Total Protect Virus – How To Remove The Total Protect Rogue Anti Spyware From Your PC
By on Jul 26, 2011 with Comments 0
Total Protect is a scam antivirus program that is contaminating the world-wide-web through the use of trojans and other ways of infecting your computer. This particular rogue antispyware program is not to be trusted and you should spend any money paying the license fee to register this scam software.
If you have been conned into paying the registration fee for a licence of the Total Protect Virus then please get in touch with your credit card company and go about getting your money back from these cyber criminals. Be sure to remove this program and any trace of it because this program will not protect your PC in any way shape or form and will only make matters worse by monitoring your every detail online through the use of keyloggers.
Total Protect Virus Removal
Use this registration code to unlock the rogue antispyware application: U2FD-S2LA-H4KA-UEPB
The only way to completely remove the malicious program from your computer is by using anti-spyware and antivirus software. You should use a reputable program like STOPzilla to remove the threat because it provides both antivirus and antispyware security. Furthermore you should also think about using a program like PC Health Advisor to help repair any damage to the registry keys that may have been caused by the malicious antispyware software .
Total Protect Manual Virus Removal
Due to the fact that the fake antispyware application may hijack your desktop and try to prevent you from opening certain files and programs you might have to end the process manually.
- Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to open the Task Manager
- Click on the processes tab and end process (random).exe
- If that does not work press the Start button on the window task bar
- Click Computer
- Click on your main drive (normally the C drive)
- Then click the folder named USERS
- Then click on the name of the current user
- Then click on the folder named desktop
- Then look for an icon called Total Protect Icon
- Right Click on the Totla Protect Icon
- Select properties
- Copy the file location which is similar to C:\ProgramData\(random).exe\(random).exe
When you copy the folder location leave out the directory that contains the exe file. So if the exact location of the Total Protect Virus was the same as above you would only need to copy C:\ProgramData\(random).exe\ (keep note of this on a piece of paper)
- Then navigate to the above folder
- Right click and rename the file within that folder to any name that you choose
- Next reboot/turn off and restart the computer
- You should notice that your desktop is now functional
- You should also see the Total Protect icon on your desktop
- Navigate to the location of the Total Protect folder that you wrote down
- You will see the file that you renamed earlier
- Right Click and delete that file
- Also delete the folder that contained that file (this would be the location that you wrote down)
- Delete the icon from your desktop
By using the methods above your PC should be free from the Total Protect Virus. I would recommend that you definitely run a scan using STOPzilla and also PC Health Advisor because some of your PC registry files may also be corrupt.
