{"id":3832,"date":"2012-06-30T10:46:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T10:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2012-07-01T09:45:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T09:45:46","slug":"remove-windows-proprietary-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/remove-windows-proprietary-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Windows Proprietary Advisor virus (Uninstall Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Windows Proprietary Advisor is a rogue security software<\/strong> which will display fake security alerts,reporting that malware has been detected on your computer.This alerts are professional looking pop-ups and when you click on them, you are advised to buy Windows Proprietary Advisor in order to remove the detected threats.<br \/>\nIn reality, none of the reported issues are real, and are only used to scare you into buying Windows Proprietary Advisor and stealing your personal financial information.<br \/>\nIn addition,as part of its self-defense mechanism,Windows Proprietary Advisor disables the Windows system utilities, including Task Manager and Windows Registry and will block you from running certain programs.<br \/>\nThis fake antivirus can also cause, browser redirects when you are trying to visit security websites and will slow down your computer.<\/p><div id=\"mwtad717421806\" class=\"gas_fallback-ad_309684--placement_360520\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7750719144850257\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7750719144850257\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3957935887\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>If your computer is infected with <strong>Windows Proprietary Advisor<\/strong>,then you are seeing this images:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Windows Proprietary Advisor while starting up\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Windows-Proprietary-Advisor-virus.png\" alt=\"Windows Proprietary Advisor Virus\" width=\"603\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Windows Proprietary Advisor\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Windows-Proprietary-Advisor.png\" alt=\"Windows Proprietary Advisor\" width=\"954\" height=\"695\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Windows Proprietary Advisor fake alert\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Windows-Proprietary-Advisor-alert.png\" alt=\"Windows Proprietary Advisor Alert\" width=\"459\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We strongly advise you to follow our Windows Proprietary Advisor removal guide and ignore any alerts that this malicious software might generate.<br \/>\nUnder no circumstance should you buy this rogue security software as this could lead to identity theft,and if you have, you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charge stating that the program is a scam and a computer virus.<\/p><div id=\"mwtad1715307813\" class=\"gas_fallback-ad_381396-ad_309691-placement_360566\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7750719144850257\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7750719144850257\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"1471373341\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Registration codes for Windows Proprietary Advisor<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAs an optional step,you can use the following license key to register Windows Proprietary Advisor and stop the fake alerts.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: green; font-size: 20px;\">0W000-000B0-00T00-E0020<\/span><br \/>\nPlease keep in mind that entering the above registration code will <strong>NOT<\/strong> remove Windows Proprietary Advisor from your computer , instead it will just stop the fake alerts so that you&#8217;ll be able to complete our removal guide more easily.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mwtad1851921844\" class=\"gas_fallback-ad_309746-ad_309691-placement_360521\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7750719144850257\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7750719144850257\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"4456629336\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><h2>How to remove Windows Proprietary Advisor (Uninstall Guide)<\/h2>\n<h3>STEP 1 : Start your computer in Safe Mode with Networking<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Remove all floppy disks, CDs, and DVDs from your computer, and then <strong>restart your computer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Press and hold the F8 key as your computer restarts<\/strong>.Please keep in mind that you need to press the F8 key <strong>before the Windows start-up logo appears<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>Note<\/em>: With some computers, if you press and hold a key as the computer is booting you will get a stuck key message. If this occurs, instead of pressing and holding the &#8220;F8 key&#8221;, <strong>tap the &#8220;F8 key&#8221; continuously<\/strong> until you get the Advanced Boot Options screen.<\/li>\n<li>On the Advanced Boot Options screen, use the arrow keys to <strong>highlight Safe Mode with Networking<\/strong> , and then <strong>press ENTER<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Safe Mode with Networking screen\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/safemode.jpg\" alt=\"[Image: Safemode.jpg]\" width=\"539\" height=\"292\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>STEP 2: Remove Windows Proprietary Advisor malicious proxy server<\/h3>\n<p>Windows Proprietary Advisor may add a proxy server which prevents the user from accessing the internet,follow the below instructions to remove the proxy.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Start the Internet Explorer browser<\/strong> and if you are using Internet Explorer 9 ,click on the <strong>gear icon <\/strong> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gear Icon\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/icongear.jpg\" alt=\"[Image: IE gear icon]\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/> (<strong>Tools<\/strong> for Internet Explorer 8 users) ,then select <strong>Internet Options<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Internet Options in IE\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/ie1.png\" alt=\"[Image: Internet-options-IE.png]\" width=\"484\" height=\"285\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Go to the tab <strong>Connections<\/strong>.At the bottom, click on <strong>LAN settings<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Connections tab in Internet Explorer\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/ie2.png\" alt=\"[Image: Remove-proxy-server2.png]\" width=\"315\" height=\"405\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Uncheck the option <strong>Use a proxy server for your LAN<\/strong>. This should remove the malicious proxy server and allow you to use the internet again.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Uncheck the option Use a proxy server for your LAN\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/ie3.png\" alt=\"[Image: Remove-proxy-server3.png]\" width=\"318\" height=\"405\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you are a Firefox users, go to <em>Firefox(upper left corner) \u2192 Options \u2192 Advanced tab \u2192 Network \u2192 Settings<\/em> \u2192 Select <em>No Proxy<\/em><\/p><div id=\"mwtad2951798665\" class=\"gas_fallback-ad_309686-ad_309691-placement_360569\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 30px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7750719144850257\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7750719144850257\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6935453015\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h3>STEP 3: Run <strong>RKill<\/strong> to terminate known malware processes associated with Windows Proprietary Advisor.<\/h3>\n<p>RKill is a program that will attempt to terminate all malicious processes associated with Windows Proprietary Advisor,so that we will be able to perform the next step without being interrupted by this malicious software.<br \/>\nBecause this utility will only stop Windows Proprietary Advisor running process, and does not delete any files, after running it you should not reboot your computer as any malware processes that are configured to start automatically will just be started again.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>While your computer is in <em>Safe Mode with Networking<\/em> ,please <strong>download the latest official version of RKill.<\/strong>Please note that we will use a renamed version of RKILL so that Windows Proprietary Advisor won\u2019t block this utility from running.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/download.bleepingcomputer.com\/grinler\/iExplore.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RKILL DOWNLOAD LINK<\/strong><\/a> <em>(This link will automatically download RKILL renamed as iExplore.exe)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Double-click on the iExplore.exe icon <\/strong>in order to automatically attempt to stop any processes associated with Windows Proprietary Advisor.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"RKILL ICON\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/rkill1.png\" alt=\"[Image: run-rkill-1.png]\" width=\"81\" height=\"88\" \/><\/li>\n<li>RKill will now start working in the background, please be patient while the program looks for various malware programs and tries to terminate them.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"RKILL Command prompt\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/rkill2.png\" alt=\"[Image: run-rkill-2.png]\" width=\"507\" height=\"256\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>IF<\/strong> you are having problems starting or running RKill, you can download any other renamed versions of RKill from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/download\/anti-virus\/rkill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>When Rkill has completed its task, it will <strong>generate a log<\/strong>. You can then <strong>proceed with the rest of the guide<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"RKILL LOG\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/rkill3.png\" alt=\"[Image: Windows Proprietary Advisor rkill3.jpg]\" width=\"414\" height=\"187\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>WARNING: Do not reboot your computer after running RKill as the malware process will start again , preventing you from properly performing the next step.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>STEP 4: Remove Windows Proprietary Advisor malicious files with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware FREE<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Download the latest official version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware FREE<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/store.malwarebytes.org\/342\/cookie?affiliate=17877&amp;redirectto=http%3a%2f%2fwww.malwarebytes.org%2fproducts%2fmalwarebytes_free\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MALWAREBYTES ANTI-MALWARE DOWNLOAD LINK<\/strong><\/a> <em>(This link will open a download page in a new window from where you can download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Start the Malwarebytes&#8217; Anti-Malware installation process by <strong>double clicking on mbam-setup<\/strong> file.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Installer\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/malwarebytes-setup.png\" alt=\"[Image: Malwarebytes Installer]\" width=\"74\" height=\"72\" \/><\/li>\n<li>When the installation begins, <strong>keep following the prompts<\/strong> in order to continue with the setup process. <strong>Do not make any changes to default settings<\/strong> and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the <strong>Update Malwarebytes&#8217; Anti-Malware<\/strong> and <strong>Launch Malwarebytes&#8217; Anti-Malware<\/strong> checked. Then click on the <strong>Finish <\/strong>button. If Malwarebytes&#8217; prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Malwarebytes last setup screen\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/update-malwarebytes.png\" alt=\"[Image: Finishing Malwarebytes installation]\" width=\"405\" height=\"313\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start and you&#8217;ll be prompted to start a trial period , please select &#8216;<strong>Decline<\/strong>&#8216; as we just want to use the on-demand scanner.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Decline trial period in Malwarebytes Anti-Malware\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/malwarebytes-trial.png\" alt=\"[Image: Decline Malwarebytes trial]\" width=\"516\" height=\"392\" \/><\/li>\n<li>On the <strong>Scanner<\/strong> tab,select <strong>Perform full scan<\/strong> and then click on the <strong>Scan<\/strong>button to start scanning your computer.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Perform a Full System Scan with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/start-scan-malwarebytes.png\" alt=\"[Image: Starting a full system sca]\" width=\"516\" height=\"393\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Malwarebytes&#8217; Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Windows Proprietary Advisor malicious files as shown below.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Malwarebytes Anti-Malware scanning for Windows Proprietary Advisor\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/scan-malwarebytes.png\" alt=\"[Image: Malwarebytes scanning for malicious files]\" width=\"516\" height=\"393\" \/><\/li>\n<li>When the scan is finished a message box will appear, click <strong>OK <\/strong>to continue.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Malwarebytes when the system scan has finished\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/results-malwarebytes.png\" alt=\"[Image: Malwarebytes scan results]\" width=\"516\" height=\"393\" \/><\/li>\n<li>You will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes&#8217; Anti-Malware has detected.Please note that the infections found may be different than what is shown in the image.Make sure that everything is <strong>Checked (ticked)<\/strong> and click on the <strong>Remove Selected <\/strong>button.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Removing the infections found by Malwarebytes\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/detection-malwarebytes.png\" alt=\"[Image: Infections found by Malwarebytes]\" width=\"516\" height=\"393\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Malwarebytes&#8217; Anti-Malware will now start removing the malicious files.After completing this task it will display a message stating that it needs to reboot,please allow this request and then let your PC boot in Normal mode.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>STEP 5: Double check your system for any left over infections with HitmanPro<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>This step can be performed in <strong>Normal Mode<\/strong> ,so please <strong>download the latest official version of HitmanPro<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleverbridge.com\/747\/cookie?affiliate=17877&amp;redirectto=http:\/\/www.surfright.com\/downloads\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>HITMANPRO DOWNLOAD LINK<\/strong><\/a> <em>(This link will open a download page in a new window from where you can download HitmanPro)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Double click on the previously downloaded file<\/strong>to start the HitmanPro installation.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"HitmanPro Installer\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/hpro1.png\" alt=\"[Image: HitmanPro Icon]\" width=\"54\" height=\"58\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>IF<\/strong> you are experiencing problems while trying to starting HitmanPro, you can use the &#8220;<em>Force Breach<\/em>&#8221; mode.To start this program in Force Breach mode,<strong> hold down the left CTRL-key when you start HitmanPro<\/strong> and all non-essential processes are terminated, including the malware process. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=m6eRWTv2STk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to start HitmanPro in Force Breach mode &#8211; Video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Click on <strong>Next <\/strong>to install HitmanPro on your system.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"HitmanPro installation process\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/hitmanpro36-start.png\" alt=\"[Image: Starting HitmanPro]\" width=\"518\" height=\"410\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The setup screen is displayed, from which you can decide whether you wish to install HitmanPro on your machine or just perform a one-time scan, select a option then click on <strong>Next <\/strong>to start a system scan.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"HitmanPro setup options\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/hitmanpro36-installation.png\" alt=\"[Image: HitmanPro installation screen]\" width=\"518\" height=\"410\" \/><\/li>\n<li>HitmanPro will start scanning your system for malicious files as seen in the image below.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"HitmanPro while scanning for Windows Proprietary Advisor virus\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/hitmanpro36-scan.png\" alt=\"[Image: HitmanPron scanning for Windows Proprietary Advisor]\" width=\"518\" height=\"410\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Once the scan is complete,you&#8217;ll see a screen which will display all the malicious files that the program has found.Click on <strong>Next<\/strong> to remove this malicious files.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"HitmanPro displaying scan results\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/hitmanpro36-results.png\" alt=\"[Image: HitmanPro scan results]\" width=\"518\" height=\"410\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Activate free license <\/strong>to start the free 30 days trial and remove the malicious files.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Activate the HitmanPro free 30 days trial to remove any detected infections\" src=\"\/\/malwaretips.com\/images\/removalguide\/hitmanpro36-activation.png\" alt=\"[Image: Activate HitmanPro license]\" width=\"518\" height=\"410\" \/><\/li>\n<li>HitmanPro will now start removing the infected objects.If this program will ask you to restart your computer,please allow this request.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>If you are still experiencing problems while trying to remove Windows Proprietary Advisor from your machine, please start a new thread in our <a href=\"http:\/\/malwaretips.com\/Forum-Malware-Removal-Assistance\">Malware Removal Assistance<\/a> forum.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Proprietary Advisor is a rogue security software which will display fake security alerts,reporting that malware has been detected on your computer.This alerts are professional looking pop-ups and when you click on them, you are &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Remove Windows Proprietary Advisor virus (Uninstall Guide)\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/remove-windows-proprietary-advisor\/#more-3832\" aria-label=\"Read more about Remove Windows Proprietary Advisor virus (Uninstall Guide)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scam-reports","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malwaretips.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}