot your will see the fake Palladium Pro screen with an option to start your computer in safe mode. And finally, you will see Palladium Pro scanner. It will pretend to scan your computer for viruses. It will find numerous infections and then prompt you to buy some sort of low-level modules to remove the infections from your computer. Please do not purchase Palladium Pro. This program is a scan. If you find that your computer is infected with this rogue program, please use the removal guide below to remove Palladium Pro as soon as possible using an automatic removal tool.
When Palladium Pro is running, it will display fake security alerts saying that your computer is not protected. It will also block other programs on your computer to protect itself from being removed. To remove this rogue program, please restart your computer and press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open Windows task manager when you are presented with the Palladium Pro start screen. Do not click on any of the buttons, "Normal startup" or "Safe startup". Then click on the Processes tab and end palladium.exe process. Now click on the File menu and select New Task (Run...) from the menu. Type explorer.exe into the Open: field and press the OK button. After a minute or so you should be back at your Windows desktop. Download the removal tool given below and run a full system scan. Remove Palladium Pro and any related malware from your computer.
Related files: Palladium.lnk, uid_pal, palladium.exe, install_pal, completescan_pal
Palladium Pro properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background
Palladium Pro snapshot:
Automatic Palladium Pro removal:
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Tested and Confirmed! Malwarebytes Anti Malware removes Palladium Pro (2011-01-04 03:15:27)
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(2011-02-05 20:39:55)
Palladium Pro manual removal:
Kill processes: palladium.exe
Delete registry values:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "WarnonBadCertRecving" = '0'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "WarnOnPostRedirect" = '0'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell = '"%UserProfile%\Application Data\palladium.exe'
Delete files:completescan_pal
install_pal
palladium.exe
uid_pal
Palladium.lnk
Palladium.lnk
Phone Support to remove Palladium Pro
QR code for Palladium Pro removal instructions:
QR is short for Quick Response. They can be read quickly by the mobile phones. QR codes can store more data than standard barcodes, including url links, geo coordinates, and text.
The reason we add QR code to the website is that parasites like Palladium Pro are really hard to remove on infected computer.
you can quicly scan the QR code with your mobile device and have manual removal instructions to uninstall Palladium Pro right in your pocket.
Simply use the QR scanner and read removal instructions from mobile device.
SYMPTOMS OF rogue antispyware INFECTION
Rogue AntiSpyware virus usually imitates the legal anti-spyware software or some essential system components. Typically virus gets inside the computer with a help of trojans, that use security vulnerabilities for that. After getting inside the system, it tries to make it look like your system is infected with the numerous parasites, so it starts ‘scanning’ and finds numerous threats.
All rogue Anti-spyware along with Palladium Pro have the same purpose: Get your money by using scare tactics. If you will believe that that fake threats are real and pay them money, you will not get them back even if you will ask to cancel the order in your Bank. All the infections are deceptive and you dont need to purchase their Paid version. You need to remove Rogue virus itself.
Information added: 2011-01-04 03:15:27
Information updated: 2011-02-05 18:02:40
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