Windows Personal Detective

Windows Personal Detective Description

Windows Personal Detective hides behind an original name that’s indicative of anti-spyware features, but Windows Personal Detective’s actual functions are copied wholesale from equally fake brands of anti-malware scanners that are classified under the VirusDoctor umbrella. Instead of granting extra control over memory processes, virus detection, anti-phishing security and other safety functions, Windows Personal Detective will use all of these supposed features as excuses to display inaccurate and misleading data about your PC, with fake infection alerts taking the center stage in its scam. SpywareRemove.com malware experts suggest that you avoid buying Windows Personal Detective as Windows Personal Detective so urges you to do, and, instead, save your money by deleting Windows Personal Detective with your preference of genuine anti-malware software.

Sleuthing Out the Dark Past Behind Windows Personal Detective’s Friendly Exterior

Windows Personal Detective looks very close to an actual anti-malware scanner and security tool – but this is for the simple reason that many of its aesthetics choices have been stolen from Windows itself, with its additions being borrowed from other members of the family. Equivalent types of fake anti-malware programs that share Windows Personal Detective’s classification include These fraudulent anti-malware products are marketed by malicious websites and fake online scanners that seek to install them under false pretenses – such as implying that your PC is infected and requires Windows Personal Detective to be disinfected.

Windows Personal Detective will stay true to its word only in the sense that Windows Personal Detective will, indeed, create warning messages and scans of your PC, but alerts, threat detections and other messages from Windows Personal Detective can always be disregarded as false.

In addition to Windows Personal Detective being unable to find real PC threats, SpywareRemove.com malware analysts note that Windows Personal Detective is also unable to remove them.

How Windows Personal Detective Exchanges Your Real PC Security for a Sham

Like most types of rogue anti-malware applications, Windows Personal Detective will start with Windows (although this can be skirted with, for example, a boot via Safe Mode), and SpywareRemove.com malware researchers warn you to be alert for other attacks while Windows Personal Detective is active, in addition to its standard types of fake security pop-ups. Other problems that will tag along with any Windows Personal Detective infection include:

Web browser attacks that redirect your browser to Windows Personal Detective’s home site or block websites that could help you remove Windows Personal Detective.
Unrelated programs being blocked by Windows Personal Detective, usually with inaccurate alerts about said programs being damaged or infected. SpywareRemove.com malware experts note that these blockades don’t, in fact, harm the program in question, and will cease to be an issue as soon as you delete Windows Personal Detective with an appropriate anti-malware scanner.
For baseline Windows programs, such as Task Manager, Windows Personal Detective may also disallow your ability to use them by replacing them with its Advanced Process Control window.

Windows Personal Detective Automatic Detection Tool (Recommended)

Is your PC infected with Windows Personal Detective? To safely & quickly detect Windows Personal Detective, we highly recommend you run the malware scanner listed below.

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Visual & GUI Characteristics

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

#	File Name	Detection Count
1	Windows Personal Detective.lnk	403
2	%APPDATA%\ Protector-bqx.exe	169
3	%AppData%\NPSWF32.dll	N/A
4	%AppData%\Protector-oak.exe	N/A
5	%DesktopDir%\Windows Personal Detective.lnk	N/A
6	%CommonPrograms%\Windows Personal Detective.lnk	N/A

Registry Modifications

Tutorial: To edit and delete registry entries manually, read the tutorial on how to remove malicious registry entries.

Tip & Warning: Editing and removing the wrong registry keys can severely damage your PC, so remember to backup your Windows Registry! To optimize your Windows Registry and speed up your PC, download RegHunter's registry cleaner.

The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\..{RunKeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Inspector"

Posted: March 6, 2012 | By SpywareRemove