How To Remove Advanced Identity Protector Completely From Computer

Advanced Identity Protector - An undercover theft campaign now exposed by team HTRI!

An app that is being promoted as a legitimate Identity Protector turns out to be the real thief.

People believe in what they see and an application like “Advanced Identity Protector” is a pure example for the same.

It makes you believe that your privacy is at stake by getting into your system and revealing all the confidential Id’s and Password’s that are well protected by your system.

After scaring a user, the application demands money from the user to safeguard his or her files that where revealed by the program.

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Yes, it’s your money they are after!

Now comes the real question.

If it’s not the identity protector you were looking for, then what is Advanced Identity Protector?

Advanced Identity Protector is a PUP promoted as an application that would safeguard all your confidential data, i.e., Id and Password’s, Social Security Number, Banking details, email accounts, and many more.

Is Advanced Identity Protector safe to use and is it even Legitimate?

At first, Advanced Identity Protector had all the attention with the useful features it offered. But, with time its connection to adware and other malware campaigns and tech support scams came to light.

So, the answer to the above question is clear, and it’s a No!

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Where is the real money flowing in for the developers?

Scam campaigns are what makes Advanced Identity Protector acquire the actual market.

This is how it works:

• Ads related to Advanced Identity Protector are forced on the user’s screen using specific exploit kits and redirects. These redirects will force the user to arrive at its official website.
• This will look normal to a user, as at the first glance the official website seems genuine.
• Now, the user will be tricked to download “Advanced Identity Protector” with several ad pop-ups providing a special discount, or it could even say “run a free scan and check if your identity is protected.”
• After installing “Advanced Identity Protector,” a scan will initiate automatically that will reveal a user’s credit card numbers, banking details, Social Security Number and Social id passwords that he might have used in the system.
• In some cases, the user might get redirected to certain web pages where they will see a false warning stating “your PC has several infections.”
  
  
• In both the above cases after scaring the user, this number is provided (855) 737-4053 for instant technical support.
• The customer service is another step towards looting a user, and they would mislead the user’s by scaring them by saying all the wrongs like how bad their system is messed up or that their personal details are being exposed online.
• Finally, as expected, they will come up with a number of plans, and you will have to subscribe with one of those to get your system fixed.

How does Advanced Identity Protector install on your Computer?

1. The quickest approach used by Advanced Identity Protector is “bundling.” Bundling is a process in which such unwanted programs are linked as an attachment to the freeware programs and gets installed along with the freeware program.
2. Social Clickjacking: Creators of such infections use online media such as Social Network and tempting advertisements to provoke or let us say in fooling the users to click on the ads, i.e., your system is not protected or get your system insured now.
3. Torrents & P2P File Sharing: Torrents and files shared on P2P networks have a high probability of being a carrier to such a program.
4. A user can also install a PUP through portable storage devices like USB stick, portable hard drive or through a disk.

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Steps to be followed to avoid the installation of PUP.

While installing a freeware software or a freeware game make sure you go through the license agreement section and read all the terms and conditions.

If reading the complete terms and condition is too much then while installing the freeware application if the installation offers you “custom and automatic installation.”

It is always recommended that you go with the customs process as this would disclose the other programs that might get installed along with it.

If you see any additional add-ons or toolbars checked, then remember to uncheck them this would avoid the installation of PUP.

Now, let’s have a look at the removal steps of Advanced Identity Protector

There are two methods to eliminate Advanced Identity Protector

1.    Automatic Method.

2.    Manual Method.

WE RECOMMEND THE AUTOMATIC METHOD

1. You have seen ads from Advanced Identity Protector, but you can never be sure if this was the only one. So, in this case, we always recommend the automatic method using the popular “Free Malware Removal Tool.”
2. ‘Free Malware Removal Tool’ does the fix in less than 5 minutes.
3. A malware removal tool uses advanced scanning mechanism to detect virus or infection in the system. This process is the positive approach towards eliminating the infection, and at the same time, it will also prevent the infection from creating any copies.
4. A malware removal tool can work alongside the regular anti-virus program that you might already have in your system.
5. The major reason we recommend using the “Free Malware Removal Tool” is because it is the simplest method a user can rely on to eliminate malware. On the other hand, the manual method is entirely technical.

Automatic method – Detailed explanation

1. Download Free Malware Removal Tool from the official website.
2. Install it (2 mins).
3. After installation, it will automatically initiate the scanning process.
4. Finally, your computer is free of malware.

Manual Method – Detailed explanation.

Step - 1

Step-by-step instructions to remove ‘Advanced Identity Protector’ from Control Panel.

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc simultaneously. This will get you the 'Windows Task Manager.' Here, make sure that you are looking into the application tab and now search for Advanced Identity Protector. If present, then select it and click on End Task.
   
   
2. Now you can close the task manager.
3. Now, we need to open control panel from the start menu or by holding Windows key + R key at the same time. This would bring up the “RUN” box now in this box you need to type ‘appwiz.cpl’ and hit ok.
   
   
4. Here, in ‘program and features’ you will see the list of installed programs.
   
   
5. Right Click on ‘Advanced Identity Protector’ and uninstall it.

Step – 2

Now, we will be running a disk clean-up scan.

1. Hold the Windows key + R on your keyboard.
2. Now you will be seeing a run box here, in the search bar type “cleanmgr” and hit enter or tap ok.
   
   
3. Now select the “C drive” and click ok.
   
   
4. Disk Cleanup will now calculate the total required time
   
5. You will then see few more options to select from and here you need to click on 'Temporary files' and tap ok.
   
   

Step – 3

Finally, a scan to check for any leftovers using Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool.

1. Download Microsoft provided malware scanner to check for any malicious activities.
2. The website will automatically suggest you the appropriate version of the program you need to download. Click the download button to initiate.
3. After the completion of the download, either your web browser will prompt that the download is completed and that you can install the program now or open the downloads folder and run the downloaded application manually."
   
   
4. After you run the program you will see a Welcome Screen, hit next and remember to read the message “This tool is not a replacement for an anti-virus.”
   
   
   Note: This program was only designed to detect and remove the existing malware from your system. It will not provide an active firewall to your system.
5. On the next screen, you need to proceed with the “Full Scan.”
   
   
6. This process ensures that all the files related to Advanced Identity Protector are eliminated from your system.
   
   
7. After the scanning process is completed, you will see all the detected threats. Now, remove/delete all the detected items.
8. As the removal process is now completed, we hope the process got rid of Advanced Identity Protector.

Reaching out to the conclusion; always use a secured platform to download and install any application. Make sure the website has HTTPs version that is secured for the website. You can check if the website has installed an SSL certificate.

FAQ’s

Q1. What is identity theft?

Identity theft, also recognized as identity fraud, is a crime where cyber-criminals steal an individual’s personally identifiable information, i.e., Banking details, Social Security Number, credit card number, Social id, and passwords in order to gain a financial advantage.

Q2. How can identity theft be prevented?

While you do banking or shopping online, always remember to log out of all your account after your work is done. Also, try to run your web browser in incognito or safe mode. This will make sure that none of your browsing or search history is recorded.

Q3. Why is identity theft on rising?

As the world is moving towards the digitization it creates multiple opportunities for the cybercriminals and the facilities available online (banking, shopping, booking tickets and many more) are a better low-risk route to the cyber-criminals.

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