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How to Remove Protect-ware.net Hijacker?

Protect-ware.net Hijacker Information:

Protect-ware.net is one of the numerous associated websites deceiving people to pay for Antispyware Soft which is in fact a rogue anti-spyware application. You don’t normally visit Protect-ware.net on your own. The most common way to hit Protect-ware.net is via a browser redirect triggered by Antispyware Soft as it infects your computer. When you try visiting other websites, a fabricated warninng from Protect-ware.microsoft.com will block you and tell you the website you are going to visit will harm your computer and then it will recommend you to make a purchase of its full version. Don’t trust Protect-ware.net hijacker and Antispyware Soft, for Antispyware Soft is not able to remove any malware. Simply avoiding Protect-ware.net is not enough to keep your system safe. To remove Protect-ware.net spyware, you may find the tutorial below helpful.

Protect-ware.net Hijacker Screenshot:

Protect-ware.microsoft.com Counterfeit Warning Page Screenshot:

Manual Removal

Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Protect-ware.net Virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.

The files you need to delete:

%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random string]\

%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\\[random string]tssd.exe

The registry entries you need to delete:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “RunInvalidSignatures” = “1″

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyOverride” = “

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations “LowRiskFileTypes” = “.exe”

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = “1″

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]“

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]“

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = “no”

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “ProxyEnable” = “1″

Please, be aware that manual removal of Protect-ware.net Virus is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of Protect-ware.net Virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

Automatic Protect-ware.net Virus Removal:

1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.

2. Download Spyware Cease (Spyware Cease review), install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Spyware Cease fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Spyware Cease can detect all potential malware in your system.

NOTE: If you have problem installing Spyware Cease, you can download this correction script, unzip it and then double click to run it. It will correct your registry settings that the virus has modified. Then double click the program and finish the installation.

3. After the Online Scan finishes, click “Details” for the malware detected to make sure that your important data are not infected and removed. Ignore or select the scan result and click “Remove” to remove the threats. Reboot your computer and let Spyware Cease delete all detected virus.

4. Click to repair your corrupted registry

Why should you need to repair the registry?

As we all know, virus and Trojans modify and destroy system registry and make the computer malfunction so that the computer will not perform normally. Even if the virus and Trojans are removed, the registry is still destroyed or modified, so the computer still has problems. That’s the very reason why you need to repair the registry. At the meanwhile, some virus and Trojans leave some DLL files in the registry and this will cause strange DLL errors and affect the computer performance.

To make your computer run as perfectly as before or much faster than before:
1. Download and install Multi-Awarded Registry Tool.
2. Run a full scan of your registry.
3. Click “Repair Problems” and repair all errors detected.

After these 3 easy steps, your computer will run much faster than before within minutes!

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