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Windows Police Pro

Alias: Windows Police Pro

Description: Windows Police Pro is a fake anti-spyware program which is usually installed by a trojan or downloaded from one of many fraudulent Fake Scanner Sites. Windows Police Pro displays fake system messages and pretends to catch / block malicious intrusions:

In an effort to block removal, Windows Police Pro sometimes packs a trojan of its own which blocks almost all executable programs from running, giving off error messages whenever you try to run a program. Please follow the Windows Police Pro Special Removal Instructions below for such case.

Threat type:

Hijacker - A Hijacker is a software application that takes control of your browser's settings. Usually it changes your home page and redirects it to some unknown site or modifies your search settings. It prevents you from changing back your browser's settings. An infected browser usually operates much slower.

Ransomware - Ransomware is a software application that infects a computer and asks for money to have the infection removed.

Trojan - A Trojans or Trojan Horse is any programs that installs itself secretly, quite often with sinister intent. Once installed, the trojan author (hacker) can gain complete control of the infected PC. Trojans are usually designed to steal sensitive information and/or destroy the system. Trojans can be distributed as unsolicited email attachments, or bundled with freeware and shareware programs.

Advice: Remove This is a very high risk threat and should be removed immediately as to prevent harm to your computer and / or to protect your privacy.

Detection:
SpyNoMore removes Windows Police Pro: Yes

Threat risk: High Risk

Very dangerous malware. Can log user's keyboard activity and take snapshots of the user's screen. Uses stealth installation and removal is very difficult. Category includes spyware programs, adware programs and trojans.

Symptoms:

Popup messages claiming that your computer is infected.

Installation of Windows Police Pro without your consent.

Cannot run executable programs. Errors state \"This application failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix the problem.\"

Browser could be opening to about:blank.

Windows Police Pro Signature Details: The following information includes some of the standard signatures associated with this spyware threat. Please do not attempt to manually remove these items from your computer; Removing these items incorrectly or partially can cause your computer to experience critical errors, prevent your computer from restarting or cause loss of Internet connectivity. Should you be infected with Windows Police Pro, you can clean your computer by downloading SpyNoMore now.

Running Process Signatures:
svchasts.exe
Windows Police Pro.exe

File Signatures:

msvcm80.dll
msvcp80.dll
msvcr80.dll
windows Police Pro.exe
ppp3.dat
ppp4.dat
svchasts.exe
bennuar.old
dddesot.dll
desote.exe
sonhelp.htm
sysnet.dat

Registered Dll (Dynamic Link Library) Signatures:
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Folder Signatures:
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Registry Signatures:
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SpyNoMore Collected Residual File Signatures:
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