What is this Windows AntiBreach Patrol? Is it useful and legit? Should I trust it? It tells me that my computer has been infected by many computer viruses. However, I can’t open any other programs on my computer. I am asked to pay for this program for its full version, so that I can get ultimate protection. I have almost done the payment but someone told me that it is a virus. But how can I unlock my computer? Please help.
Brief Introduction to This Program
Windows AntiBreach Patrol is not a good program for computer user to install. It is classified as a fake anti-virus program or we can call it rogue ransomware. People who are not computer literate can be easily cheated as this virus is forged as a legit protection tool for computer. This virus targets on computers with Windows systems. Hackers who create this virus can also concoct a fake function description about this virus, and publish it to many websites for people to download. Also, except cheating people to download from the Internet, this program can also be installed with other free programs. This virus can be implanted into other programs downloaded from the Internet, this virus can pretend as an optional program for people to install, seeing from its name, people will easily approve it to be installed. Spam E-mail attachments can also be used for the spread of this virus as cyber criminals can also use the method to spread this fake program.
The Screenshot of This Fake
Once this Windows AntiBreach Patrol is installed in computer, the most important thing for it to do is to block other legit anti-virus programs installed in the computer. To achieve this, the windows registry can be modified and the entries related to the real protection tools can be deleted, also, some related files can be removed by this virus. System files can also be corrupted by this virus. The windows firewall can be disabled so that this virus can make the infected system totally has no resistance to virus infection. With low level of protection, many other viruses can attack the vulnerabilities of the infected computer and invade the infected computer frequently. By adding its entries into the registry, this virus can be activated from the startup which means once the infected computer is on, the virus window will pop up immediately and won’t allow people to minimize or close it to run other programs or browse websites.
This Windows AntiBreach Patrol will block the system by showing its window on the screen; it will do a full scan on the infected computer once it is activated. The result of the scan will show that the computer is infected by many viruses and Trojans. To make it be more convincible, this rogue program will show the details about the viruses that it finds on the infected computer, in fact, all the processes are not real at all. The whole thing is a scam, this fake program just want to threaten unwitting people to trust this result and will get them removed by the help of this program. Once people start to believe this program can help, they definitely can be asked to pay for an activation code for this program. That is the main purpose for this virus. Cyber hackers can gain illegal incomes if people pay for this virus, also, the bank details can also be grasped by hackers as this fake program can steal the privacy from the infected computer.
The properties of the Infection
-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 Windows AntiBreach Patrol. Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts for manual removal guide. Also, we will provide a short removal guide below for computer literate.
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.
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.
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.
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 Windows AntiBreach Patrol, the name of the process of it is random.
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.
Then try to find Windows AntiBreach Patrol, highlight it and choose Remove.
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
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Conclusion:
Windows AntiBreach Patrol is not a useful protection tool for Windows computers at all. The whole thing of this program is a scam. It is able to block the whole infected computer to ask people the pay for the ultimate protection. The only one thing that this virus does is to mess up the infected system. The infected system can get many unwanted errors and the sensitive information on the infected computer can be leaked out to remote hackers. To avoid further damages and losses, this fake anti-virus program must be removed as soon as possible if computer user sees this thing on computer.
Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a quite level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of Windows AntiBreach Patrol? Contact online experts for help now!
Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on April 10, 2014 3:57 am
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