Remove Windows Police Pro

Windows Police Pro is one of a number of software programs that are really rogue antivirus or antispyware.  They claim to be there to protect and keep your computer safe from viruses and spyware, but in reality they manage to install themselves via very shady methods.  (Odds are you won't know how it came to be installed on your computer for instance.)  And they will claim to find problems and only offer to solve them for a subscription fee.  Now, it is true that trusted antivirus vendors typically charge a subscription fee for updates to their antivirus databases, but this is a subtly different practice than charging to remove a threat that the software claims it has found.

Windows Police Pro is simply the latest in a long line of such rogue security software programs and as many it can be a pain in the neck if you have it installed on your system.  It is likely that it will be constantly popping up messages warning you that you need to subscribe to protect your system.  It may be exhibiting other behaviors as well, but all of them likely are aimed at scaring you into paying their fee.

What's worse is that many of these rogue security programs have planned out that people will be searching for ways to remove them and some of the free removal tools that you just stumble across while searching for how to remove windows police pro may actually be gateways to make sure it's installed onto your system.  So, I imagine if you're searching from a clean computer and find one of these sites you can quickly pick up a fresh install to be pulling your hair out over.

The removal of rogue security software is not the same as any antivirus removal. It is a bit more specialized and requires a careful look at what software is running on the system. Much as the instructions for the Green AV Remove, you need to look at the running tasks and stop the task that is related to this antivirus software.

In this case, you are looking to disable the running processes that might be named:

WindowsPolice.exe
WindowsPolicepro.exe
WPolice.exe

Also, you will want to rename or remove the files that might be found in the installed folder for windows police pro. The first place to look would be:

%User Profile%\Local Settings\Temp
%Program Files%\Windows Police PRO
%Program Files%\LabelCommand

Where %Program Files% is usually c:\Program Files\ and %User Profile% is usually C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\

Once you have disabled the rogue antivirus you should get some reputable software installed to help clean up and find any other "gifts" that it may have left you. Some suggestions for this are malware bytes anti-malware, AVG's free antivirus, Spybot Search and Destroy, Lavasoft Adaware or a free scan or download from Kaspersky or Bitdefender. Malwarebytes Antimalware and AVG are usually my first choices, sometimes followed by a quick scan with Trendmicro's housecall as a followup or second opionion.

After a couple of clean scans and a reboot with no popup activity you will probably be fairly convinced that you have finally rid yourself of windows police pro. Congratulations!