What is bProtect.exe?

bProtect.exe is part of bProtector Engine and developed by bProtector according to the bProtect.exe version information.

bProtect.exe's description is "bProtector Engine"

bProtect.exe is digitally signed by Performersoft LLC.

bProtect.exe is usually located in the 'C:\ProgramData\bProtector\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected bProtect.exe.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

22 of the 47 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the bProtect.exe file. That's a 47% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Agnitum	Adware.GoonSearch!2h7FKBlAt+w
AhnLab-V3	Trojan/Win32.Rotbrow
AntiVir	Adware/GoonSearch.b.1
CAT-QuickHeal	AdWare.GoonSearch.b (Not a Virus)
ClamAV	Win.Adware.Goonsearch-1
Comodo	UnclassifiedMalware
DrWeb	Adware.Siggen.23597
ESET-NOD32	a variant of Win32/bProtector
Fortinet	Adware/GoonSearch
Ikarus	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.GoonSearch
Jiangmin	AdWare/GoonSearch.a
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Bromngr.as
Microsoft	TrojanDropper:Win32/Rotbrow.G
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Siggen.uvfva
Panda	Trj/dtcontx.I
Rising	PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.150EF598!353301912
Sophos	BProtector
Symantec	Adware.GoonSquad
TheHacker	Trojan/GoonSearch
TrendMicro	ADW_GOONSEARCH
TrendMicro-HouseCall	ADW_GOONSEARCH
VIPRE	Bprotector (fs)

bProtect.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove bProtect.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the bProtect.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that bProtect.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate bProtect.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the bProtect.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate bProtect.exe in the scan result.

   

   

   C:\ProgramData\bProtector\bProtect.exe

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the bProtect.exe file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If bProtect.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If bProtect.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If bProtect.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that bProtect.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

Folder name variants

bProtect.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\ProgramData\bProtector\. The most common variants are listed below:

• C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\bProtector\

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