Windows Police PRO

Posted: August 31, 2009

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Threat Level:	10/10
Infected PCs:	21

First Seen:	December 1, 2009
Last Seen:	January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Windows Police PRO is a malicious program whose main goal is to trick people into purchasing its licensed version. Using affiliated trojans to infiltrate a computer without your knowledge or permission, and when installed and active, Windows Police PRO displays annoying popup system warnings and system tray alerts reporting viruses that can allegedly damage your confidential data and deteriorate the system performance. Windows Police PRO also runs fabricated security scanners that return scan results full of spyware applications, trojans, worms and other malware. All the above alerts and scans attempt to mislead you into thinking you have serious PC risks and need to handle them using Windows Police PRO commercial version. Thus, it is suggested you purchase and install the licensed version of Windows Police PRO.

Aliases

Mal/Generic-A [Sophos]Trj/Downloader.WGA [Panda]Win32/Adware.WindowsAntivirusPro [NOD32]Phish.Fraud.WinAntiVirus.IV [McAfee-GW-Edition]potentially unwanted program Artemis!FE6B886E6ABB [McAfee+Artemis]not-a-virus:FraudTool.Win32.WinAntiVirus.jy [Kaspersky]Trojan.Fakealert [Ikarus]PossibleThreat [Fortinet]FraudTool.Win32.WinAntiVirus.jy [F-Secure]Win32/FakeAlert.ASF [eTrust-Vet]TrojWare.Win32.Trojan.FakeAv.~SD [Comodo]Trojan.FakeScanti.a [CAT-QuickHeal]Trojan.FakeAlert.BJM [BitDefender]Fake_AntiSpyware.DFZ [AVG]Win32:Rootkit-gen [Avast]
More aliases (22)

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:

windows Police Pro.exe

File name: windows Police Pro.exe
Size: 2.41 MB (2416648 bytes)
MD5: 1af3dd6f28ba79519928ce9037444d06
Detection count: 49
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

dbsinit.exe

File name: dbsinit.exe
Size: 93.21 KB (93211 bytes)
MD5: 5d0764253b36f79baf29460e80db57d6
Detection count: 48
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

desote.exe

File name: desote.exe
Size: 440.32 KB (440320 bytes)
MD5: edb08b57ea8fa51caf9d9d6d82a6bb89
Detection count: 45
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

svchasts.exe

File name: svchasts.exe
Size: 163.84 KB (163840 bytes)
MD5: fe6b886e6abb7fa8aad1e86699b8bb93
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 11, 2009

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%ProgramFiles%\Windows Police Pro

Windows Police Pro Alert Pop-up

21 Comments

bob taylor says:

September 3, 2009 at 11:32 am

I successfully deleted police pro but now I can't access any of my programs - at least not directly. I can't open firefox from the firefox icon, for example, but if i click on an html document, firefox opens and works just fine.

How can I repair my other programs so that they'll open and run like they're supposed to?
April says:

September 3, 2009 at 8:47 pm

Windows Police pro will not let me get into anything on my computer the only thing that comes up is the police pro asking to buy there protection. What can I do?
pattii says:

September 6, 2009 at 1:05 am

I cannot run any anit spyware at all it always says no file found i cannot access task manager to delete police pro I cannot access add/remove programs etc everything is messed u am i doomed?? please help
Karen says:

September 10, 2009 at 8:13 am

I have followed all the directions to REMOVE the Police Pro, it will not let me. It tells me "Acces is Denied" (Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use). What else can I do before I lose all my valuable information??
Mat says:

September 10, 2009 at 3:48 pm

This has to be THE most annoying malware i've ever had to deal with. While the other fake anti-virus programs tend to not allow you to run any anti-virus programs, this one does not let you run ANYTHING, when ever you try to run something it tells you that it is infected.
Travis says:

September 12, 2009 at 12:51 am

i used to have windows antivirus now it turned into windows police pro. it wont let me open anything except for doucuments. i cant open add/remove programs or malware remover.i think it may have updated itself to make it so i cant open anything i need to remove it. what do i do?
im tired of trying to get rid of windows police pr says:

September 12, 2009 at 9:09 pm

THIS WAS THE WORST I EVER EXPERIANCED ON MY COMPUTER THIS VIRUS IS THE DEVIL
im tired of trying to get rid of windows police pr says:

September 12, 2009 at 9:10 pm

THANKS IF YOU CAN GET RID OF IT FOR ME.
MichaelRowyourboatashore says:

September 14, 2009 at 10:47 am

THIS INFO WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL REMOVING WINDOWS POLICE PRO.....I DID IT FREE!! MAKE SURE YOU TRY TO STOP ALL THE ERROR PROCESSES AND WINDOWS POLICE PROCESSES, THEN GO IMMEDIATELY TO C:\WINDOWS\PROGRAM FILES AND GET RID OF ANY *POLICE* FILES AND SAME WITH C:\WINDOWS\PREFETCH GET RID OF desote.exe
svchasts.exe
dbsinit.exe
windows Police Pro.exe

GOOD LUCK AND MAY YOU WIN!
Amy P. says:

September 17, 2009 at 10:02 am

My experience - (Dell Inspiron - Windows XP)

"Windows" Police PRO has taken over my laptop. - I realized it was bogus immediately - but could not find where it had nested. I locked down my firewall so that nothing else could come through. I used my 2 of my virus protection services and they detected the WBP viruses (multiple) - though did not name the virus' except to say they were Trojans. .....

I was then caught in a permanent loop.

WhenI was able to finally able isolate it through MacAfee it responded with " .... cannot be removed, nor quarantined .... "

I then unfortunately reconnected to the interenet trying to get additional software to remove this - I now cannot do anything - everything I try to open - Norton, MacAfee - Ad-Aware - is immediately blocked by Windows Police PRO .

I found the WPP folder in my programs folder - it will not allow me to delete or remove it through the control panel ..... message "program is being used and cannot be removed at this time."

Computer also displays a large black rectangle in the middle of screen "Your compute is infected - you must start virus scan immediately ..." which of course takes one to the constantly open window forcing you to purchase this spyware.

aarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh.
DAVID says:

September 18, 2009 at 10:58 am

IT WILL NOT LET MY DESKTOP START UP
Robert says:

September 21, 2009 at 6:09 am

Once you use Mac Affee and it catches the trojans associated with this virus, and you clean the virus removal it kills all exe. files. Everytime I tried too pull up a program a empty black exe. box appeared. With Windows XP it also shuts down Add and Remove programs so you can not get in there and remove it. Also if you go in Search and type in Windows Police, it will pull up the files but you can not delete them until the desote.exe is deleted.
Chris French says:

September 21, 2009 at 8:53 pm

Help, I have tried for 5 hours trying to get this spyware off my computer. It bypassed my virus scan and crippled my desktop. I have no idea how to get rid of it. I can\'t even download a spyware program to quarantine it.
John b says:

September 22, 2009 at 12:01 am

This is a nasty critter. When I attempted to run the regedit, while the Police Pro was running, it treated regedit.exe as if it were an infected file and would allow it to run. I brought up the Task manager and shut down the process, but it came back up before I had the chance to run the regedit. Thought I'd out smart and try to start the regedit from the cmd prompt. It treated that the same way, as if it was infected. I was able to run the regedit by pulling up the Run box and typing regedit, then shutting down the process and quickly starting the edit. Once the registry editor was open, it was just a matter of hunting down the bad keys and whacking them. After clearing the registry, I restarted in Safe mode and deleted the directory. This may be unrelated or not, but the add / remove software icon in the control panel isn't working now. Don't know if this is related to this beasty or not. This is on an XP box.
Kina says:

September 24, 2009 at 2:05 pm

Hi,

I was in internet when I was atacted by program with a name Windows Police Pro.
It stops me from work with my; laptop. I would like somebody to remove this program from my laptop.
Thanks,

Kina
Kenny says:

September 25, 2009 at 5:02 pm

You can't any kind of programs with this crap because it blocks them all out.
I can't even boot into safe mode to do anything.
These assholes should be put in prison for this.
I hope they all get cancer and die a long suffering death.
dawn says:

September 29, 2009 at 9:20 pm

please help to remove
denise says:

October 16, 2009 at 12:04 pm

i am so sick of this windows police pro cramp. i have done everything your page stated to do and it is still there. i am running my malware program now with fingers cross. what is this company and what right do they have to take over your computer? and who do i complain to? these jack-offs should be punished for doing this.
Michele Pace says:

October 17, 2009 at 12:33 am

Somehow my daughter was checking her email on aol, and then this thing called windows police pro popped up, I have done everything that the internet suggested to remove this from my computer and it will not let me. I also even tried to rei- install windows xp on my computer, but because of the program it want even let me do that, I do not wish to purchase the program then turn aroung only to dispute it, because I could not get it off, could you please help me, my daughter has to use the computer for school work, and I am having to use my sisters computer to write you this letter
Ray Homeyer says:

November 1, 2009 at 5:44 pm

I have tried to purchase "Windows Police Pro" and need to remove it from a different computer. When I hit "ctrl-alt-del" it give me the two following messages.

Windows - Corrupt File
The file or directory \WINDOWS\Prefetch\TASKMGR.EXE-20256C55.pf is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility.

and

Task Manager
Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator.

What do I need to do to get that computer running?

Thank you.

Ray Homeyer
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