Friday, February 25, 2011

Windows Privacy Agent Removal Guide

Windows Privacy Agent Removal Guide
Windows Privacy Agent is a fake antivirus program that shows the user that the computer is infected by malwares repeatedly so that to urge the user to purchase the full version of Windows Privacy Agent. Windows Privacy Agent is downloaded into computer when the user downloads video files from untrusted website. The video file downloaded cannot be viewed but is the Windows Privacy Agent which cannot detect and remove any malware. Windows Privacy Agent installs into the computer and will scan the computer when Windows boot. Then Windows Privacy Agent will surely states that the computer have been infected by malwares. Then, the computer will start slowing down and behave strangely.

Windows Privacy Agent can be removed by stopping the processes and removing the files by using Emsisoft HiJackFree. Then the user should remove the registry entries added or modified by Windows Privacy Agent shown in the removal guide below. All files related to Windows Privacy Agent must be deleted.

Windows Privacy Agent should be removed immediately!

Removal Guide
Kill Process
(How to kill a process effectively?)
[random].exe

Delete Registry
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\msascui.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = '%UserProfile%\Application Data\[random].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\msmpeng.exe "Debugger" = 'svchost.exe'

Remove Folders and Files
%UserProfile%\Application Data\[RANDOM].exe

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