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Data Protection (DataProtection) Virus Removal Guide

Virus Type: Rogue Security Application
Threat Level: 8 / 10

Data Protection is a fake antivirus program. Data Protection is a copy of Digital Protection. Data Protection is generally installed through the use of a trojan horse.

Below is our recommended removal tool for Data 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 Data Protection with task manager. If task manager has been blocked by Data Protection, try using Process Explorer.

View Data Protection Files
View Data Protection Keys

Common symptoms and characteristics of Data Protection and other rogue security programs include:
1. Data Protection is generally installed without user permission.
2. Data 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 Data Protection Removal – In order to manually remove Data Protection, the processes associated with Data 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 Data Protection entered the computer.

Stop Data Protection Processes (Learn How To Do This)
datprot.exe

Remove Data Protection Files (Learn How To Do This)
C:\Program Files\Data Protection\
C:\Program Files\Data Protection\datprot.exe

Remove Data Protection Registry Keys (Learn How To Do This)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Data Protection
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Data Protection
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Data Protection

Remove Data Protection Startup Entry (Learn How To Do This)
datprot.exe

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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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