Windows Internet Watchdog is not a dog, but it is a virus. It comes to your PC illegally and starts presenting a lot of unfair information before you. For example, it will state that your computer is full of viruses and that you definitely need to get rid of them through purchasing a full version of this pest, its so-called “ultimate protection”. In reality, this is the total waste of your funds. So, does Windows Internet Watchdog really bark?
We have asked this question, but it surely doesn’t need to be answered. In reality, we’ve done this on purpose – to show how ridiculous these rogue makers are in their attempts to make new names for their malicious programs. And it seems that they do lack an intellect for at least creating some genuine names for their viruses. As a result, they’ve started to invent some really silly names, and obviously the programs with such strange names aren’t really worthy of trust.
Yet, there are many users today who have their computers infected with programs like Windows Internet Watchdog. This is a rogue antivirus that belongs to the FakeVimes malicious family. It has in mind to make users scared about the condition of their PCs. So, this rogue runs a fake scanning of your system and reports many fake infections, which are absolutely not real. In other words, they’re invented by this hoax, but still it tries to make you buy its license as a way to have those infected threats deleted.
In fact, buying Windows Internet Watchdog hoax is the total waste of your funds. We hope that you will never commit such a mistake. We recommend you to follow the tutorial below that will help you to get rid of this scam from your PC effectively. And, if you have any problems trying to get rid of it, please let us know.
Software necessary for Windows Internet Watchdog virus removal:
Windows Internet Watchdog removal steps:
- In Windows Internet Watchdog click “?” Menu button anc click “Register”:
- Paste this product key – 0W000-000B0-00T00-E0022 exactly as shown at the image below, then click “Register“:
- 0W000-000B0-00T00-E0001
- 0W000-000B0-00T00-E0002
- 0W000-000B0-00T00-E0003
- 0W000-000B0-00T00-E0021
- Afer registration download Plumbytes Anti-Malware without any restrictions on the part of the rogue, scan your PC with Plumbytes Anti-Malware and remove all infections detected by clicking “Apply” button at the end of scan.
- Restart your computer and repeat scan.
Note! If this product key has been found to be invalid, try one of these keys as well:
Windows Internet Watchdog similar removal video at YouTube:
Beware of ways how Windows Internet Watchdog is spread today:
Windows Internet Watchdog uses various vulnerabilities of browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and many others for the interference into your computer. For example, you might get the following scary alert, supposedly coming from Microsoft Antivirus:
Microsoft Antivirus has found critical process activity on your PC. You will need to clean your computer to prevent the system breakage.
If you actually click the “OK” button as shown at the image you will have another fake alert, not associated at all to Microsoft Security Essential Alert, but yet claiming to be such:
Microsoft Security Essentials Alert
Potential threat details
Microsoft Security Essentials detected potential threats that might compromise your privacy or damage your computer. You need to clean your computer immediately to prevent the system crash.
Detected items:
– Trojan-PSW.Win32.launch
– HackTool:Win32/Welevate.A
– Adware.Win32.Fraud
Associated files and registry entries:
Related files:
%AppData%\svc-[rnd].exe
%CommonAppData%\connector.swf
%Programs%\Windows Internet Watchdog.lnk
%Desktop%\Windows Internet Watchdog.lnk
Related registry entries:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\PrSft %AppData%\svc-[rnd].exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MSASCui.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MSASCui.exe\Debugger svchost.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpCmdRun.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpCmdRun.exe\Debugger svchost.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpUXSrv.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MpUXSrv.exe\Debugger svchost.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\k9filter.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\k9filter.exe\Debugger svchost.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe\Debugger svchost.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe\Debugger svchost.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe\Debugger svchost.exe
Fake security alerts, notifications and warnings of Windows Internet Watchdog scam:
Firewall has blocked a program from accessing the Internet
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
is suspected to have infected your PC.
This type of virus intercepts entered data and transmits them
to a remote server.
Error
Trojan activity detected. System integrity at risk.
Full system scan is highly recommended.
Error
System data security is at risk!
To prevent potential PC errors, run a full system scan.