How to remove AdProtect
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AdProtect description
AdProtect is rogue security tool promoted on fraudulent websites such as adprotect.com. Ad-Protect is not a real anti-spyware, yet it presents itself as an anti-spyware in order to trick people into purchasing the tool.
Ad Protect displays counterfeit security alerts; it may even imitate system check. AdProtect constantly loads pop-ups urging to pay for using the program. Avoid buying the tool; it is useless and it is part of scam.
Get rid of AdProtect
AdProtect is a Rogue Antispyware software
How to manually remove AdProtect
To remove AdProtect spyware you must block AdProtect sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other AdProtect files and registry utility. Follow the AdProtect detection and removal instructions below.
The most typical software removal method is to remove AdProtect by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden AdProtect files, running processes and registries in your computer, so AdProtect may recreate all other files after reboot.
AdProtect manual removal instructions
Block AdProtect sites:
adprotect.com
Read more how to block AdProtect sites
Stop and remove AdProtect processes:
adprotect_setup.exe
ad-protect.exe
uninst.exe
Read more how to kill AdProtect processes
Locate and delete AdProtect registry entries:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ad-Protect.Addin
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ad-Protect.Server
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ad-Protect.Addin.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Ad-Protect.Server.1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Ad-Protect.Addin.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{7C11C36C-2AE0-4489-9B09-A6129139D52D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{C628512D-A058-4BD4-B47B-B036F45FA02B}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{9DA1990B-9BCA-4c80-AEFB-11A40FA849F9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\IEControl.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\spamdet.DLL
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\ad-protect.EXE
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{E6B4AB50-F423-4EE6-9839-B35DCFCDFA49}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F51BC478-D997-4C56-988D-79D9EEAAD1EC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F82FD7D4-2EC8-40B3-A141-DE051C98DCE9}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{99A753C6-E429-46BD-989E-DD4A21CD059D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BBBD3E11-D201-46C9-8471-091D33159287}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{214345B8-BB69-498D-A168-29F58F15D806}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{D2C1986A-FBEC-4472-AABF-6D42F08DBC8E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{FD4DCB8B-C33A-4E70-A351-6FAB7E1071A4}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spamdet.SpamDetector
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\spamdet.SpamDetector.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D2C1986A-FBEC-4472-AABF-6D42F08DBC8E}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D7ABE914-B8CF-4602-9145-6BDAAEDA21AA}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E6B4AB50-F423-4EE6-9839-B35DCFCDFA49}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{283ED043-D403-4808-BF28-FCDE29DCF1FB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{32BD20FD-41FD-47FB-9BC9-28DCBD7D55D7}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{DFCDA823-80C5-4F55-B328-7EFD4AFBD9A0}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEControl.IEExtension
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\IEControl.IEExtension.1
Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\Ad-Protect.Addin.1
Ad-Protect.Addin
Ad-Protect.Addin.1
Ad-Protect.Server
Ad-Protect.Server.1
BBBD3E11-D201-46C9-8471-091D33159287
EA038DDD-0FE0-41f5-BA60-FC3660529E71
E23B7464-FAF1-4B5A-8417-B019DA68E62D
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{dfcda823-80c5-4f55-b328-7efd4afbd9a0}\1.0\0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\explorer\browser helper objects\{1f6fe2c2-6040-4645-9053-7f689affe176}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{d7abe914-b8cf-4602-9145-6bdaaeda21aa} appid
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{d7abe914-b8cf-4602-9145-6bdaaeda21aa}\programmable
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\typelib\{dfcda823-80c5-4f55-b328-7efd4afbd9a0}
Read more how to delete AdProtect registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by AdProtect
Search and unregister AdProtect DLL libraries:
adpnospam.dll
adpiemonitor.dll
desktopmanager.dll
dbghelp.dll
startupeditor.dll
messengercontrol.dll
msvcr71.dll
msvcp71.dll
Read more how to unregister AdProtect DLL files
Detect and delete other AdProtect files:
adprotect_setup.exe
ad-protect.exe
uninst.exe
adpnospam.dll
adpiemonitor.dll
desktopmanager.dll
dbghelp.dll
startupeditor.dll
messengercontrol.dll
msvcr71.dll
msvcp71.dll
We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track AdProtect and automaticaly remove AdProtect processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.
