| Your Protection is a new fake antispyware program, | | | | Protection cannot detect and remove malicious |
| which is an update to previously published User | | | | programs, as well as not be able to protect you from |
| Protection. The difference between the first program | | | | possible infections in the future. Thus, you can safely |
| of the second very slightly. First, changed the name | | | | ignore all that this fake antivirus will show you. |
| of the program and secondly, have been partially | | | | For a more complete picture of what the computer |
| modified the basic components of the program in | | | | is infected with dangerous viruses, Your Protection |
| order to protect them from detection by the legit | | | | will display a lot of fake alerts and pop-ups, who |
| antivirus and antispyware programs. Otherwise, | | | | reported that the computer is infected and offering |
| everything remained as before. | | | | to buy or activate the full version of this fake |
| Like other similar programs Your Protection uses | | | | antispyware program. Of course, all these reports |
| trojans to spread itself. To penetrate a computer, | | | | and warnings are a fake and like false scan results |
| these trojans exploit vulnerabilities in the programs | | | | should be ignored. |
| already installed on your computer. This is basically | | | | In addition, the trojan which installs Your Protection, |
| Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat Reader (this is | | | | can also download and install a variant of TDSS |
| needed to view PDF files) and Adobe Flash Player | | | | trojan. This trojan is very dangerous because it can |
| (browser add-on that needed to watch online video). | | | | block the work of most antivirus and antispyware |
| When a trojan is activated, it first does not manifest | | | | applications, so that they will not even start. But it's |
| itself so that the user did not find the source of it on | | | | not all, TDSS trojan can also redirect you from sites |
| the computer. But after awhile, it starts to show a | | | | that you want to visit on a completely other. |
| lot of false alerts and warnings that the computer is | | | | It is obvious that the presence of this program on |
| in danger and urgently needed to install and activate | | | | your computer is not desirable, but also dangerous. |
| antivirus, this "antivirus" - Your Protection. Even if you | | | | This fake malware utility must be removed |
| ignore these warnings, what is right, this trojan | | | | immediately after detection. To remove Your |
| secretly start the download core components of this | | | | Protection and other computer parasites that could |
| fake antivirus program and then install it without your | | | | get on the computer with it, use the instructions |
| permission and knowledge. | | | | below. |
| During its first run, Your Protection scans your | | | | How to remove Your Protection |
| computer for an already installed antivirus and | | | | 1. Download TDSS trojan remover (TDSSKiller.zip), |
| antispyware utilities, and if they are found, required | | | | unzip this file, open TDSSKiller folder and run |
| to remove them under the pretext that they may | | | | TDSSKiller.exe, follow the prompts. |
| conflict with it. That certainly is true, because an | | | | 2. Reboot your computer. |
| antivirus programs are designed to block the work of | | | | 3. Download Malwarebytes Anti-malware installer |
| a variety of parasitic programs. Further, Your | | | | (mbam-setup.exe) and run it, follow the prompts. |
| Protection creates an entry in | | | | 4. MalwareBytes Anti-malware will automatically |
| "HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Microsoft | | | | | update itself after the install, once finished click to OK |
| Windows | CurrentVersion | Run" key of Windows | | | | button and you will now be at the main menu. |
| registry, that allowing itself to run automatically every | | | | 5. Click Scan button to start scanning your computer. |
| time you start Windows. When Your Protection is | | | | 6. When the scan is done, click OK, then click "Show |
| started, it begins to scan the computer, which | | | | Results" button. |
| resulted in a finding of a large number of trojans, | | | | 7. You will see a list of infected items, make sure |
| viruses, worms, etc. These results, as well as self | | | | that all entries have a check mark at their far left |
| scanning, is nothing but a scam. In reality Your | | | | and click "Remove Selected" button. |