The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.SysCleanerPro" 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:
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.
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
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.
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.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site.
Threat Details:
Categories:
- malware
- rogue
Fraud.SysCleanerPro is a tool that cleans the systems privacy items like IE-history, etc. It is also capable of creating "innocent files" in the history.
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 "Sys Cleaner Pro Demo.lnk" and pointing to "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sys Cleaner Pro Demo\SysCleanerProDemo.exe".
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sys Cleaner Pro Demo\Help.rtf".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sys Cleaner Pro Demo\SysCleanerProDemo.exe".
- The file at "<$STARTMENU>\Programs\Syscleanerpro.com Software\Sys Cleaner Pro Demo\Sys Cleaner Pro Demo.lnk".
- The file at "<$SYSDIR>\misterhistorydeleter.dll".
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sys Cleaner Pro Demo\plugins".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\Sys Cleaner Pro Demo".
- The directory at "<$STARTMENU>\Programs\Syscleanerpro.com Software\Sys Cleaner Pro Demo".
- The directory at "<$STARTMENU>\Programs\Syscleanerpro.com Software".
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 "Sys Cleaner Pro" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\".
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.