Windows Safety Series Virus Removal Guide
Windows Safety Series is a new fake antivirus application. Windows Safety Series is malware, or malicious software, which is designed in hopes of tricking the user into purchasing the fake antivirus application. Windows Safety Series utilizes the Windows interface and uses the Windows trademark in the program name in an attempt to convince the user that the program is part of Windows. However, Windows Safety Series is not part of Windows and should be removed immediately. Once installed, Windows Safety Series will work to block other programs and gain full control of the computer. The method to stop from running is to use Windows safe mode which will only run programs which are necessary for Windows operation.
Windows Safety Series makes a variety of changes to the computer (adding new files, modifying the registry, etc.) which can be detrimental to the computer. The guide below provides steps on how to remove Windows Safety Series. It is best to remove Windows Safety Series and scan with a real antivirus program to remove any potential viruses in the computer.
Below is our recommended removal tool for Windows Safety Series. 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 Safety Series, we recommend to boot the computer in safe mode, which should stop Windows Safety Series from starting. If Windows Safety Series blocks the internet, boot into safe mode with networking and then access the internet.
View Windows Safety Series Files
View Windows Safety Series Keys
Manual Windows Safety Series Removal –
Stop Windows Safety Series Processes (Learn How To Do This)
Protector-[random three letters].exe
Remove Windows Safety Series 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 Safety Series may be hidden files.
Remove Windows Safety Series Registry Keys (Learn How To Do This)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Windows Safety Series
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Windows Safety Series
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Windows Safety Series
Remove Windows Safety Series Startup Entry (Learn How To Do This)
Protector-[random three letters].exe
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