Protect

A guide to uninstall Protect from your system

This info is about Protect for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by F-Secure Corporation. Further information on F-Secure Corporation can be found here. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT directory (same installation drive as Windows). Protect's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\\fsuninstall.exe. The application's main executable file is named trigger.exe and its approximative size is 147.98 KB (151536 bytes).

Protect is comprised of the following executables which take 18.69 MB (19595592 bytes) on disk:

• fsadminsettings.exe (55.98 KB)
• fshoster32.exe (183.98 KB)
• fsinstall.exe (750.94 KB)
• fslauncher.exe (131.98 KB)
• fsuninstall.exe (403.98 KB)
• fs_aua_command.exe (63.98 KB)
• fs_help_handler_install_for_ccf.exe (127.98 KB)
• fs_hotfix_handler.exe (131.98 KB)
• fs_installer_runner.exe (183.98 KB)
• fs_preinstall_handler.exe (115.98 KB)
• fs_reload_latebound_settings.exe (20.98 KB)
• fs_settings_tool.exe (155.98 KB)
• _fs_se_hotfix.exe (387.98 KB)
• fs_upgrade_handler.exe (471.98 KB)
• fs_upgrade_notifier.exe (375.98 KB)
• MsiWrap.exe (123.98 KB)
• mysainsthelper_.exe (31.48 KB)
• trigger.exe (147.98 KB)
• fsorsp.exe (59.04 KB)
• orspdiag.exe (79.04 KB)
• orspupd.exe (195.04 KB)
• nifbin-handler.exe (331.04 KB)
• fs_ols_ca.exe (1.07 MB)
• fsample.exe (211.04 KB)
• upd_fsav.exe (450.47 KB)
• fsavstrt.exe (51.04 KB)
• fsavwsch.exe (70.64 KB)
• fsavwscr.exe (47.04 KB)
• fsgk32.exe (859.47 KB)
• fssm32.exe (1.34 MB)
• install.exe (190.97 KB)
• jsondump.exe (268.47 KB)
• qrtfix.exe (183.16 KB)
• upd_fsav32.exe (642.47 KB)
• tracelog.exe (40.54 KB)
• FSHDLL64.EXE (102.54 KB)
• FSHOTFIX.EXE (135.04 KB)
• FSLAUNCH.EXE (75.04 KB)
• FSLAUNCHER0.EXE (75.04 KB)
• FSM32.EXE (303.04 KB)
• FSMA32.EXE (203.04 KB)
• fstsutil32.exe (51.04 KB)
• fstsutil64.exe (206.54 KB)
• fswscs.exe (71.05 KB)
• ILAUNCHR.EXE (503.04 KB)
• POLUTIL.EXE (95.04 KB)
• fsavaui.exe (1.94 MB)
• fsgetwab.exe (559.04 KB)
• fshelp.exe (111.04 KB)
• fs_winfw_util.exe (43.04 KB)
• quaranti.exe (1.50 MB)
• register.exe (211.04 KB)
• trtddptr.exe (199.04 KB)
• hipsdiag.exe (75.04 KB)
• fsuninst.exe (475.04 KB)
• uninstaller.exe (147.04 KB)
• instCustomization.exe (409.00 KB)
• instfsccapi.exe (97.00 KB)
• fsdiag.exe (539.98 KB)
• fscuif.exe (79.98 KB)

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The current web page applies to Protect version 1.77.243.0 only. Click on the links below for other Protect versions:

• 2.50.214.0
• 2.21.286.0

After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Protect:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\_fs_se_hotfix.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\0_ccf.cr
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\about
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\ActionCenter.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Network\d-tEACF.tmp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\app.fs_chrome_https.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\browser\install\fs_chrome_https\fs_chrome_https.crx
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\browser\install\fs_firefox_https\fs_firefox_https.xpi
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\browser\install\fs_ie_https\fs_ie_https.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\browser\install\fs_ie_https\fs_ie_https64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fs_ccf_ni_plg_banking_protection32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fs_ccf_ni_plg_blockpage32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fs_ccf_ni_plg_http_util32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fs_ccf_ni_plg_orsp32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fs_ccf_ni_plg_wts.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fs_ccf_ni_umh32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fs_ccf_nid32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fs_ols_ca.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fs_ols_ni_plg_contentfilter32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsni_ccfipc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsni_ccfipc64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsni32.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsni32.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsni64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsni64.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsnitdi32.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsnitdi64.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsnixp32.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\fsnixp64.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\litmus.cfg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.bg.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.cs.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.da.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.de.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.el.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.en.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.es.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.es-MX.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.et.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.fi.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.fr.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.fr-CA.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.hu.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.it.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.ja.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.ko.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.lt.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.nl.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.no.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.pl.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.pt.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.pt-BR.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.ro.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.ru.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.sk.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.sl.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.sv.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.tr.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.vi.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.zh.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.zh-HK.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\latebound\BPP\localization\litmus.zh-TW.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\nifbin.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\nifcfg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\nifcfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\pat.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\add.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\allowwebsite.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\browser_childPage.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\denied.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\edit.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\edit-disabled.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\end.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\enterwebsite.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\error.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\globe.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\home.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\home-child.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\info.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\status-info.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\timelimit.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\image\unknown.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\web_content\cssContent.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\web_content\htmlContent.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources\web_content\jsContent.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\add.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\denied.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\denied.svg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\error.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\error.svg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\footer.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\globe.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\globe.svg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\info.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\info.svg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\shield.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\shield.svg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\status-info.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\unknown.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GVT\apps\CCF_Scanning\bin\resources_14\image\unknown.svg

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\85BB892BC86D5C84CB97E5E7BBF29C22
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\com.ascplugin.protect
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Protect
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\F-Secure ServiceEnabler 51855

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\85BB892BC86D5C84CB97E5E7BBF29C22\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\F-Secure HIPS\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\fshoster\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\fsvista\ImagePath

How to delete Protect from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Protect is an application offered by F-Secure Corporation. Frequently, people decide to remove this program. This is difficult because performing this by hand takes some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE manner to remove Protect is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Protect or simply click the Search field and type in "Protect". If it exists on your system the Protect application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Protect in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Protect, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Protect.


8. After uninstalling Protect, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Protect that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Protect using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Protect by F-Secure Corporation from your computer, we are not saying that Protect by F-Secure Corporation is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Protect supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.