Remove Your Protection (Uninstall Guide)
Posted by Lawrence Abrams on April 2, 2010 @ 01:11 PM · Views: 33,966
What this infection does:
Your Protection is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same
family as Paladin
Antivirus. This rogue is promoted and installed through the use of malware
that automatically downloads and installs it onto your computer without your
consent or knowledge. Once downloaded and installed, Your Protection will scan
your computer for certain legitimate anti-virus programs that may be installed
on your computer. If they are detected, Use Protection will state they are infections
and prompt you to uninstall them. It does this in order to protect itself from
the legitimate programs that may flag Your Protection as an infection. The anti-malware
programs that it tries to uninstall include:
- F-Secure
- NOD32
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
- Norton Internet Security
- Avira AntiVir
- AVG8
- AntiVir
- Agnitum Outpost Security Suite
- avast!
When Your Protection starts it will scan your computer and state that it is
infected with a variety of infections. It will not, though, allow you to remove
any of these infections unless you first purchase the program. The infections
it finds, though, are either not real or are legitimate programs on your computer.
Therefore, please do not manually delete any of the items it shows as it may
cause your computer to not operate properly if you delete a legitimate file.
Your Protection screen shot
For more screen shots of this infection click on the image above.
There are a total of 11 images you can view.
The Trojans that install Your Protection may also install TDSS on to your computer
as well. This version of TDSS will not allow you to run certain programs that
may help you remove the infection. Therefore, before you continue attempting
to remove Your Protection, we suggest you first follow the steps in the following
guide to remove TDSS. Then you will be able to remove Your Protection without
any problem.
How
to remove the TDSS, TDL3, or Alureon rootkit using TDSSKiller
While Your Protection is running it will also display fake security alerts
and warnings on your computer in order to try and trick you into thinking that
you are infected. These alerts will state that your computer is under attack
from a remote pc and that keyloggers or malware have been detected. Some examples
of the alerts you will see are:
Antivirus Alert - Critical threat detected
Warning: Network attack detected
Network attack has been detected. Process is attempting to access your private
data.
Your computer is being attacked from a remote
PC.
Process is trying to steal your passwords listed below. It is highly recommended
to block this threat now.
User's activity loggers detected!
It's strongly recommended to remove detected threats right now!
A security threat detected on your computer! This malicious
program may steal your private data. Click on the message to ensure the protection
of your computer.
Harmful viruses detected on your computer. This malicious software may harm
your computer. Click on the message to ensure the protection of your computer.
You are running a trial antivirus software version.
Activate your antivirus software copy to get full-time antivirus protection.
Click on the message to ensure the protection of your computer.
Zlob.Porn.Ad adware has been detected.
This adware module advertises websites with explicit content. Be advised of
such content being possibly illegal. Please click the button below to locate
and remove this threat now.
Most of the viruses and worms on your PC because of
visiting pornosites or warez/torrent sites.
ANTIVIRUS IS RUN IN DEMO MODE. ACTIVATE YOUR ANTIVIRUS
OTHERWISE ALL THE DATA WILL BE LOST OR DAMAGED!
DANGEROUS! ANTIVIRUS DETECTED SOME HARMFUL PROGRAMS
ON YOUR PC! THEY MAY CORRUPT YOUR INFORMATION OR SEND IT TO HACKERS.
Unauthorized person tries to steal your passwords and
private information. Click on the message to prevent identity theft.
Unauthorized access to your computer! Click on the message to install up-to-date
antivirus software.
System files of your computer are damaged. Please,
restart your system ASAP.
Danger!
A security threat detected on your computer. TrojanASPX.JS.Win32. It strongly
recommended to remove this threat right now. Click on the message to remove
it.
Your Protection will also randomly state that programs you run on your computer
are infected. When you attempt to run programs it will display an alert and
state that a virus has been detected. The alerts you will see is:
Warning! Virus threat detected!
Virus activity detected!
Trojan-Clicker.Win32 adware has been detected. This adware module advertises
websites with explicit content. Be advised of such content being possibly
illegal. Please click the button below to locate and remove this threat now.
Just like the fake scan results, all of these fake alerts are just another
tactic where Your Protection is trying to convince you that you have a security
problem on your computer and should be ignored. Last, but not least, this infection
will also create shortcuts to the the porn sites called youporn.com, nudetube.com,
and pornotube.com and place them on your Windows Desktop.
As you can see, Your Protection was created to trick you into thinking you are infected
so that you will then purchase the program. It goes without saying that you
should definitely not purchase this program, and if you already have, please
contact your credit card company to dispute the charges. To remove this infection
and any related malware, please use the removal guide below.
Threat Classification:
Advanced information:
View Your Protection files.
View Your Protection Registry Information.
Entries for this program found in the Add or Remove Programs control panel:
Your Protection
Tools Needed for this fix:
Symptoms that may be in a HijackThis Log:
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [mplay32xe.exe] %Temp%\mplay32xe.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Your Protection] "C:\Program Files\Your Protection\urpprot.exe" -noscan
Guide Updates:
Automated Removal Instructions for Your Protection using Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:
- Print out these instructions as we may need to close every window that is
open later in the fix.
- Before we can do anything we must first end the processes that belong to
Your Protection
so that it does not interfere with the cleaning procedure. To do this, please
download RKill to your desktop from the following link.
RKill
Download Link - (Download page will open in a new tab or browser window.)
When at the download page, click on the Download Now button
labeled iExplore.exe download link. When you are prompted
where to save it, please save it on your desktop.
- Once it is downloaded, double-click on the iExplore.exe
icon in order to automatically attempt to stop any processes associated with
Your Protection
and other Rogue programs. Please be patient while the program looks for various
malware programs and ends them. When it has finished, the black window will
automatically close and you can continue with the next step. If you get a
message that RKill is an infection, do not be concerned. This message is just
a fake warning given by
Your Protection
when it terminates programs that may potentially remove it. If you run into
these infections warnings that close RKill, a trick is to leave the warning
on the screen and then run RKill again. By not closing the warning, this typically
will allow you to bypass the malware trying to protect itself so that RKill
can terminate
Your Protection
. So, please try running RKill until the malware is no longer running. You
will then be able to proceed with the rest of the guide. Do not reboot
your computer after running RKill as the malware programs will start again.
If you continue having problems running RKill, you can download the
other renamed versions of RKill from the RKill
download page. Both of these files are renamed copies
of RKill, which you can try instead. Please note that the download page will
open in a new browser window or tab.
- Now you should download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following
location and save it to your desktop:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link
(Download page will open in a new window)
- Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including
this one.
- Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe.
This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.
- When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue
with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings
and when the program has finished installing and is at the last screen, make
sure you uncheck both of the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware check
boxes. Then click on the Finish button. If Malwarebytes'
prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.
If you receive a code 2 error while installing Malwarebytes's, please press
the OK button to close these errors as we will resolve them
in future steps. The code 2 error will look similar to the image below.
- As this infection deletes a core executable of Malwarebytes' we will need
to download a new copy of it and put it in the C:\program files\Malwarebytes'
Anti-Malware\ folder. To download the file please click on the following
link:
Malwarebytes'
EXE Download
When your browser prompts you where to save it to, please save it to the C:\program
files\Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware\ folder. When downloading the file,
it will have a random filename. Please leave the filename the way it is as
it is important that it is not changed. You may want to write down the name
of the file as you will need to know the name in the next step.
- Once the file has been downloaded, open the C:\program files\Malwarebytes'
Anti-Malware\ folder and double-click on the file you downloaded
in step 8. MBAM will now start and you will be at the main program screen
as shown below.
- Before you can perform a scan, you must first update the program. To do
this click on the Update tab, and that at the new screen
click on the Check for Updates button. Malwarebytes' will
now check for new updates and download and install them as necessary. When
the update is completed, you will be prompted with a message stating either
that you already have the latest updates or that they have been updated. Either
way, you should now click on the OK button to continue.
- Now click on the Scanner tab and make sure the the Perform
full scan option is selected. Then click on the Scan
button to start scanning your computer for
Your Protection
related files.
- MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can
take quite a while, so we suggest you go and do something else and periodically
check on the status of the scan. When MBAM is scanning it will look like the
image below.
- When the scan is finished a message box will appear as shown in the image
below.
You should click on the OK button to close the message box and continue with
the
Your Protection
removal process.
- You will now be back at the main Scanner screen. At this point you should
click on the Show Results button.
- A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown
as seen in the image below. Please note that the infections found may be different
than what is shown in the image.
You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove
all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry
keys and add them to the programs quarantine. When removing the files, MBAM
may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message
stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so. Once your computer
has rebooted, and you are logged in, please continue with the rest of the
steps.
- When MBAM has finished removing the malware, it will open the scan log and
display it in Notepad. Review the log as desired, and then close the Notepad
window.
- You can now exit the MBAM program.
- Due to the fact that this infection deletes certain MalwareBytes' files,
and we had to work around this, if you wish to continue using MalwareBytes'
Anti-Malware, which we suggest you do, then you should uninstall and then
install it again so that the files are created properly.
- As many rogues and other malware are installed through vulnerabilities found
in out-dated and insecure programs, it is strongly suggested that you use
Secunia PSI to scan for vulnerable programs on your computer. A tutorial on
how to use Secunia PSI to scan for vulnerable programs can be found here:
How to
detect vulnerable and out-dated programs using Secunia Personal Software Inspector
Your computer should now be free of the
Your Protection
program. If your current anti-virus solution let this infection through,
you may want to consider purchasing the
PRO version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware to protect against these types
of threats in the future.
If you are still having problems with your computer after completing these instructions, then please follow the steps outlined in the topic linked below:
Preparation Guide For Use Before Using Malware Removal Tools and Requesting Help
Associated Your Protection Files:
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\fiosejgfse.dll
c:\Program Files\Your Protection
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\about.ico
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\activate.ico
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\buy.ico
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\help.ico
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\scan.ico
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\settings.ico
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\splash.mp3
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\Uninstall.exe
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\update.ico
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\urp.db
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\urpext.dll
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\urphook.dll
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\urpprot.exe
c:\Program Files\Your Protection\virus.mp3
%Temp%\4otjesjty.mof
%Temp%\asd1.tmp
%Temp%\mplay32xe.exe
%Temp%\urp.dat
%Temp%\urpr.dat
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Your Protection.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Your Protection Support.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Your Protection.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Your Protection
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Your Protection\About.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Your Protection\Activate.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Your Protection\Buy.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Your Protection\Scan.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Your Protection\Settings.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Your Protection\Update.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Your Protection\Your Protection Support.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Your Protection\Your Protection.lnk
File Location Notes:
%UserProfile% refers to the current user's profile folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\<Current User> for Windows 2000/XP, C:\Users\<Current User> for Windows Vista/7, and c:\winnt\profiles\<Current User> for Windows NT.
%Temp% refers to the Windows Temp folder. By default, this is C:\Windows\Temp for Windows 95/98/ME, C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\<Current User>\LOCAL SETTINGS\Temp for Windows 2000/XP, and C:\Users\<Current User>\AppData\Local\Temp for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Associated Your Protection Windows Registry Information:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Your Protection
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Your Protection
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableTaskMgr" = "1"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "mplay32xe.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Your Protection"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SimpleShlExt "(Default)" = "{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}"
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SimpleShlExt "(Default)" = "{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system "DisableTaskMgr" = "1"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved "{5E2121EE-0300-11D4-8D3B-444553540000}"
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