Antivirus Protection 2012 Removal Guide

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There are a lot of rogues out there, but they all function according to the same pattern. Antivirus Protection 2012 is of no exception. This rogue is here to inform you about malicious infections in your computer and then draw your money out until the very last cent. If you are not careful about it, you might end up penniless with a destroyed computer at hand. Needless to say, that you need to take care of Antivirus Protection 2012 at once.

Even though Antivirus Protection 2012 has not been reported to block executables files or the internet connection, it wouldn’t be a surprise if it redirected your search or changed your desktop background, because based on is graphic user interface, Antivirus Protection 2012 belongs to a family of rogues that actually do it. If so, then the rogue might also alter your desktop background with a picture that urges you to purchase the license of Antivirus Protection 2012, saying you have to register the program immediately if you want your computer to go back to normal.

Unfortunately, these statements are nothing but blatant lies. Were you to pay for the registration of Antivirus Protection 2012, you would reveal your credit card number, expiration date and other data to cyber criminals and your bank account would be robbed in no time. Keep this sensitive information to yourself and terminate Antivirus Protection 2012 as soon as possible.

Despite the fact that Antivirus Protection 2012 performs a full system scan, it does not have an ability to detect threats whatsoever. Thus, even though it says that W32/Autorun.worm.5492698F, Trojan.Win32/Alureon.CT (this Trojan is a real-existing threat, by the way) and TRojanDownloader.JS/Renos have infected your computer THAT IS NOT TRUE. Antivirus Protection 2012 only makes use of these names to scare you into believing that the only way out of this mess is acquiring the full version of the rogue.

Do yourself a favor and remove Antivirus Protection 2012 from your computer right now. Acquire a trustworthy antimalware program that will do the job for you automatically and you will no longer have to worry about this rogue ruining your system.

Tested Antivirus Protection 2012 removal solution for 64/32-bit Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000
*The Spyhunter scanner download on this site is intended to be used as a detection tool. If you want to use its a removal function, you will need to purchase the full version of SpyHunter.

Antivirus Protection 2012 Screenshots:

Antivirus Protection 2012
Antivirus Protection 2012
Antivirus Protection 2012

Antivirus Protection 2012 technical info for manual removal:

Files Modified/Created on the system:

# File Name File Size (Bytes) File Hash
1%appdata%antivirus protectionantivirusprotection2012.exe
2%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus Protection 2012
3Antivirus Protection 2012.lnk
4%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus Protection
5Antivirus Protection.lnk
6securitymanager.exe122880 bytesMD5: 917c4059dc649b28b13a3534984d789d
7%appdata%antivirus protectionsecuritymanager.exe
8securityhelper.exe3918339 bytesMD5: 68fd15c187ccf9e612c498f9ca56a041
9%APPDATA%\Antivirus Protection
10AntivirusProtection2012.exe2477056 bytesMD5: 74d7411c61ebad2dfc9044b7b6cfb21d
11%APPDATA%\Antivirus Protection 2012
12%desktop%antivirus protection.lnk
13%startmenu%programsantivirus protectionantivirus protection.lnk

Files in the following directories were modified:

  • %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs
  • %APPDATA%

Memory Processes Created:

# Process Name Process Filename Main module size
1%appdata%antivirus protectionantivirusprotection2012.exe%appdata%antivirus protectionantivirusprotection2012.exe
2securitymanager.exesecuritymanager.exe122880 bytes
3%appdata%antivirus protectionsecuritymanager.exe%appdata%antivirus protectionsecuritymanager.exe
4securityhelper.exesecurityhelper.exe3918339 bytes
5AntivirusProtection2012.exeAntivirusProtection2012.exe2477056 bytes

Registry Modifications:

The following Registry Keys were created:

  • Antivirus Protection 2012 SM
  • HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run!Inspector
  • Antivirus Protection

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