Brilliant Guide! How to REMOVE "PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE" VIRUS?

I will tell you in this post how to fix the issue manually and how to clean it automatically using a special powerful removal tool. You can download the removal program for free here:

What is PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE?

PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE is considered as malicious program (malware).

PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE detected as TROJ.PROTECTEDSEARCH.
PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE actively resists detection and employs a number of techniques to ensure that you cannot remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE from infected computers.

 

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Technical Information:

• Full path on a computer= %PROGRAM FILES%\PROTECTED SEARCH\PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE

How PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE got on your computer?

Phishing is the most common way for malware to infect computers.
It could be a fake email message that appears to be originated from Microsoft Customer Service, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, or even your bank or insurance company.
Fake emails that appear to come from the police, the FBI and other government entities were also reported.

PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE could also infect your computer by exploiting a security vulnerability of your Web browser or one of its plugins.
If this is the case, PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE would be injected into a Web page, and could get to your PC when you visited a malicious or hacked Web site.

PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE can be distributed with legitimate software that is repackaged by the scammers.
It could be downloaded from warez Web sites or download archives.

How do you know you have PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE on my computer?

PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE works in background. It does not appear as a window, does not have a shortcut.
PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE hides its existence from your eyes.

You have 2 ways to remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE:

1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

1. You know only one virus name: "PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
   The UnHackMe program detects this threat and all others.
2. UnHackMe is quite fast! You need only 5 minutes to check your PC.
3. UnHackMe uses the special features to remove hard in removal viruses. If you remove a virus manually, it can prevent deleting using a self-protecting module. If you even delete the virus, it may recreate himself by a stealthy module.
4. UnHackMe is small and compatible with any antivirus.
5. UnHackMe is fully free for 30-days!

Here’s how to remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE virus automatically:

STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 3: Remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE virus (3 minutes)

So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
That is why I strongly advise you to use UnHackMe for remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE redirect or other unwanted software.

How to remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

You can see PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE or another web site at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.

Delete any task related to PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE. Disable unknown tasks with random names.

STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.

Remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE virus from Windows registry

Find and delete all keys/values contains PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE.

STEP 7: Remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE from Google Chrome.

STEP 8: Remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE from Internet Explorer.

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

STEP 9: Remove PROTECTEDSEARCH.EXE from Mozilla Firefox.

Change Firefox Home Page

STEP 10: And at the end, clear your basket, temporal files, browser's cache.

But if you miss any of these steps and only one part of virus remains – it will come back again immediately or after reboot.

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You will see a confirmation screen with verified publisher: Greatis Software.

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Click Remove button or False Positive.

Enjoy!

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