Digital Protection (DigitalProtection) Virus Removal Guide
Virus Type: Rogue Security Application
Threat Level: 8 / 10
Digital Protection is a fake antivirus program. The fake antivirus program hopes to trick the user into buying the fake program. The program is a copy of Dr. Guard and Your Protection. Digital Protection is generally installed through the use of a trojan horse.
Below is our recommended removal tool for Digital Protection. The removal tool has been rated 5 cows out of 5 by Tucows and was previously CNET’s Editor’s Choice. Feel free to download it below.
If you are unable to run the removal tool, or are unable to run any programs in general, you may need to stop the processes associated with Digital Protection with task manager. If task manager has been blocked by Digital Protection, try using Process Explorer.
View Digital Protection Files
View Digital Protection Keys
Common symptoms and characteristics of Digital Protection and other rogue security programs include:
1. Digital Protection is generally installed without user permission.
2. Digital Protection uses pop ups and fake virus scans to scare the user.
3. Various antivirus and system programs on the user’s computer will stop functioning.
Manual Digital Protection Removal – In order to manually remove Digital Protection, the processes associated with Digital Protection must be stopped, the files associated with the processes must be removed, and the registry entries must be corrected to the previous state before Digital Protection entered the computer.
Stop Digital Protection Processes (Learn How To Do This)
digprot.exe
Remove Digital Protection Files (Learn How To Do This)
C:\Program Files\Digital Protection\
C:\Program Files\Digital Protection\digprot.exe
Remove Digital Protection Registry Keys (Learn How To Do This)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Digital Protection
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Digital Protection
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Digital Protection
Remove Digital Protection Startup Entry (Learn How To Do This)
digprot.exe
Common Questions -
1. What is a computer virus? (Click Here To View)
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4. What is a rogue security application? (Click Here To View)
5. What are some antivirus and antispyware programs which I can use to remove viruses and spyware? (Click Here To View)
If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to comment below. If you need any help with any of the steps, please don’t hesitate to comment below. We recommend that you follow our safety tips so that you can keep your computer clean Please Click Here to View Our Safety Tips. It is also best to upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 for better web browsing security.
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