The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "MalwareProtector2008" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:
  • malware

Description:
MalwareProtector2008 claims to be an antispyware solution that shows harmless entries as high risk problems. If the user wants to fix these false positives he has to purchase a license.
Removal Instructions:

Desktop:

Please remove the following files from your desktop.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
  • Shortcuts named "Malware Protector 2008.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\<$REGMATCH0>\*.exe".

Quicklaunch area:

Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
  • Quicklaunch symbols named "Malware Protector 2008.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\<$REGMATCH0>\*.exe".

Autorun:

Important: There are more autorun entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\<$REGMATCH0>\license.txt".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\<$REGMATCH0>\database.dat".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If MalwareProtector2008 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
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!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
  • The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\Malware Protector 2008".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine\Autorun\StartMenuAllUsers".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine\Autorun\StartMenuCurrentUser".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine\Autorun\HKLM\RunOnce".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine\Autorun\HKCU\RunOnce".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine\Autorun\HKCU".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine\Autorun\HKLM".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine\Autorun".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine\BrowserObjects".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine\Packages".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>\Quarantine".
  • The directory at "<$APPDATA>\<$REGMATCH0>".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\<$REGMATCH0>".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If MalwareProtector2008 uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
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:

There are more registry entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
  1. Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
  2. Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.


There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.