Manual Removal Guide for NoAdware
The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "NoAdware" 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:
Description: NoAdware claims to be an antispyware solution. If it is installed on the computer it detects some spyware even if the computer is a totally clean machine. In order to fix these problems, the user needs to purchase a license.
Removal Instructions:
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 "NoAdware.lnk" and pointing to "NOADWARE.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 "NoAdware 4.0_is1".
- Products that have a key or property named "{EE5B8E34-973C-4FBE-AC83-99F064009FC7}".
- Products that have a key or property named "NoAdware_is1".
Files:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NoAdware4\noadwareutils.dll".
- A file with an unknown location named "noadwareutils.dll".
- A file with an unknown location named "noadware.exe".
- The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\NoAdware\NoAdware .lnk".
- The file at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\NoAdware\Uninstall NoAdware .lnk".
- The file at "<$DESKTOP>\NoAdware.lnk".
- A file with an unknown location named "noadware.exe".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If NoAdware 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 "<$PROGRAMFILES>\NoAdware4".
- The directory at "<$COMMONPROGRAMS>\NoAdware".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\NoAdware".
Make sure you set your file manager to display hidden and system files. If NoAdware uses rootkit technologies, use our RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
- Delete the registry key "{F073D8A5-C4AC-4DDC-9204-B1C032B4BD72}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\".
If NoAdware uses rootkit technologies, use our RegAlyzer, RootAlyzer or our Total Commander anti-rootkit plugins.
There are more registry entries that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help, - Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
- Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.
There are more files or system entries belonging to this product that <$SPYBOTSD> can remove, but that cannot be easily described in text. Please use <$SPYBOTSD> to make sure <$PRODUCTNAME> gets completely removed.
