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How to remove XP Antivirus Protection?

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Received a call few days ago from my client saying that their PC now load “XP Antivirus Protection” whenever windows start. I’ve no idea what “XP Antivirus Protection” is at that moment. After googling for while, i found out this “XP Antivirus Protection” is another “AntiSpywareShield” or “virprotect” a like software. Generally speaking this “XP Antivirus Protection” is a fake anti virus software.

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So, to remove “XP Antivirus Protection” you need to go thru the steps below:-

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Mod Security – Open source Web Application Firewall

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What is mod security (mod_security)?
ModSecurity is an embeddable web application firewall. It provides protection from a range of attacks against web applications and allows for HTTP traffic monitoring and real-time analysis with no changes to existing infrastructure.

It is also an open source project that aims to make the web application firewall technology available to everyone.

Why i need mod_security?

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How to remove http://www.virprotect.com/?aff=1012 malware

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Recently my friend computer got infected by virprotect. Everytime he start his computer, IE will popup to http://www.virprotect.com/?aff=1012. Besides, everytime he start his IE it will load http://www.virprotect.com/?aff=1012 first. He can’t stand the popup and ask me for help to solve the problem.
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After install the fake anti spyware program, you will see this balloon notification.

After i go thru his pc, i found that he just installed a new anti spyware program name AntiSpywareShield. I suspect this is a fake anti spyware program that install malware and trojan to your pc. After doing some research from here, i’ve prove that my statement is correct. AntiSpywareSheild is a fake anti spyware program. If you install it, your pc will be infected by trojan and malware.

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Screenshot for program auto start, when win xp start.

To remove http://www.virprotect.com/?aff=1012 follow the steps below:-

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