Friday
2009-12-23, 14:44
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.ProtectPCs" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.ProtectPCs claims to be an antispyware tool. When it is installed to the computer it finds a lot of harmless entries in order to frighten the user and makes him buy a license to get the issue fixed.
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Entries named "SysDefence.exe" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\ProtectPcs Software\ProtectPcs\ProtectPcs.exe".
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "ProtectPcs".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\ProtectPcs.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\ProtectPcs Software\ProtectPcs\ProtectPcs.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\ProtectPcs\1 ProtectPcs.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\ProtectPcs\2 Homepage.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\ProtectPcs\3 Uninstall.lnk".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\10075izus96.ocx".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\10493wozm56c.bin".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\10593sp9mzot654.bin".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\10199virzs7a45.cpl".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\1058zsp941a5.cpl".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\107csza9se555.bin".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.ProtectPCs uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\ProtectPcs Software\ProtectPcs".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\ProtectPcs Software".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\ProtectPcs".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.ProtectPCs uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "ProtectPcs" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "ProtectPcs" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\".
If Fraud.ProtectPCs uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=donate).
Threat Details:
Categories:
malware
rogue
Description:
Fraud.ProtectPCs claims to be an antispyware tool. When it is installed to the computer it finds a lot of harmless entries in order to frighten the user and makes him buy a license to get the issue fixed.
Removal Instructions:
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd), RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
Entries named "SysDefence.exe" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\ProtectPcs Software\ProtectPcs\ProtectPcs.exe".
Installed Software List:
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) or RunAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=runalyzer) to locate and get rid of these entries.
Products that have a key or property named "ProtectPcs".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
The file at "<$DESKTOP>\ProtectPcs.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\ProtectPcs Software\ProtectPcs\ProtectPcs.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\ProtectPcs\1 ProtectPcs.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\ProtectPcs\2 Homepage.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\ProtectPcs\3 Uninstall.lnk".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\10075izus96.ocx".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\10493wozm56c.bin".
The file at "<$SYSDIR>\10593sp9mzot654.bin".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\10199virzs7a45.cpl".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\1058zsp941a5.cpl".
The file at "<$WINDIR>\107csza9se555.bin".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.ProtectPCs uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\ProtectPcs Software\ProtectPcs".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\ProtectPcs Software".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\ProtectPcs".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Fraud.ProtectPCs uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Delete the registry key "ProtectPcs" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
Delete the registry key "ProtectPcs" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\".
If Fraud.ProtectPCs uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.