How to remove Advanced System Protector from computer

Effective guide to delete Advanced System Protector completely

Advanced System Protector is described as potentially unwanted program which pretends to be able to help users to perform free system scans in order to detect fake malicious components in your system. Simply said, it is a program that appears to be protection and optimization tool for improving your experience on the PC.  It scares you in believing that your system has been infected with dangerous virus and you need to purchase its full version in order to scan fully and clean your machine. However, at the first inspection, these apps seem attractive and useful but remember that all such claims made by them are fake and bogus. It has been created and distributed by group of hackers will and aim to make illegal online profit.

Whenever you find Advanced System Protector virus on the work-station then you are advised to remove it immediately. After successful infiltration, this annoying malware will firstly add malicious files to your system registry and windows files. It will disable your antivirus and firewall security programs to avoid its removal and stay in your system for long time. Further, these PUAs also monitor and record user’s internet browsing activity such as IP addresses, entered search queries, pages viewed, visited websites and many other similar data. The presence of this rogue application can lead to malware infection and cause serious privacy issues. For all these reasons, we strongly advised to eliminate adware causing Advanced System Protector from your internet browsers.

Ways to spread Advanced System Protector:

At the time of research, these malicious programs were distributed by using deceptive software marketing method called bundling and thus computer users often download and install them inadvertently together with free software downloaded from the internet. You can protect your PC from PUPs and harmful programs simply by closely watching the installation process of any freeware that you download from the web. Usually, you are provided an option to disallow the bundling and any other additional settings. To ensure device and user safety, simply select custom installation and uncheck anything which is not familiar to you.

Threat specification

NAME: Advanced System Protector

TYPE: Rogue system tool/ potentially unwanted program

DISTRIBUTION: Freeware installers include such questionable applications as additional installs and allow the PUP to enter the machine without asking for additional permission

DANGER: The program is not capable of cleaning the system or fixing alleged issues, so the victim is tricked into installing an additional tool or purchasing the licensed version for the said application. This is how people lose their money and get malicious programs installed on their machines without even knowing

ELIMINATION: Make sure to remove Advanced System Protector and use a professional anti-malware tool for that, so all the related program gets to be eliminated completely from your computer.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted programs?

It is important to verify the legitimacy of software before downloading/installing it. All programs should be downloaded from official and verified websites. Avoid using peer to peer sharing networks, unofficial pages, third party installers as they are considered as untrustworthy. While installing any program, users are advised to read terms, study all available options, use custom or advance settings and opt out from additional apps. Intrusive ads seem legitimate and harmless as they redirect you to harmful websites. So, you are advised not to click on such ads. Further, if your computer is already infected with Advanced System Protector and all rogue applications you are advised to remove it immediately from the system.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Advanced System Protector:

Remove the related items of Advanced System Protector using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Advanced System Protector issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Advanced System Protector) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Advanced System Protector removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Advanced System Protector still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Advanced System Protector plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Advanced System Protector removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Advanced System Protector (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.