Remove Windows Privacy Agent

Remove Windows Privacy Agent

Remove Windows Privacy Agent

Windows Privacy Agent is a new fake Windows help tool which infects your computer and pretends to be an official Microsoft product. Windows Privacy Agent pretends to scan your computer and reports several virus infections, registry errors and system slowdown. If you accept to fix the alleged problems, you get directed to buy the full version of Windows Privacy Agent. Here you can find Windows Privacy Agent removal instructions.

Typical message received on computers infected with Windows Privacy Agent are:

Warning! Security Alert.

Considerable System productivity Decline is observed.

Total System scanning is recommended to remove all all reasons of productivity decline.

System Security Warning!

Attempt to modify register key entries is detected. Register entries analysis is recommended.

Windows Privacy Agent does not come with an un-installer since it is actually a trojan. Windows Privacy Agent blocks and disables your programs including your anti-virus, in order to make it that much harder for you to remove it. In order to remove Windows Privacy Agent, you need to work around its blocking ability as follows:

In Windows, click on Start and select Run. Type 'shell:appdata' without the quotes. This will open your Application Data folder.

Locate any executable file with a random name, example gobtsy.exe (this file will be located directly in the Application Data folder). Right-click this file and choose 'delete'. Make sure that you do not open any sub folders of Application Data, stay in the main folder.

Bookmark this page, you may need to refer back to it after computer restart (see next step).

After you successfully delete the above file, restart your computer.

Once you are able to delete the above file and restart your computer, you should be able to run your own anti-virus program to remove Windows Privacy Agent. Update your existing anti-virus program and run a full system scan to remove Windows Privacy Agent.

If your anti-virus in unable to pick up the infection, or if you have any trouble with the above steps, you can download this tool which can work around Windows Privacy Agent' blocking abilities and remove it.

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