Yet another site on computer viruses and spam

Protective-program.com is another browser hijacker that redirects google or yahoo searches to promote Total PC Defender, a fake antivirus protection software.

The site Protective-program.com may appear to be a system scanner that checks for spywares and viruses in your PC but it actually generates fake results so infected users will believe they need to buy the Total PC Defender to get rid of malwares and viruses in their computer.

Protective-program.com Removal
To stop Protective-program.com popups, press CTRL+ALT+DEL, start the task Manager, click Processes tab, IEXPLORE.EXE, and then click the End Process button. You may also consider switching to a different browser.

Microsoft has an insightful article on repairing hijacked browsers. You may want to read this if you want to get rid of Protective-program.com: How to restore a hijacked browser.

Consider installing and running malwarebytes to remove Protective-program.com Total PC Defender infection in your PC.

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