Delete System Protection 2012 Virus

System Protection 2012 Virus is a rogue antispyware program which instead of removing viruses is a virus itself. If you discover System Protection 2012 Virus on your computer you will want to remove it as soon as possible. System Protection 2012 Virus can come from a variety of locations but usually is installed on your computer along with flash players or updates from dodgy websites or sources. Once installed, System Protection 2012 Virus will begin conducting “scans” of your computer which always turn up threat and alert messages such as:
“Security Warning Malicious programs that may steal your private information and prevent your system from working properly are detected on your computer. Click here to clean your PC immediately”
“Windows Security Alert To help protect your computer, Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program. Do you want to keep blocking this program? Name: Zeus Trojan Publisher: Unauthorized”
“Warning! The file “taskmgr.exe” is infected. Running of application is impossible. Please activate your antivirus software”
These messages are meant to scare computer users into purchasing a licensed copy of System Protection 2012 Virus which claims to be able to solve the problems it is finding. In truth, all these so-called threats are fabrications straight from System Protection 2012 Virus and the best course of action is removing the virus. There are two ways to remove System Protection 2012 Virus: manually and automatically. Only a trained and experienced computer technician should attempt to remove System Protection 2012 Virus manually. Here are the steps:
1. Open your task manage (CTRL+ALT+DEL) and end the following process:
* random.exe
2. Open the Registry Entry (START to RUN, type in “regedit” and hit OK) and remove:
*HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\System Protection 2012
*HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “”
*HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “”
3. Open your files and folders to find and delete:
%StartMenu%\Programs\System Protection 2012\
%StartMenu%\Programs\System Protection 2012\System Protection 2012.lnk
%StartMenu%\Programs\Startup\crss.exe
%System%\.exe
%UserProfile%\Desktop\System Protection 2012.lnk
%Temp%\svhostu.exe
%AppData%\\
%AppData%\\
%AppData%\\
%AppData%\\
%AppData%\ldr.ini
%AppData%\svhostu.exe
%AppData%\\System Protection 2012.ico
Once the virus is removed, considering using an authentic anti-virus software, such as STOPzilla, to better protect your computer from infections in the future.