How to remove Digital Protection
Digital Protection description
Digital Protection is a fake security tool pretending to be a real computer protection program. It is also from the same malware family as Your Protection, User Protection, Dr. Guard applications. As other rogue anti-spyware programs Digital Protection malware promoted and installed through the use of tojans. Trojan sneaks into the system via its flaws.
nce installed it will display false system security warnings and then will prompt you to buy a full version of this program to remove threats that don’t even exist. Few messages can be shown to you reads:
Danger!
A security threat detected on your computer.
TrojanASPX.JS.Win32. It strongly recommended to remove
this threat right now. Click on the message to remove it.
Warning! Adware detected!
Adware module detected on your PC!
Warning! Keylogger detected!
Keylogger activity detected on your PC!
Malware neither has an ability to detect nor remove computer threats therefore it is not be trusted. It forces its victims to buy a “full” version of Digital Protection program. Do not fall for this blatant scam. You better choose decent security tool and get rid of the malware instead.
How to get rid of Digital Protection
This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.
Spyware Doctor is widely valued as one of the best AntiSpyware programs available to protect you from Digital Protection and the latest internet security threats. If your computer is infected with Digital Protection we strongly recommend automatic spyware scanner.
How to manually remove Digital Protection
To get rid of spyware such as Digital Protection you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other Digital Protection related files from your computer.
Take Note: The manual process of removing spyware from your computer is difficult and puts you at risk of damaging your computer. We advise using our automatic Digital Protection remover.
- Uninstall Digital Protection from Control Panel
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall. - End these Digital Protection processes:
digprot.exe
uninstall.exe
avp.exe
To stop processes press Ctrl + Alt + Del or click Start > Run > type "taskmgr". Select malicious process in the list and click "End Process" button. -
Unregister Digital Protection DLL files:
vurrozj.dll
zq5e7t.dll
To unregister DLL click Start > Run > type "regsvr32 /u PATH_TO_FILE/FILE.dll" -
Delete Digital Protection registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “digprot.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “avp.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = “1″
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Digital Protection
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Digital Protection
To open registry editor click Start > Run > type "regedit".
Warning! Manual registry entries editing may cause damage to your system.
Download Uniblue RegistryBooster 2010 to scan for registry errors. -
Search and delete these Digital Protection related files:
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\about.ico
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\activate.ico
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\buy.ico
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\digprot.exe
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\help.ico
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\scan.ico
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\settings.ico
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\splash.mp3
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\uninstall.exe
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\update.ico
%Program Files%\Digital Protection\virus.mp3
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Desktop\Digital Protection Support.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Desktop\Digital Protection.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Digital Protection
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Digital Protection\About.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Digital Protection\Activate.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Digital Protection\Buy.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Digital Protection\Digital Protection Support.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Digital Protection\Digital Protection.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Digital Protection\Scan.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Digital Protection\Settings.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Digital Protection\Update.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Digital Protection.lnk
%WINDOWS%\System32\zq5e7t.dll
%WINDOWS%\System32\vurrozj.dll
%WINDOWS%\Temp\avp.exe
%WINDOWS%\Temp\[random name].exe
June 2nd, 2010 10:28
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