Windows Ultimate Safeguard Virus Removal Guide
Windows Ultimate Safeguard is a fake antivirus application introduced on 8/4/2012. Windows Ultimate Safeguard is not a new type of virus; Windows Ultimate Safeguard comes from a family of fake antivirus applications such as Windows Performance Advisor and more. These type of virus is generally leased daily with a new name so that it is harder to antivirus programs to detect. Windows Ultimate Safeguard is not part of the Windows operating system even though it uses the same interface. Windows Ultimate Safeguard likely uses the same interface so that users may believe that Windows Ultimate Safeguard is part of the operating system and potentially trust the program. Windows Ultimate Safeguard provides a fake scan of the computer and will claim threats that may or may not be true. In order to allude removal by the user, Windows Ultimate Safeguard will generally keep its program files hidden so that it is harder to remove. It is recommended to remove Windows Ultimate Safeguard and install a good antivirus program to check and remove real threats on the computer.
Below is our recommended removal tool for Windows Ultimate Safeguard. 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.
For ease of removing Windows Ultimate Safeguard, we recommend to boot the computer in safe mode, which should stop Windows Ultimate Safeguard from starting. If Windows Ultimate Safeguard blocks the internet, boot into safe mode with networking and then access the internet.
View Windows Ultimate Safeguard Files
View Windows Ultimate Safeguard Keys
Manual Windows Ultimate Safeguard Removal –
Stop Windows Ultimate Safeguard Processes (Learn How To Do This)
Protector-[random three letters].exe
Remove Windows Ultimate Safeguard Files (Learn How To Do This)
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Protector-[random three letters].exe
Windows Vista and 7:
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Protector-[random three letters].exe
The files for Windows Ultimate Safeguard may be hidden files.
Remove Windows Ultimate Safeguard Registry Keys (Learn How To Do This)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Windows Ultimate Safeguard
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Windows Ultimate Safeguard
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Windows Ultimate Safeguard
Remove Windows Ultimate Safeguard Startup Entry (Learn How To Do This)
Protector-[random three letters].exe
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