Internet Protection

Internet protection (not activated): The "internet protection" virus causes compromised computer to show this alert so people will be enticed to buy the internet protection fake software. Unfortunately, the fake internet protection will not remove threats from your PC. The internet protection virus is able to victimize non suspecting computer users who think the "internet protection" fake anti-virus is usable. This article on the fake internet protection software provides information on how to remove windows internet protection virus.


Other than the internet protection not activated alerts, symptoms of the fake internet-protection windows virus also include browser hijacking (yahoo and google search redirects). The internet protection pop ups also makes it believable that that tons of viruses and malwares are in the PC. You cannot, however, delete these internet protection-detected malwares because they are a fake.

How to get rid of the internet protection virus

* Reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking. Do this by restarting your PC and pressing the F8 key after hearing your computer beep on startup. Once the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, select Safe mode with networking and then press ENTER.

* Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.

* Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.

* At the end, be sure a check-mark is placed next to the following:

Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware

* Click Finish.

* If an update is found, Malbytes anti malware will download and install the latest version.

* Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.

* When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.

* Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected. Reboot your computer if prompted.

* When completed, a log will open in Notepad.

If you can't remove Internet Protection for reason that the internet.protection scareware stops you from downloading or running this tool, consider reading this article and learn how to delete Internet Protection virus if you can’t install Malwarebytes.
4/15/2011