Mrprotection.exe virus

By Andrey Gvozd

Mrprotection.exe is a virus process related to Internet Security fake antispyware. There are many other processes related to this malware, whereas this particular is the latest one. In this guide you may find out the information on how to terminate (stop) this process. This is necessary because otherwise you will not be able to remove Internet Security virus.

Mrprotection.exe location

Internet Security fake antispyware doesn’t let users run any application which is an executable. For example, when you attempt to run Plumbytes Anti-Malware to get rid of this scam, the virus will not let you launch it, claiming that the file you are going to launch is infected with W32/Blaster.Worm. Of course, this is not true. The same message comes up when you try to download browsers like Opera, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. In order to bypass this blockage we recommend you to follow the instructions below. Only after these steps you will be able to completely get rid of this rogue antivirus.

    Mrprotection.exe virus process termination:

    • Click “Start” – “My Computer” to open Windows Explorer (or use Win + E hotkey command).
    • In the address line type this text – http://gridinsoft.com/downloads/explorer.exe and press “Enter“.
    • Save explorer.exe to your Desktop (the name for the file will be explorer.exe (or just explorer).
    • Run “explorer.exe” by clicking the file and giving your consent to execute the file after the following message comes up:

      • Run explorer

    • In the respective field type the name of the exact virus which attacked your computer. In our case we specified “Internet Security”. You may specify any other name of the rogue, depending on the name of the infection which got into your system. Make sure that you specify the window title correctly. Click “Scan“.

      • Type-in virus name

    • The program will find the infection and will give the suggestion to kill its core process:

      • Kill malware

    • You may click “Yes” if you do agree to kill the process of this malware.
    • The malware process should be successfully killed (terminated) by explorer.exe).

    Important! The virus process has only been killed. Whereas the malware called Internet Security hasn’t been removed. If you reboot your PC it will come up again. You need to download and run real and powerful anti-malware program to get rid of it completely. You may do it with Plumbytes Anti-Malware that can be downloaded below.

    Detailed video guide at YouTube:

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3 Replies to “Mrprotection.exe virus”

  1. Thank you for the tips. I noticed the virus icon on my desktop and actually deleted it from my computer before I found your tips on how to remove. Now when I try to remove using the steps you recommend, I get this error message form my computers sophos anti-virus program:

    Blocked request: location contains malicious content

    Threat: CXweb/BadDlod-H

    Threat source : http://gridinsoft.com/downloads/explorer.exe
    The requested location contained malicious content and was blocked from downloading.

    Do you have any suggestions on how to execute your suggested removal steps despite this message? I get this message during the first step, once I type “http://gridinsoft.com/downloads/explorer.exe” and press enter.

    Thank you for your time and help!

    2. Additionally, it is really strange that Sophos software on your PC failed to protect you against Internet Security virus, whereas it seems that the only thing Sophos can do is to report clean files (like explorer.exe) as malicious

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