Windows Interactive Safety

What is Windows Interactive Safety ?

Windows Interactive Safety is what’s known as a Scareware infection. Once it installs itself it appears to be a legitimate anti-virus application, but this is not the case.

 How Did I get infected with Windows Interactive Safety ?

Most infections of this type are loaded into your computer through what are known as zero-day exploits. Essentially, these are security holes in your web-browser, java install, or flash install, that allow an infection to gain access to your computer readily. You should also be wary of Facebook advertising or Emails that you get that are out of place. If you ever have to question the legitimacy of an email or ad, you probably shouldn’t open it without contacting the sender.

What is Windows Interactive Safety Doing to My Computer Right Now?

Here are some examples of warning boxes you may get when it is installed.

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

Error
Attempt to modify registry key entries detected. Registry entry analysis is recommended.

Error
Attempt to run a potentially dangerous script detected.
Full system scan is highly recommended.

 

Windows Interactive Safety

» Download Windows Interactive Safety Removal Software

You should remove Windows Interactive Safety as soon as possible. If you have one infection in many cases you will have minor threats or browser toolbars that should be removed. This is why it’s so important to run a full virus scan even if you follow the manual removal guide below. Be sure to run a full virus scan once you have manually removed Windows Interactive Safety .

Windows Interactive Safety Manual Removal Procedures

The first step you must take in order to remove Windows Interactive Safety is to stop the following process. Watch the video for guidance.

• Protector-Random 3 to 4 characters .exe Your file trace will be named different Example: Protector-1fr3.exe.

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

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 next step in Windows Interactive Safety removal is to delete the following file:

Protector-Random 3 to 4 characters example (acf).exe

Once you have deleted the above executable, Windows Interactive Safety will no longer be running. At this time you need to run a full virus scan. RUN THE  SCAN!. We recommend SpyHunter . You need to ensure no other viruses are on your computer.  So many people skip this very simple step.  Take an extra few minutes and ensure you have all the viruses removed.

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

Windows Interactive Safety Directories:

• %AppData%\NPSWF32.dll

• %AppData%\Protector-Random 3 to 4 characters example (acf).exe

• %AppData%\Protector-Random 3 to 4 characters example (acf).exe

• AppData%\result.db

• %AppData%\1st$0l3th1s.cnf

File Location Notes:

%AppData% refers to the current users Application Data folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\<Current User>\Application Data for Windows 2000/XP. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 it is C:\Users\<Current User>\AppData\Roaming.