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personalprotector.exe is a harmful program.

It is a component of malware or spyware, you should immediately remove it using an antivirus and antispyware program. If that does not help, then ask us for help in the Spyware removal forum.

Name: personalprotector
Filename: personalprotector.exe
Registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run | personalprotector

Command: C:\Program Files\Personal Protector\personalprotector.exe
Startup Type: HKLM->Run
HijackThis Category: O4
HijackThis Line:

O4 – HKLM\..\Run: [personalprotector] C:\Program Files\Personal Protector\personalprotector.exe

Combofix/RSIT Line:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
“personalprotector”=C:\Program Files\Personal Protector\personalprotector.exe [2009-11-17 1012736]

Description: core part of Personal Protector. Personal Protector is a rogue antispyware program.

How to remove: use these Personal Protector removal instructions.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 12:55 am and is filed under O4, Rogue Antispyware/Antivirus, Run. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.