Win 7 Protection 2014 kept popping up on my screen and it blocked most of actions on the computer. Is it a reliable antivirus or a fake one? If it is a fake antivirus, what should I do to get it off the computer? I was freaked out with this annoying pop-up security program and found it unable to be uninstalled from the control panel directly. What further damages will this rogue program bring to my computer? Why can’t any licensed anti-virus software block this rogue program? How to uninstall it from the computer completely? Any rogue program removal guide will be highly appreciated.

Brief Introduction to This Win 7 Protection 2014

Win 7 Protection 2014 is a newly released computer infection rather than a useful security protection. It is identified as a risky rogue program which attacks worldwide computers. PC users are likely to pick up this fake anti-virus software when you receive doubtful attachments from others, visit malicious sites and download freeware from affected web pages etc. Soon as the virus arrives, it gets installed in the target computer automatically. It will run as a startup program and pop up on your computer screen every time the affected system is launched. This fake antivirus is designed by cyber criminals who attempts to swindle money from unknown users. Other rogue programs like Win 7 Protection 2013, Vista Antivirus 2013 and XP antivirus 2013 etc. share same features as this virus to perform harmful actions on affected computers. Upon installation, the rogue program will launch an automatic scan through the system and then it displays scan reports stating that many threats have been found in the computer. It also cheats unknown victims to pay for its registered version of program and install it so as to clean those detected threats and protect your computer against further attacks. Actually, this fake anti-virus spyware is a big virus scam which users should clean it out of the computer immediately.

This Win 7 Protection 2014 is a definitely unwanted program installed in the computer automatically. It pretends to scan your system thoroughly and displays fraudulent scan reports to trick you into its scam. To make you convinced, the rogue program claims that your computer security level is quite slow and you are recommended to sign up for the full version of program to enhance the security level. Many victims can be fooled by the fake antivirus at first sight. Computer victims who are scared and worried about the computer situation are apt to fall into this horrible virus scam blindly. Providing that you activate fake antivirus, you will pay money for a non-existing security program and get a malicious virus installed in your system unfortunately. The virus infection changes itself into different variants in order to affect computers running with Windows 7, Windows XP, Vista and the latest version Windows 8.1. It pops up on the computer automatically to take up high CPU usage. Obviously, the affected computer will work extremely slowly, and it gets frozen up easily at startup, shutdown and running programs. With this rogue program, your normal programs can be disabled and fail to help you delete any computer infection, particularly the antivirus. Indeed, the hazardous rogue program blocks your firewall and advanced security programs to make them malfunctioning. Further damages like system crash, startup failure and blue screen errors can occur to the computer once the virus stays in the contaminated system too long. To regain a clean computer, a prompt manual removal of this Win 7 Protection 2014 virus is necessary.

Properties of the Fake Anti-virus Spyware

-Always pops up once you boot up your computer or run a program, claiming your computer is in great risk
-Asking you to purchase a code to activate this software, so that it can help you to remove the threats in your computer
-Can modify the computer registry once it is installed into the computer
-Can prohibit legit program to run, including your anti-virus programs
-Can occupy a great usage of CPU, which slows down the performance of computer or even causes blue screen

Finding all or some of these symptoms on your computer, sorry to say that your computer is infected by Win 7 Protection 2014. Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for manual removal guide. Also, we will provide a short removal guide below for computer literate.

A Screenshot of Win 7 Protection 2014 Virus (Fake Antivirus Alert)

Win 7 Protection 2014 Virus

Manual Removal Guide of Fake Anti-virus Program (For Computer Literate)

There is a removal guide provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.

Step 1: Try to access the Safe mode with Networking.

In order to get into this mode, you should restart your infected computer and then press F8 key constantly before windows launches. Use your arrow keys to highlight “safe mode with networking” and then press Enter.

Safe-mode-with-Networking

For those computer which are XP operating systems, you will need to you choose your XP system after you choose safe mode with networking, you can press Enter directly without choosing any thing.

safe mode system choose

After loading files, you need to log in your account to get the safe mode with networking, for XP users, please choose Yes when you see the dialog.

windows_xp_safe_mode_dialog

Step 2: Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to Win 7 Protection 2014, the name of the process of it is random.

XP task manager

Step 3:Click on Start button at the right lower corner, then click on Control Panel, then you will come to the Control Panel windows, click on Add and Remove Programs.

XP-control-panel-add

Then try to find Win 7 Protection 2014, highlight it and choose Remove.

add_remove_prog_winXP

Step 4: Click on Start button or press Win+R, then type regedit in the box to open Registry Editor, after that, try to find
C:\Users\profile name here\AppData\
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Video Guide on How to Remove Rogue Program:

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Conclusion:

Win 7 Protection 2014 is a risky rogue program that does great harm to target computers. It displays fake security alert on the computer and lures unwary victims into paying money to activate its registered version. Absolutely, all information on this bogus antivirus is fraudulent and false, only to collect your money illegally. This rogue program is a computer infection itself which won’t help you clean any computer threat or give you any further security protection. PC users should not trust or pay money to activate its registered version of program, or you will leave the computer to be damaged terribly and lose your hard earned money as well. Moreover, the automatic pop-up rogue program covers most part of your screen, which blocks your actions on the computer. It is the main cause of poor system performance and disabled programs. That is why users fail to deal with the virus even if you own advanced antivirus. In this case, PC users had better work out a feasible manual removal guide to remove the fake antivirus completely.

Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a quite level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Win 7 Protection 2014 virus? Contact online experts for help now!

Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on September 22, 2014 1:37 pm

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