How to Remove Security Master Rogue Anti-Spyware?
Security Master Information:
Security Master is a rogue anti-spyware program that enters the targeted system thru the assistance of Trojans. Just like earlier released Security Master AV, Security Master runs its fake scanner and claims to detect numerous viruses and then recommends its fake license to remove them. Bogus security alerts will appear consistantly and every time tells you that your computer is under attacks. However, the fake scan results and the security alerts are false in reality and designed to get easy money. Security Master should never be trusted. Please follow our removal guide below and remove Security Master as soon as possible.
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Security Master Rogue Anti-Spyware. 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 process by opening Task Manager.
SM8d7c.exe
ANTIGEN.exe
PE.exe
std.exe
Step 2: The registry entries you need to delete:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftware3
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTSMAVSys.DocHostUIHandler
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun “Security Master AV”
Step 3: Files you need to delete:
%CommonAppData%\8d7ca11\SM8d7c.exe
%UserProfile%\Recent\ANTIGEN.exe
%UserProfile%\Recent\PE.exe
%UserProfile%\Recent\std.exe
Please, be aware that manual removal of Security Master Rogue Anti-Spyware 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, lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. That’s why it’s strongly recommended automatic removal of Security Master Rogue Anti-Spyware, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Security Master Rogue Anti-Spyware 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 Spyware Cease (Spyware Cease review), install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Spyware Cease fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Spyware Cease can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Spyware Cease, 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 Spyware Cease 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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