Friday, February 17, 2012

Remove Windows Performance CatalystRemove Windows Performance Catalyst

Windows Performance Catalyst Removal Guide
Windows Performance Catalyst is a fake antivirus program that tricks the user to purchase the full version of Windows Performance Catalyst by showing fake detection of the computer. When Windows Performance Catalyst is installed in the computer, it will start automatically when Windows boot. Then, Windows Performance Catalyst will scan the computer and will surely state that there are many files in the computer are infected by malwares. Windows Performance Catalyst will urge the user to purchase the full version of Windows Performance Catalyst in order to remove all the malwares. However, Windows Performance Catalyst cannot detect and remove any malware from the computer. All the detection is a lie. Windows Performance Catalyst pretends to be affiliated with Microsoft by using the Windows icon and a comprehensive and user-friendly interface.

Windows Performance Catalyst can be uninstalled by by stopping all processes with random name and also kill its files. Then, all registry entries added and modified must be cleared by using Windows Registry Editor.

Windows Performance Catalyst is part of the Fake Microsoft Security Essentials infection. When this infection is installed on the computer it will display a fake Microsoft Security Essentials alert that states that it has detected an Unknown Win32/Trojan on the computer.

Windows Performance Catalyst should be removed immediately!

Windows Performance Catalyst Removal Guide
Kill Process
(How to kill a process effectively?)
Inspector-[random].exe

Delete Registry
KEY_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_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\{random}.exe "Debugger"

Remove Folders and Files
%AppData%\NPSWF32.dll
%AppData%\result.db
%AppData%\Inspector-[random].exe
%StartMenu%\Programs\Windows Performance Catalyst.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Windows Performance Catalyst.lnk


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