Your PC Protector
Your PC Protector is a rogue antivirus program part of the Windows Police Pro and Windows Antivirus Pro family. This program tries to block any type of Microsoft program from any anti-virus and anti-malware suite.
This program says that it will protect your computer, but it does not protect and uses firewall data. Like any other malware, Your PC Protector steals the user's personal data, such as credit card information.
Computer files
Your PC Protector uses Windows filenames to hide its program name. A way to track it is if there is an extra svchost.exe on the running user's profile in Task Manager processes; they may find svchost.exe. The most common files that may open are:
- svchost.exe
- Your PC Protector.exe[1]
Hijacking
Your PC Protector would hijack the Windows Registry to modify any web browser's loading feature. It will hijack the registry and make any web page load by saying it is an unsafe web page and show a virus alert, claiming that you must purchase Your PC Protector.[2] This program will also install a Browser Helper Object, which would hijack search results. This feature modifies the Windows Host file.
DNS Hijacking
As any other DNS hijacker, the DNS hijacking in Your PC Protector is to "secure" and "purchase" Your PC Protector. Many different actions Your PC Protector can do are:
- Steal credit card numbers
- Hijack any antivirus software
- Include itself in Windows Add/Remove Programs
- Block iexplore.exe, explorer.exe, and taskmgr.exe
- Include its own "cleanmgr.exe" to clean up "viruses"
- Updating so newer programs can be "viruses"
- Infecting Malwarebytes
Most blocked computer files
Executable
There are many different blocked executable (.exe) files that Your PC Protector blocks a computer user from using.
- Registry Editor
- Hijack This
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (MSI)
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (EXE)
- Add/Remove Programs[3]
References
- ↑ Your PC Protector automatic removal and manual removal
- ↑ Vincentas (2 July 2013). "Your PC Protector in SpyWareLoop.com". Spyware Loop. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ↑ Your PC Protector Won't Let Me run EXE files
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