Windows Smart Partner Removal Guide

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If you have a program called Windows Smart Partner appear on your computer’s screen every single time you turn on your machine then you are in trouble. Even though Windows Smart Partner looks like a program that is supplementary to your operating system (given its sophisticated user’s interface and all), this program is nothing, but a despicable rogue antispyware application. Windows Smart Partner is a new version of Windows Functionality Checker, Home Safety Essentials, Windows Protection Master and others, and it is there to rip you off, so you will do yourself a favor by terminating it at once.

Windows Smart Partner can enter your computer via fake online malware scanner. You must have seen them countless of times without even realizing what it is. Sometimes websites have flashing advertisements that say your computer is infected and needs to be scanned. However, if you click on that ad to “scan” your computer, you will be forced to download Windows Smart Partner, because the online scanner is not “powerful” enough to determine whether your computer is really in trouble.

Nevertheless, once you have Windows Smart Partner downloaded and installed, you are up for a big fight. This rogue tries its best to remain in your computer for a longer period of time, because the longer it stays the bigger the possibility that you will succumb to its lies and purchase the full version of the program. This is exactly what Windows Smart Partner wants you to do, because it has been created to trick unsuspecting users into believing that their computer is terribly infected with various threats, and then lure the users’ money out of them.

In order to achieve this aim, Windows Smart Partner bombards the user with various fake security notifications, indicating that the computer is infected. For example:

Error
Potential malware detected.
It is recommended to activate protection and perform a thorough system scan to remove the malware.

Error
Software without a digital signature detected.
Your system files are at risk. We strongly advise you to activate your protection.

Apart from that Windows Smart Partner can also significantly slow down your computer and block various that only increases the impression that your computer is under attack. It is under attack, however, and your main enemy is Windows Smart Partner, so you have to acquire a reliable antimalware tool that will remove Windows Smart Partner from your system without further ado.

Tested Windows Smart Partner 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.

Windows Smart Partner Screenshots:

Windows Smart Partner
Windows Smart Partner
Windows Smart Partner

Windows Smart Partner technical info for manual removal:

Files Modified/Created on the system:

# File Name File Size (Bytes) File Hash
1%commonprograms%\Windows Smart Partner.lnk
2Windows Smart Partner.lnk
3Protector-yqm.exe1971712 bytesMD5: 9710b043bc34857a7401d514994cdd60
4%appdata%\Inspector-[random].exe
5Protector-gjb.exe1943040 bytesMD5: 85525f26b10ca75f4e01e5597bc7c751
6%appdata%\npswf32.dll
7Protector-mwa.exe1972224 bytesMD5: 631c08b69ae506ae0beed7499a300d3c
8%desktopdir%\Windows Smart Partner.lnk
9Protector-pco.exe1970176 bytesMD5: 877d99d940b6b4a52a6c21ac637db97e
10Protector-dpq.exe1942528 bytesMD5: 0aeeb43fbdbee93d9e58538915356df4

Files in the following directories were modified:

  • %commonprograms%
  • %appdata%
  • %desktopdir%

Memory Processes Created:

# Process Name Process Filename Main module size
1Protector-yqm.exeProtector-yqm.exe1971712 bytes
2Inspector-[random].exeInspector-[random].exe
3Protector-gjb.exeProtector-gjb.exe1943040 bytes
4Protector-mwa.exeProtector-mwa.exe1972224 bytes
5Protector-pco.exeProtector-pco.exe1970176 bytes
6Protector-dpq.exeProtector-dpq.exe1942528 bytes

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