Remove Windows Privacy Counsel

Windows Privacy Counsel is a fake antivirus program that shows the user that the computer is infected by malwares repeatedly so that to urge the user to purchase the full version of Windows Privacy Counsel. Windows Privacy Counsel is downloaded into computer when the user downloads video files from untrusted website. The video file downloaded cannot be viewed but is the Windows Privacy Counsel which cannot detect and remove any malware. Windows Privacy Counsel installs into the computer and will scan the computer when Windows boot. Then Windows Privacy Counsel will surely states that the computer have been infected by malwares. Then, the computer will start slowing down and behave strangely.

Windows Privacy Counsel can be removed by stopping the processes and removing the files by using Emsisoft HiJackFree. Then the user should remove the registry entries added or modified by Windows Privacy Counsel shown in the removal guide below. All files related to Windows Privacy Counsel must be deleted.

Windows Privacy Counsel provide fake features such as Firewall, Automatic Updates, Antivirus Protection, Anti-phishing, Advanced Process Control, Autorun Manager, Service Manager, All-in-one suite, Quick Scan, Deep Scan, Custom Scan, History, etc. None of them can help to protect the computer from any kind of malware.

Windows Privacy Counsel should be removed immediately!

Removal Guide
Kill Process
(How to kill a process effectively?)
Protector-[random].exe

Delete Registry
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_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system "ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin" = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system "ConsentPromptBehaviorUser" = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system "EnableLUA" = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Inspector"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings "net" = "2012-6-11_3"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings "UID" = "mfvtwnhoek"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ASProtect
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\avastSvc.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\crashrep.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\intren.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\npssvc.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\SaveKeep.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\trjsetup.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\vswinntse.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\wsctool.exe
... and many more Image File Execution Options entries.

Remove Folders and Files
%AppData%\NPSWF32.dll
%AppData%\Protector-[random].exe
%AppData%\result.db
%AppData%\1st$0l3th1s.cnf