XP Police Antivirus – Removal
XP Police Antivirus is a rogue Antivirus software or malware that is often installed via video codec. Once installed, XP Police Antivirus will generate a fake system popup error messages stating "Trojan Detected! A piece of malicious code was found in your system which can replicate itself if no action is taken. Click here to have your system cleaned by XP Police Antivirus." In the following simple solution, I'll show you how to remove XP Police Antivirus – aka: XP Police once and for all.
XP Police Antivirus and Warning Screenshot
How to Remove XP Police Antivirus (Authomatically)
- Download, install, and run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Software
- Perform a Malwarebytes Quick Scan to automatically detect and remove XP Police Antivirus
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Software will remove this threat for Free. However, if your existing Antivirus solution let this threat through, I recommend Purchasing the Pro version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to receive live protection in an attempt to prevent future threats from entering your system.
How to Remove XP Police Antivirus Manually
- Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to start Task Manager and end the following process:
XPPolice.exe
- Locate and delete the following folders or files:
XPPolice.exe
c:\Program Files\XPPoliceAntivirus
%UserProfile%\Desktop\XP Police Antivirus.LNK
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\XP Police Antivirus.LNK - Click Start, type Regedit and press Enter
- From your Registry, locate and delete the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run ieupdate
If all goes well, your Computer should now be free of the XPPolice Fake Antivirus. 