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Friday
2017-06-19, 16:01
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "PU.RegInOut" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.

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Threat Details:

Categories:
pups

Description:
PU.RegInOut detects registry issues on a PC and offers fixing them in order to boost the PC speed. Fixing needs a license key. This license costs $ 29.97 (Status: June 2017).
Removal Instructions:

Quicklaunch area:

Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.

Quicklaunch symbols named "RegInOut System Utilities.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RegInOut System Utilities\RegInOut.exe".

Files:

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

The file at "<$COMMONDESKTOP>\RegInOut System Utilities.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\RegInOut System Utilities\RegInOut System Utilities.lnk".
The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\RegInOut System Utilities\Uninstall RegInOut System Utilities.lnk".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RegInOut System Utilities\RegInOut.exe".
The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RegInOut System Utilities\unins000.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If PU.RegInOut uses rootkit technologies, use the rootkit scanner integrated into Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) 2.x or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
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 (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd) to remove them.

Folders:

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

The directory at "<$COMMONAPPDATA>\RegInOut".
The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\RegInOut System Utilities".
The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\RegInOut System Utilities".
The directory at "<$WINDIR>\Temp\RegInOut".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If PU.RegInOut uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).
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 "RegInOut System Utilities_is1" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\".
Delete the registry key "RegInOut" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\".
If PU.RegInOut uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer (http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=regalyzer), RootAlyzer (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=8) or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins (http://forums.spybot.info/downloads.php?id=3).

Final Words:

If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Please read these instructions (http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=288) before requesting assistance,
Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.