How to Remove PC-Guide?
# This article How to Remove PC-Guide Virus is an article in Spyware Removal Instructions, the original author is Security-Wire.com .You can read more information in the following:
PC-Guide Information:
PC-Guide is a fake security applicate written by South Korean hackers. PC-Guide is distributed through deceptive websites and installed with the help of Trojans and malware. Once active, it will pop up lots of scan report and ask users to pay for it.
PC-Guide Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing PC-Guide. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.
Step 1. End its processes by opening Task Manager.
PcGuide.exe
PcGuideUpdater.exe
Step 2. The files you need to delete:
%ProgramFiles%\PcGuide\PcGuide.exe
%ProgramFiles%\PcGuide\PcGuideUpdater.exe
%ProgramFiles%\PcGuide
%StartMenu%\Programs\PcGuide
Step 3. Delete the following registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PcGuide
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EEF61581-FD93-4fac-A44B-7A7C9EE5EED8}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{693D7386-E06D-43E7-957F-0EA6C3F67CFD}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SSBHO.PGBLKBHO
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SSBHO.PGBLKBHO.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{268FE4EC-54EA-400C-B95C-D61234493028}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{EEF61581-FD93-4fac-A44B-7A7C9EE5EED8}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PcGuide
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run PcGuide
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “C:\Program Files\PcGuide\PcGuideUpdater.exe”
Please, be aware that manual removal of PC-Guide is a cumbersome task and can not always ensure complete removal of the malware, due to the fact that some files might be hidden or may get reanimated automatically afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of PC-Guide, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic PC-Guide Removal:
1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 Key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then hit ENTER Key to continue.
2. Download PC-Guide Virus Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make PC-Guide Virus Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that PC-Guide Virus Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing PC-Guide Virus Remover, you can download this correction script, unzip it and then double click to run it. It will correct your registry settings that the virus has modified. Then double click the program and finish the installation.
3. After the Online Scan finishes, click “Details” for the malware detected to make sure that your important data are not infected and removed. Ignore or select the scan result and click “Remove” to remove the threats. Reboot your computer and let PC-Guide Virus Remover delete all detected virus.
4. Click to repair your corrupted registry
Why should you need to repair the registry?
As we all know, virus and Trojans modify and destroy system registry and make the computer malfunction so that the computer will not perform normally. Even if the virus and Trojans are removed, the registry is still destroyed or modified, so the computer still has problems. That’s the very reason why you need to repair the registry. At the meanwhile, some virus and Trojans leave some DLL files in the registry and this will cause strange DLL errors and affect the computer performance.
To make your computer run as perfectly as before or much faster than before:
1. Download and install Multi-Awarded Registry Tool.
2. Run a full scan of your registry.
3. Click “Repair Problems” and repair all errors detected.
After these 3 easy steps, your computer will run much faster than before within minutes!
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zerodtkjoe on October 20th, 2010
Thanks for the info