FIX WINDOWS POLICE PRO

Windows Police Pro is a rogue anti-spyware and ransomware program from the same family as Windows Antivirus Pro. Like its predecessor, Windows Police Pro will be configured to scan your computer every time that you login to Windows. When the scan has finished it will state that your computer is infected with a variety of infections and will not remove these infections until you purchase the program. The infections it states reside on your computer, though, do not actually exist and you are just being shown false information to scare you into thinking you are infected.

This program also acts as ransomware as it will make it so that you cannot run numerous security programs on your computer. When you attempt to run one of these programs it will state that the program is infected and that Windows Police Pro has blocked you from using it. It will then prompt you to purchase the program to clean the infected program. Last, but not least, Windows Police Pro will display fake security alerts and a fake Windows Security Center that state your computer is under attack and that you should purchase Windows Police to protect yourself. Like the fake scan results, these tactics are just being performed to persuade you to buy the program

DO NOT PAY FOR THIS PROGRAM EVER

Print out these instructions as we may need to close every window that is open later in the fix.

This application will disable the ability to use your Windows Task Manager. To fix this, please download the following file to your desktop.

Fixtm.reg

Once the file is downloaded, double-click on it and select Yes when it asks if you want to merge the data into your Registry. Once that is completed you should be able to use the Windows Task Manager.

Now we need to end the two processes associated with Windows Police Pro as they do not allow you to run any applications that we will need to remove this program. To do this we need to launch the Windows Task Manager by right-clicking on the time in the Windows task bar and then selecting Task Manager.At this point you should click on the Processes tab.

You will now be at a screen that shows the running processes on your computer. First put a checkmark in the checkbox labeled Show processes from all users Then scroll through the list till you see the process called Windows Police Pro.exe and left-click on it once so it becomes highlighted. Then click on the End Process button

When you click on the End Process button, Task Manager will ask you to confirm if you are sure you want to terminate it

At this point you should press the Yes button in order to kill the process.

After you have ended the Windows Police Pro.exe process, scroll through the list of processes until you find the svchast.exe or svchasts.exe processes. Then end this process as well by clicking on the End Process button and confirming that you want to end it. Please note that in Windows there is a legitimate program called svchost.exe, so please be careful to only end the process that is spelled svchast.exe.

Now that the two Windows Police Pro processes are terminated, we need to fix one last thing so that you are able to run Windows programs. To do this, please download the following file to your desktop.

FixExe.reg

Once the file is downloaded, double-click on it and select Yes when it asks if you want to merge the data into your Registry. Once that is completed you should now be able to run programs again.

Now that you can use your programs, you should download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, or MBAM, from the following location and save it to your desktop:

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Download Link

Once downloaded, close all programs and Windows on your computer, including this one.

Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MBAM onto your computer.

When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure you leave both the Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware checked. Then click on the Finish button. If MalwareBytes' prompts you to reboot, please do not do so.

MBAM will now automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program before performing a scan. As MBAM will automatically update itself after the install, you can press the OK button to close that box and you will now be at the main program screen

On the Scanner tab, make sure the the Perform full scan option is selected and then click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for Windows Police Pro related files.

MBAM will now start scanning your computer for malware. This process can take quite a while

A screen displaying all the malware that the program found will be shown You should now click on the Remove Selected button to remove all the listed malware. MBAM will now delete all of the files and registry keys and add them to the programs quarantine. When removing the files, MBAM may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot, please allow it to do so.

Technical stuff “for those people that just have to know the technical bits”

Associated Windows Police Pro Files:

• c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\ANTI_files.exe
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\svcm80.dll
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\msvcp80.dll
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\msvcr80.dll
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\windows Police Pro.exe
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\dbsinit.exe
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\wispex.html
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\i1.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\i2.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\i3.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\j1.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\j2.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\j3.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\jj1.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\jj2.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\jj3.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\l1.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\l2.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\l3.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\pix.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\t1.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\t2.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\up1.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\up2.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\w11.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\w2.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\w3.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\w3.jpg
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\wt1.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\wt2.gif
  c:\Program Files\Windows Police Pro\tmp\images\wt3.gif
  C:\Windows\svchast.exe
  C:\Windows\svchasts.exe
  c:\WINDOWS\system32\minix32.exe
  C:\WINDOWS\system32\dddesot.dll

Associated Windows Police Pro Windows Registry Information:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "minix32"