How to Remove Windows Passport Utility Rogue Anti-Spyware?
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Windows Passport Utility Information:
Windows Passport Utility is a new rogue antispyware from the Fake Microsoft Security Essentials alert Trojan group. It’s a variant of Windows Process Regular, Windows Stability Center and Windows Expansion System badware. They all hold a same target which is to cheat you with fake information and get your money. This Trojan is good at displaying fake MSE alerts and coaxing you into downloading Windows Passport Utility on your PC. Once the malware enters into your Operating System, it acts like a legitimate protection program and performs many scans. Soon it will warn you that your computer is infected by many viruses and provide you a fake report. To further persuade you, Windows Passport Utility even produces tons of fabricated notifications saying that your PC is under virus attack. There’s another aweful thing that the malware can cause your PC moving slowly and make you impossible to use your machine as usual. Afther the brainwashing, Windows Passport Utility would not fail to give out its solution that you can get powerful protection from its commercial version. Some people fall for its tricks and purchase the full version, but soon they will find that they pay for nothing helpful. Since the Windows Passport Utility can cause the wicked endings, you should delete it right now to protect your computer. You can get some help with our instructions.
Windows Passport Utility Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Windows Passport Utility 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: Processes you need to end:
[random].exe
Step 2: Registry entries you need to delete:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\afwserv.exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\avastsvc.exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\avastui.exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\egui.exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ekrn.exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msascui.exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore “DisableSR ” = ’1′
Step 3: Files you need to delete:
%UserProfile%\Application Data\[random].exe
Please, be aware that manual removal of Windows Passport Utility 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 Windows Passport Utility Rogue Anti-Spyware, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Windows Passport Utility 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 Windows Passport Utility Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Windows Passport Utility Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Windows Passport Utility Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Windows Passport Utility 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 Windows Passport Utility Remover delete all detected virus.
4. Download and install RegTweaker (RegTweaker review) to repair your corrupted registry.
Why should you need RegTweaker?
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 RegTweaker.
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!
