How to Remove Peak Protection 2010 Rogue Anti-Spyware?
Peak Protection 2010 Information:
Peak Protection 2010 is a major disaster for those computer users whose PC is compromised by this scamware. Actually, Peak Protection 2010 is a fake security solution which boasts itself to be the peak protection against all types of viruses, but it can’t remove even the simplest virus. Peak Protection 2010 is distributed by the notorious fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert. This couterfeit Alert informs you that it has found many harmful items on your PC and recommends you to select and download some security applications and get all things fixed. In its list, you can only select to download some fake software, though some well-known security applications are listed there. Once Peak Protection 2010 gets inside, it will keep scanning your system and displaying bogus threats to frighten you. Then it will offer you removal solution and ask you to first buy its full version. The fact is that Peak Protection 2010 won’t do anything helpful no matter how many times you pay for it. So it’s necessary to use our removal tutorial and remove Peak Protection 2010 as soon as you find it on you PC.
Peak Protection 2010 Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Peak Protection 2010 Virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files. In case you can’t surf the Internet, open Internet Explorer, go to “Tools”, choose “Internet options” and hit “Connections” tab. Click “LAN settings” and untick the option “Use a proxy server for your LAN”. Save all these changes. Now, you will be able to go to our website and download our removal tool to have the virus expelled for good.
Step 1. End the following processes via Task Manager
antispy.exe
defender.exe
tmp.exe
Step 2. Delete the following registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PAV
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\CurrentVersion\Run “tmp”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “SelfdelNT”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “Shell” = “%UserProfile%\Application Data\antispy.exe”
Step 3. Delete the following files:
%UserProfile%\Application Data\PAV\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\antispy.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\defender.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\tmp.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\exe.exe
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\kjkkklklj.bat
Please, be aware that manual removal of Peak Protection 2010 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, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of Peak Protection 2010 virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Peak Protection 2010 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 Peak Protection 2010 Virus Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Peak Protection 2010 Virus Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Peak Protection 2010 Virus Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Peak Protection 2010 Virus Remover, 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 Peak Protection 2010 Virus Remover 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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Uninstall/Remove fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert | Security-Wire.com on August 30th, 2010
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