How to get rid of KeepCop

Filed Under (Rogue Antispyware) by admin on 25-11-2009

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About KeepCop:
KeepCop (Keep Cop) is a malicious clone of the aggressive rogue anti-spyware programs AntiAID and SecureKeeper which is a fake security product that claims to protect your computer against registry problems and other similar issues. As a many other rogue anti-spyware applications of this kind KeepCop mostly propagates through trojans that infiltrate the system without your knowledge by using security vulnerabilities for that. Since it is installed on your PC it produces a great number of popup messages warning you about infections you have. These fake notifications may appear harmless because they’re designed to look similar to the messages issued by Windows Security Center. But once you click at leas at one of them you’ll be redirected to KeepCop’s website for futher downloading it’s full version. All that popup messages and scans and threats you are warned about are absolutely fake and have nothing to do with your system. This tactic is used to make you to buy full version of KeepCop. In addition KeepCop slows down the compromised computer and makes it easily accessible from the outside. It’s strongly recommended to remove it from your PC without any delay because If not removed on time, KeepCop will put your cyber-security at serious risk.

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How to get rid of KeepCop manually:
To get rid of KeepCop you must stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other KeepCop files and registry utility. Follow the KeepCop removal instructions below.

Search and delete KeepCop registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KeepCop
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\KeepCop
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KeepCop
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “KeepCop”

Search and delete KeepCop files:
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\KeepCop.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\KeepCop
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\KeepCop\1 KeepCop.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\KeepCop\2 Homepage.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\KeepCop\3 Uninstall.lnk
%Temp%\.exe
%Program Files%\KeepCop Software
%Program Files%\KeepCop Software\KeepCop
%Program Files%\KeepCop Software\KeepCop\KeepCop.exe
%Program Files%\KeepCop Software\KeepCop\uninstall.exe
%WINDOWS%\105019pambotzde.ocx
%WINDOWS%\10527ziru9465.dll
%WINDOWS%\105z9ir12765.ocx
%WINDOWS%\system32\30059viruz4f9.cpl
%WINDOWS%\system32\30077vir5zf9.dll
%WINDOWS%\system32\302z0spam9ot5a3.exe

How to get rid of KeepCop automaticaly:
If you think about manual removal, please, take into consideration that manual removal of KeepCop needs to be completed with a great attention to an every single detail. It’s is a procedure of high responsibility and should be done very carefully. Needless to underline that only professional can complete such task without mistakes. So we highly recommend you in order to avoid further destroying of your computer system and to ensure problem-free removal, use the automatic KeepCop removal tool. You can try it following the link below:

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