Windows Privacy Counsel

What is Windows Privacy Counsel?

Windows Privacy Counsel is a rogue virus. This means it was built to look and feel like a real antivirus client but it’s nothing more then a scam. This threat changes it’s name every few days in efforts to avoid detection. To remove Windows Privacy Counsel you can follow our below guide that walks you through fully removing this threat. Other similar threats are Windows Instant Scanner, Windows Custom Safety,

This Guide Includes

1. Windows Privacy Counsel Removal Video

2. Manual guide covering how to remove Windows Privacy Counsel

3. Recommendation of Products and Services to help you remove Windows Privacy Counsel

 How Did I get infected with Windows Privacy Counsel?

There are literally dozens of ways users can get infected with malware like this. It’s not uncommon for good websites to get hacked and malicious code inserted on them. there are bad websites out there that try to for viruses down onto your computer. A user can always be tricked into installing the malware thinking it’s something else. The list goes on and on. In the end only a fully locked down computer can really prevent infections and even then they can still get by.

What is Windows Privacy Counsel Doing to My Computer Right Now?

From the testing by removevirus.org we did not find this threat really doing much harm if any to the Windows file system. Your personal files should still be safe along with all your social profiles and banking info. This program is not stealing any of your data. The goal of this program is to simply trick and scare the end user into making a purchase. It will most likely be blocking other normal programs from running like antivirus clients.

Here are some of the error messages we were able to see.

Error
Trojan activity detected. System data security is at risk.
It is recommended to activate protection and run a full system scan.

Warning
Firewall has blocked a program from accessing the Internet
C:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe is suspected to have infected your PC. This type of virus intercepts entered data and transmits them to a remote server. As you might imagine, Internet Explorer, which is what explore.exe is, didn’t infect your computer.

Windows Privacy Counsel

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To remove Windows Privacy Counsel you can follow the below manual guide. We also recommend an antivirus client as well as a remote computer repair company. You may need to boot into safe mode to install and run your antivirus client. We will covers several tips to teach you how to remove Windows Privacy Counsel for good.

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Video Showing You How to Remove Windows Privacy Counsel

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Windows Privacy Counsel Manual Removal Procedures

You need to focus on doing one thing. Stop a single process from running on your computer. Once this is done it’s all down hill and should be easy.

Stopping the Windows Privacy Counsel process.

• Protector-<random 3 chars>.exe ( Example is Protector-804.exe ) Your file trace will be named different. The idea here is to show you an example of what the file will look like.

To Stop this process you can

A. Browse to the file location shown below and re-name the file first and then restart your computer. Then browse to that file location again and delete the file.

B.  Boot into Safe Mode and delete the file. (My Favorite solution) See how to boot into safe mode

C:  Log-into another users account and see if you can delete the file.

D:  Start the Task Manager the very second you login and terminate the process that way.

The file path where this virus threat is located is

C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\AppData\VIRUSNAME.exe

You can not delete a file while it is in use. You can however re-name the file if it’s still running. Then as the above step suggests just re-boot the computer and then locate the file you re-named and delete it.

Once you have deleted the above executable, Windows Privacy Counsel will no longer be running. At this time you need to run a full virus scan. RUN THE  SCAN! We recommend Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. You need to ensure no other viruses are on your computer.  Unfortunately many people skip this crucial step following the removal of the infection. Although the machine may seem clean, other infections may still be lurking, ready to infect the machine as soon as they’re activated.

If you find this threat too difficult to remove yourself and need an expert, we recommend www.pcninja.com . They charge far less than others and are great at what they do.

Windows Safety Maintenance Registry Removal Procedures

Not needed. I know others may say you need to remove the registry entries but they are causing no issues what so ever. Poking around in the registry is not a good idea. I recommend you just avoid doing it. If you are very worried just use an antivirus client or a registry cleaner to scan and remove any left over traces.

Windows Privacy Counsel Directories and Files:

• %AppData%\Protector-[random].exe
• %AppData%\NPSWF32.dll
• %AppData%\Protector-[random].exe
• %AppData%\result.db
• %AppData%\1st$0l3th1s.cnf

Conclusion

Because this malware threat has been around a long time just under different names, we have the removal process down pat. It’s a rather easy threat to manually remove if you know your way around a computer. If not then you may want to consider getting help. The best solutions we can recommend are either paying an expert to remove this threat like www.pcninja.com or purchasing an antivirus client like Spyware Doctor with Antivirus that can help you remove this malware.

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