How to Remove Windows Advanced Toolkit Virus (Uninstall Fake Windows Advanced Toolkit Manually)

Have you got the pop ups of fake Windows Advanced Toolkit? Your antiviruses failed? Why? How to get rid of this fake permanently? This post will tell you more about the Windows Advanced Toolkit infection. Read it carefully, you can get your answers here.

What is Windows Advanced Toolkit? Is it genuine or fake?

Windows Advanced Toolki is just one family member of FakeVimes family, such as Windows Proactive Safety, Windows Maintenance Guard and so on. Windows Advanced Toolkit is not an advanced security solution at all. Instead, this is a rogue security product that damages many systems today. In fact, it has infiltrated a lot of workstations, having caused the massive virus attack to spread around the globe. Once you restart your computer the pest interferes into your steady work with annoying pop ups and fake system checkups. Upon the termination of such bogus scans, the deceitful scan results are generated. Windows Advanced Toolki will claim that your PC is highly infected with thousand of threats, such as Trojan horse, worm infection and other viruses. Moreover, Windows Advanced Toolkit can block some of your legitimate programs, including your antivirus and sometimes even doesn’t allow browsing the Internet. Therefore, if Windows Advanced Toolki appears on your computer, the correct way is to remove this rogue immediately.

Windows Advanced Toolkit is a Big Threat to Your System

Windows Advanced Toolkit uses social engineering to steal your personal information.
Windows Advanced Toolkit installs malware that can go undetected as it steals your data.
Windows Advanced Toolkit launches pop-up windows with false or misleading alerts.
Windows Advanced Toolkit slows your computer or corrupt files.
Windows Advanced Toolkit disables Windows updates or disable updates to legitimate antivirus software.
Windows Advanced Toolkit prevents you from visiting antivirus vendor websites.

Is it possible to get rid of Windows Advanced Toolkit completely by antivirus programs?

In order to remove Windows Advanced Toolkit, you may have tried lots of antivirus that you trust, but failed. Why? That’s because the security removal tools are not human beings and they cannot catch all the new things. They need to update their functions from time to time to catch the newly released viruses. However, it seems that the infections’ creators know about this and they design all the related files of the viruses in random names. What’s worse, the pests can mutate at a fast speed. Thus, your antivirus cannot remove Windows Advanced Toolkit completely. The most effective way to get rid of Windows Advanced Toolkit is the manual removal. Here is a guide for you.

Screenshot of Windows Advanced Toolkit Virus:

Windows Advanced Toolkit Step-by-Step Manual Removal Instructions

1. Right-click your task bar and choose Task Manager and then stop the following Windows Advanced Toolkit process:

Protector-[rnd].exe

2. Find out the following files relative to Windows Advanced Toolkit and then delete them all.

%appdata%\npswf32.dll
%appdata%\Inspector-{random}.exe
%desktopdir%\Windows Advanced Toolkit.lnk
%commonprograms%\Windows Advanced Toolkit.lnk

3. Search the following registry entries in your Registry Editor and then remove all of them.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_ERROR_PAGE_BYPASS_ZONE_CHECK_FOR_HTTPS_KB954312
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect" = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableRegedit" = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableRegistryTools" = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableTaskMgr" = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Inspector"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings "ID" = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings "net" = "2012-2-17_2"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings "UID" = "rudbxijemb"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\_avp32.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\_avpcc.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ashDisp.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\divx.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\mostat.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\platin.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\tapinstall.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\zapsetup3001.exe

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