I’ve got virus detection from my antivirus program. It says my computer has been infected by TR/BProtector.Gen2 virus. I tried to delete the virus but my antivirus software said it couldn’t remove it. As I keep getting the warning message of the infection I really want to remove the virus to make my computer stay clean. How to remove it?

TR/BProtector.Gen2 Trojan Virus Infection Detection

TR/BProtector.Gen2 virus is recognized to be a Trojan virus which has attacked many computers all over the world. It has been reported that it often appears on computers with Windows operating system. And it won’t be detected in any precaution. People do not beware that their computers have been attacked until they get the infection alert from their antivirus. However, being able to detect the virus, most antivirus programs fail to remove the virus. No matter how many times the victims try, the stubborn virus cannot be eliminated anyhow.

After TR/BProtector.Gen2 virus has installed onto a computer, the infected system will begin to have plenty of problems. There will show up suspicious processes in windows task manager. They often occupy great part of system resource and leave little for other programs to run. Thus other regular programs cannot react properly to the users’ commands. They will come to random errors or may not be able to respond in time. Besides, PC users can also find that there begin to occur unknown toolbars, bookmarks and adware on their computer which they never download. That’s because that the virus will cause backdoor tasks. It will download unwanted programs to the infected computer. Most of the programs are not safe to use. They may cause some other troubles after they have been installed.

Note: Manual Removal requires expertise and it is for advanced users, if you don’t have much experience in dealing with redirect virus.
Contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for removal assistance.

Symptoms of Similar Trojan Infection :

– This virus can escape from most antivirus protection and get itself installed on computers especially with Windows operating systems.
– It can cause constant stuck or even blue screens on the infected computers.
– Computer users will experience constant security pop ups on the computers which may not truly represent the status of the PCs.
– Certain malware or spyware may be prompted by these fake security pop ups which will end up scamming money.
– Sensitive data like privacy can also be stolen and taken advantages by cyber criminals.

Manual Removal Step by Step Instructions

Up till now, there is not a perfect antivirus that can detect this pesky Trojan virus or delete it completely. TR/BProtector.Gen2 has been updated by remote and backstage cyber criminals and is able to escape from the scan of any anti-virus programs thus it is hard to be removed or even found. The most effective way is to remove it manually. The following instructions need quite level of computer expertise. If you don’t know how to that correctly, please contact with YooSecurity online support now!

Step A: Check on your start menu if there are any programs that you are not familiar with. The strange ones will often related to the virus process as it can start automatically with the windows. You can press on Windows key or just click on the start menu to view it. Please notice that you need to click on All Programs to have an overall check on it.

start button
Step B: To remove the Trojan the first thing we need to do is to end its process thus we will not get the error message when we delete its files. To do that, open Windows Task Manager to end process related to this Trojan infection. You can press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys at the same time to pull up Window Task Manager; go to Processes tab on top and scroll down the list to find.

windows task manager

Step C: Always any virus files will be hidden files. So we need to show hidden files before we are going to delete them. Open Control Panel from Start menu and search for Folder Options (As an easy way you can open a folder and hold Alt key and tap on T, O key one by one and folder option window will pops up). Go to Folder Options window, under View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click Apply and then hit OK.

folder options

After we can see hidden folders and files we can go to system files and delete the infected files. The path of the virus often can be found from the antivirus which detects it.

program data

Step D: After we delete the virus files from system data we get to remove the registry of the virus from registry editor to prevent it from coming back. You can get Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys to pull up Run box and type in regedit to open Registry Editor.

Run box

The following is how Windows Registry Editor looks like.

Registry Editor

Step E: Delete all these associated files and registry entries with this Trojan virus from Registry Editor. The registry files are listed randomly. Besides, you need to delete the infection files of the redirect virus from your system files to prevent it from coming back. Those files are named randomly also but may be different on different operating systems.

Video on How to Modify or Change Windows Registry Safely:

To Summarize Shortly:

TR/BProtector.Gen2 is a Trojan virus that can make great and bad effects to the infected computer. It not only eats great system resource and make the computer run improperly, but also brings more and more malicious adware or viruses to the system which has been vulnerable from the first infection. Despite the influence of this virus, it often puzzles people a lot that the virus can always infect a computer even there is perfect antivirus protection on it. This Trojan has been updated by hackers to be able to bypass the notice of general antivirus software. Nor can it be removed by any antivirus software. The best way to get rid of the virus is to remove it manually which also needs high level of expertise. You may turn for an expert to help if you are not computer literate.

Note: Have tried many methods but failed to get rid of this Trojan virus? If you have no clue, please contact YooSecurity Online Experts in time to save your computer.

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on April 28, 2014 1:17 pm

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