Smart Internet Protection 2012
Smart Internet Protection 2012- A Clone of Smart Protection 2012
Smart Internet Protection 2012 is a rogue anti-spyware program, a clone of Smart Protection 2012. It’s an antispyware program that promises to relieve your PC of problems, which ironically, are created by the program itself. Smart Internet Protection 2012 issues pop-ups and notifications repeatedly warning you of the apparent threat that your system is exposed to. It lures you with its alerting titles and continuous warnings, with the hope of making you believe that you need the upgraded version of the antispyware so that your system can be saved. In reality, there is no paid version, so any money you give is the last you see of it. What’s worse is that the Smart Internet Protection 2012 problem persists even after an attempted upgrade, with the warning notifications still being an annoyance.
Smart Internet Protection 2012 finds its way into your system through subtle ways. It exploits weaknesses in your programs and software (such as those that are out of date), or may be included in shareware downloaded from the internet. Alternatively, it can be downloaded when you request for free online scans on your computer. Once installed it becomes part of your system, and is automatically started every time you start your computer. The fake scans performed are annoying and there’s always the chance that you may lose your files.
However,uninstalling the program is quite the task, considering how much effort it takes in registering itself in your system. There are various ways of approaching the problem.
How To Remove The Rogue Antispyware manually
You have to uninstall the program first from the Control Panel. There aren’t any complexities in doing this since you follow the normal procedure. Uninstalling won’t get rid of the registry entries it creates, so you have to get rid of these manually.
- Start>Run>Regedit will allow you access into the editor.
- Delete all entries related to Smart Internet Protection 2012, ensuring you don’t tinker with the legitimate ones, as the consequences could be far reaching.
- After its entries are deleted, access the program files on the drive you’ve installed the OS, and delete all Smart Internet Protection 2012 files and folders.
If you do know of a tried and tested spyware removal tool you can also give it a try in disinfecting your system. However, quite often Smart Internet Protection 2012 may block any attempts you make in installing such an spyware removal tool.
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