How to Remove IronProtector Rogue Anti-Spyware?
# This article How to Remove IronProtector Virus is an article in Spyware Removal Instructions, the original author is Security-Wire.com .You can read more information in the following:
IronProtector Information:
IronProtector (also known as Iron Protector) should not be treated as a legitimate security utility. IronProtector comes from the same rogue family as SafetyGuard and Trust Doctor. It reports imaginary malware on your PC so as to make your purchase its license. IronProtector usually spreads via fake scan websites which displays false scan results on your PC and provides you IronProtector to remove viruses. From then on, IronProtector will create many problems instead of doing anything helpful. It will greatly slow down your computer performance and scare you with fake scan reports and loads of bogus security notifications. All its annoying activities are to make you believe your PC is at risk and needs the help of its commercial version. Its main purpose is to rip you off. IronProtector intentionally misleads you about your workstation being seriously infected. So you should not trust IronProtector. Instead, please follow the removal guide provided to remove IronProtector as soon as possible.
IronProtector Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing IronProtector Rogue Anti-Spyware. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.
Step 1: Registry entries you need to delete:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IronProtector
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RegistryClever
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IronProtector
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IronProtector
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\RegistryClever
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RegistryClever
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “TrayScan”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “F0E84.exe”
Step 2: Files you need to delete:
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\RegistryClever
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\RegistryClever\BackupedItems\
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\RegistryClever\BackupedItems\items.xml
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\RegistryClever.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\IronProtector.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\RegistryClever\
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\RegistryClever\Homepage.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\RegistryClever\RegistryClever.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\RegistryClever\Uninstall.lnk
%Program Files%\FDFCA\
%Program Files%\FDFCA\F0E84.exe
%Program Files%\FDFCA\Uninstall.exe
%Program Files%\RegistryClever Software\
%Program Files%\RegistryClever Software\RegistryClever\
%Program Files%\RegistryClever Software\RegistryClever\license.txt
%Program Files%\RegistryClever Software\RegistryClever\RegistryClever.exe
%Program Files%\RegistryClever Software\RegistryClever\RegistryCleverTray.exe
%Program Files%\RegistryClever Software\RegistryClever\uninstall.exe
%Program Files%\RegistryClever Software\RegistryClever\Styles\
%Program Files%\RegistryClever Software\RegistryClever\Styles\Vista.cjstyles
%WINDOWS%\.dll
%WINDOWS%\.bin
%WINDOWS%\.cpl
%WINDOWS%\system32\.cpl
%WINDOWS%\system32\.exe
%WINDOWS%\system32\.bin
%UserProfile%\Desktop\IronProtector.lnk
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\.exe
Please, be aware that manual removal of IronProtector Rogue Anti-Spyware 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 IronProtector Rogue Anti-Spyware, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic IronProtector Rogue Anti-Spyware 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 IronProtector Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make IronProtector Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that IronProtector Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing IronProtector 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 IronProtector 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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