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Manual removal instructions for Spyware-Secure

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The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Spyware-Secure" manually.
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Categories:
  • malware

Description:
Spyware-Secure claims to be a solution against all kinds of malware and spyware. When the user starts a scan, it finds some harmless files and registry entries as high risk problems and if the user wants to solve these false positives detected by Spyware-Secure he has to purchase a license.​
Desktop:

Please remove the following files from your desktop.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

  • Shortcuts named "Spyware-Secure trial.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\Spyware-Secure_trial.exe".
  • Shortcuts named "Spyware-Secure trial.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\*.exe".
  • Shortcuts named "Spyware-Secure trial.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\*.exe".
  • Shortcuts named "Spyware-Secure.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\Spyware-Secure_trial.exe".
  • Shortcuts named "Spyware-Secure.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\*.exe".
  • Shortcuts named "Spyware-Secure.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\*.exe".


Start Menu:

Please remove the following items from your start menu.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

  • Items named "Spyware-Secure.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\Spyware-Secure_trial.exe".
  • Items named "Spyware-Secure.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\*.exe".
  • Items named "Spyware-Secure.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\*.exe".
  • Items named "Website.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\Spyware-Secure.url".


Autorun:

Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.

  • Entries named "Spyware-Secure" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\Spyware-Secure_trial.exe".
  • Entries named "Spyware-Secure" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\*.exe".
  • Entries named "Spyware-Secure" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\*.exe".


Installed Software List:

You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.

  • Products that have a key or property named "Spyware-Secure".


Files:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.

  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\config.s3db".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\Gfx_en.bin".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\language".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\nbmw".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\quarantine.s3db".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\skin".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\Spyware-Secure.url".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\Spyware-Secure_trial.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\sqlite3.dll".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\uninst.exe".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\unrar.dll".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN.zip".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\explo_intro.htm".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\explo_menu.htm".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\file.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\fleche.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\folder.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\folder_f.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\folder_o.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\index.htm".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\menu.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\menu3.js".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\spy.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\trait_coud.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\trait_droit.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\trait_vert.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\fleche.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\folder.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\key.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\menu.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\support.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\title-hepfile.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\EN\dowload-file-antispyware.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\EN\menu.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\EN\scstep2.gif".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\rubs\3differentscan.htm".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\rubs\contactus.htm".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\rubs\found-objects.htm".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\rubs\lexic.htm".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\rubs\navigtabs.htm".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\rubs\quarantine.htm".
  • The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\rubs\register.htm".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Spyware-Secure uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!

Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.

Folders:

Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.

  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\Spyware-Secure".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\images\EN".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\help\help_Trial_EN\rubs".
  • The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Spyware-Secure\resources".

Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If Spyware-Secure uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!

Registry:

You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.

  • Delete the registry key "epk_extr" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
  • Delete the registry key "Spyware-Secure" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\".
  • Delete the registry key "Spyware-Secure" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".

If Spyware-Secure uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.


If you have any further questions, please ask in our forum.
 
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