How to remove Palladium Pro virus (Uninstall instructions)

Palladium Pro is a rogue (fake) antivirus program that is distributed through the use of Microsoft Security Essentials Alert trojan. This malware displays false information that states “Unknown Win32/Trojan was detected on your computer” and then will suggest you to perform a scan of your PC. It will reports that a program is infected with Trojan.Horse.Win32.PAV.64.a. Remember, the fake antivirus is unable to detect or rid your system of parasites nor will be protect you from legitimate future threats. You need to remove Palladium Pro from your computer as quickly as possible!

During installation, this malware configures itself to start automatically every time, when your computer loads. Once the installation is complete, it will reboot your computer. When Windows is loaded, you will be shown the Palladium Pro start screen instead of Windows desktop. But there is no any choice, only “Safe startup” button is active. After click to it, Palladium Pro starts scanning your computer and list a lot of infections to trick you into thinking your PC in danger. It will report that was able to clean the majority of infected files, but was not able to cure a few important Windows files, such as firefox.exe, taskmgr.exe, iexplore.exe and offer to purchase its full version to clean them. However, the scan results is a scam, because the program can`t detect any infections. So, you may easily ignore all that Palladium Pro will display you.

As you can see, Palladium Pro is a totally scam that hides your desktop, displays false information and detects fake infections. The program created with one purpose to trick you into purchasing so-called “full” version of the program. Most important do not pay for the bogus program! Please use the removal guide below in order to remove Palladium Pro and any associated malware from your computer for free.

Use the following instructions to remove Palladium Pro

Step 1. Stop Palladium Pro process

Once Windows loaded you will see a window similar to the one below.

ThinkPoint screen

Now press CTRL + ALT + DEL. It will open Windows Task manager. Select palladium.exe process as shown in the screen below.

Windows Task manager

Click “End Process” button. It will close Palladium Pro.

Now click File, New Task. Type explorer and press Enter. It will back the Start button and task bar.

Step 2. Remove Palladium Pro associated malware

Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM). Close all programs and Windows on your computer.

Double Click mbam-setup.exe to install the application. When the installation begins, keep following the prompts in order to continue with the installation process. Do not make any changes to default settings and when the program has finished installing, make sure a checkmark is placed next to Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware and Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware, then click Finish.

If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version.

Once the program has loaded you will see window similar to the one below.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Window

Select Perform Quick Scan, then click Scan, it will start scanning your computer for Palladium Pro infection. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.

When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results. You will see a list of infected items similar as shown below. Note: list of infected items may be different than what is shown in the image below.

Malwarebytes Anti-malware, list of infected items

Make sure all entries have a checkmark at their far left and click “Remove Selected” button to remove Palladium Pro. MalwareBytes Anti-malware will now remove all of associated Palladium Pro files and registry keys and add them to the programs’ quarantine. When MalwareBytes Anti-malware has finished removing the infection, a log will open in Notepad and you may be prompted to Restart.

Palladium Pro removal notes

Note 1: if you can not download, install, run or update Malwarebytes Anti-malware, then follow the steps: Malwarebytes won`t install, run or update – How to fix it.

Note 2: if you need help with the instructions, then post your questions in our Spyware Removal forum.

Note 3: your current antispyware and antivirus software let the infection through ? Then you may want to consider purchasing the FULL version of MalwareBytes Anti-malware to protect your computer in the future.

Palladium Pro creates the following files and folders

%AppData%\palladium.exe
%AppData%\{RANDOM}.bat

Palladium Pro creates the following registry keys and values

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings | “WarnonBadCertRecving” = “0”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings | “WarnOnPostRedirect” = “0”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon | Shell = “%AppData%\palladium.exe”