Monday, April 25, 2011

Safecare Removal Guide

Safecare Removal Guide
Safecare is a fake antivirus program which provide antivirus feature such as detecting malwares. The user click the wrong links or images in the fake online security websites. Safecare is installed on computers without the confirmation of the user. It will secretly modify the system settings and registry entries so that it will run automatically when windows boot. Safecare will constantly show security alert so that to urge the user to buy full version of Safecare. Safecare is not an antivirus but it is a parasite!

Safecare can be removed by stopping the processes and removing the files ([random].exe) by using Emsisoft HiJackFree. Then the user should remove the registry entries added or modified by Safecare shown in the removal guide below. All files related to Safecare must be deleted.

Safecare should be removed from the computer immediately!

Safecare Removal Guide
Kill Process
(How to kill a process effectively?)
[random].exe

Delete Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]"

Remove Folders and Files
remove the files and folders stated in the autorun settings.

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