Personal Protector Removal Process (remove PersonalProtector)

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Personal Protector

Personal Protector is another rogue anti-spyware application. Personal Protector was created by the group of hackers that developed Personal Guard 2009, another fake security program. Personal Protector should never be used to detect or remove computer parasites because it does not have that type of functionality. If Personal Protector is ever purchased, then you may be sorry you spent your hard earned money on a bogus security application.

Are you getting popups from Personal Protector? Have you identified that you have Personal Protector installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove Personal Protector completely from your computer?

Why should you remove Personal Protector?

If Personal Protector resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that Personal Protector may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking Personal Protector removal process.

How can you manually remove Personal Protector

Manual removal of Personal Protector may not be for everyone. Each manual Personal Protector removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic Personal Protector removal process.

Personal Protector can be removed manually by following the steps below.

1. With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
3. Locate Personal Protector in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Personal Protector, you can continue to step 5.
4. Restart your computer.
5. Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
6. Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
7. Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this, then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.
   SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\suicide

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Personal Protector. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.

   Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process

   

9. Delete all of the following files that are associated with Personal Protector from your computer.

   Personal Protector.lnk

   personalprotector

   personalprotector.exe

   If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.

   If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with Personal Protector, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.

   Image 2. Select "Safe Mode with Networking"

   

10. After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with Personal Protector by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Personal Protector folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.

11. Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed Personal Protector completely from your computer. If you find that Personal Protector is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Personal Protector removal process.