Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
Note! Your computer might be affected by InstantPrivacyProtection.info and other threats.
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Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
If you get a redirect to a web link beginning with the domain name instanprivacyprotection.info, possiblity is that you’ve been exposed to a tech support scamming site. Such sites may represent threats to your private information and calling the toll-free numbers on them might result in financial losses for the user. Security experts highly recommend if you have experienced such redirects on your computer to immediately scan it with a reputable anti-malware scanning tool that will detect any threats.
Download a System Scanner, to See If Your System Has Been Affected By InstantPrivacyProtection.info.
InstantPrivacyProtection.info – What Is It?
At first, when we looked into the site, it seemed a legitimate tech support website. Soon after, we realized that the website had only one web page where it advertises the service and the number 1-855-376-4628. There were also some other numbers which came out when we examined the pop-up window. When we researched the main number on the site, we have established that it was connected with other scams, such as rogue antivirus programs, like Antivirus 7 or Antivirus GT. More to this, the number was associated with numerous websites that were either presented to the user via pop-up windows or redirects, using similar tech support promoting tactics. Sites, like privacydefend.info, informationsafety.info, mstechsupport.info and informationdefense.info are believed by investigators to promote support by displaying the very same number.
Such tech support sites usually may pop-up on your computer as a result of the accidental installation of a bundled program. Such programs come in combination in the installers of free programs that users often tend to disregard by fast clicking.
After it has been situated on the computer, the adware program may initiate various scripts, some of which may modify the homepage of the web browser you are using, changing it to something similar to the picture below.
This specific redirect which we discovered on the web even featured a voice message, generated by an automated text-to-speech program, claiming that the computer has malware and outlining these risks to the PC:
→-Credit Card Information. -Account Passwords. -Facebook chat logs. -Chat logs of other messengers. -Photos and other files on the computer. -Illegal web camera access and control.
The redirect also comes with a pop-up that cannot be removed. Every time we pressed the ‘Ok’ or ‘X’ buttons the window reappeared. And when we tried to close the browser, the malicious redirect displayed this window:
The consequences for you, the user after falling into the scammers tricks and calling the number can be many. Mainly they might ask for your personal and financial information. However there have been cases where they ask to download and install malware masked as an antivirus program or others. Also, cyber criminals may require you to prepay or charge you for the call. Either way, you should never call such numbers.
Removal Manual for Internetprivacyprotection.Info
In case you have this malicious domain set as your homepage, please follow the removal manuals below to completely remove it from your browser. Also, follow the after mentioned step-by-step guide to remove manually any adware program associated with this domain from the computer. If you are not an expert in manual removal and cannot identify the suspicious program, it is advisable to incorporate a professional anti-malware program that will automatically protect you from any future threats.
1. Remove/Uninstall InstantPrivacyProtection.info in Windows
Here is a method in few easy steps to remove that program.No matter if you are using Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program get left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, mistakes with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:
Hold the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear (fig.1).
In the field type in “appwiz.cpl” and press ENTER (fig.2).
This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC. Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).
Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall InstantPrivacyProtection.info.
2. Restore the settings in your browser
2. Remove InstantPrivacyProtection.info from your browser
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla FirefoxRemove a toolbar from Google Chrome Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer Remove a toolbar from Safari
Start Mozilla Firefox Open the menu window
Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu
Select InstantPrivacyProtection.info and click “Remove”
After InstantPrivacyProtection.info is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Start Google Chrome and Open the drop menu
Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“
From the opened “Extensions” menu locate InstantPrivacyProtection.info and click on the garbage bin icon on the right of it.
After InstantPrivacyProtection.info is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Start Internet Explorer:
Click “‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’
In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window, make sure that in the first window ‘Add-on Types’, the drop menu ‘Show’ is on ‘All add-ons’
Select InstantPrivacyProtection.info to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.
After InstantPrivacyProtection.info has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.
Start Safari
Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.
From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’ In the new window select ‘Extensions’ Click once on InstantPrivacyProtection.info Click ‘Uninstall’
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall InstantPrivacyProtection.info. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the InstantPrivacyProtection.info will be removed.
To clean your computer with the award-winning software Spy Hunter – It is highly recommended to run a scan before purchasing the full version of the software to make sure that the current version of the malware can be detected by SpyHunter.
Berta is a dedicated malware researcher, dreaming for a more secure cyber space. Her fascination with IT security began a few years ago when a malware locked her out of her own computer.
If you get a redirect to a web link beginning with the domain name instanprivacyprotection.info, possiblity is that you’ve been exposed to a tech support scamming site. Such sites may represent threats to your private information and calling the toll-free numbers on them might result in financial losses for the user. Security experts highly recommend if you have experienced such redirects on your computer to immediately scan it with a reputable anti-malware scanning tool that will detect any threats.
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