How to remove Smart Protection 2012
The program itself is harmless, but annoying. The real threat is the Trojan that installed this fake program without your permission and knowledge. This Trojan also is able to download other infection on your computer, so you should get rid of the both malicious software: the fake program and the Trojan-spreader.
Download Smart Protection 2012 Removal Tool
When Trojan installed the Smart Protection 2012 it will appear on your computer after the next reboot, it changes some settings in your system and begins to show different pop-up alerts that can threaten you, reporting about some malicious objects that were dropped in the system by the program itself. But don’t believe it; these files are not as malicious as the Trojan that installed Smart Protection 2012.
It is impossible to ignore the pop-ups, because they prevent you from normal work with your computer and distract you. So, the best way is to remove Smart Protection 2012. As usual you can use some antivirus programs and automatic tools in order to get rid of it, for example Smart Protection 2012 Removal Tool, True Sword 5.8, Stronghold Antivirus and others. You can repeat the scanning process in Safe Mode if nothing will be found in Normal Mode. But still the best decision is to remove Smart Protection 2012 manually, then scan your computer for viruses and do the restoration of the System. But you should remember that all manual actions can destroy your System if you don’t know what you should do and why. So for the other type of the users (we mean experienced in computer treatment users), we write these instructions:
1. Open Registry Editor, do the backup copy of it, press CTRL+F (it is the search function) and type there “Smart Protection 2012″. Then you will see the registry keys and values that are associated with it, they will be highlighted. Delete them, but be sure that the key belongs to Smart Protection 2012.
2. After the removal you should use the antivirus program that you trust.
3. After that don’t reboot your computer and do the restoration of the system.
