How To Uninstall Windows Risk Minimizer Virus / Malware
Windows Risk Minimizer is a fake anti-virus scanning tool made to look like a legitimate Windows program. Once installed to a computer Windows Risk Minimizer will configure itself to start automatically when Windows starts up. Once the program runs it will begin to do numerous scans that come up with virus entries that it found on your computer. These warnings and scans are problems it finds are not actual threats but made up ones the program creates. If you attempt to remove the issues with Windows Risk Minimizer it will ask that you pay for the full version. You should never purchase this program, Windows Risk Minimizer was created to trick users into purchasing a fake program in an attempt to steal credit card information.
Manual Removal of Windows Risk Minimizer:
First to avoid any further infections caused by internet browsing redirects users will need to go to their Internet Options; this can be done by going to the start menu followed by control panel. Once in Internet Options choose the “Connections” tab followed by “LAN Settings” uncheck the “Use a Proxy Server” Option. Once done click “Ok” to save these settings.
Next users need to disable the process from running, to do this press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open up the task manager, once opened choose “Processes” and look for .exe, click on the process and then click the “End Process” button. This will disable the program from running and will allow the files to be removed. The following is a list of files that need to be deleted:
- 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 “net” = “2012-3-13_2”
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings “UID” = “nasctvbknu”
Remove Windows Risk Minimizer Registry Entries :
- %AppData%\NPSWF32.dll
- %AppData%\Protector-<random 3 chars>.exe
- %AppData%\result.db
- %CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Windows Risk Minimizer.lnk
- %Desktop%\Windows Risk Minimizer.lnk
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