How to Remove Pest Detector 4.1 Rogue Anti-Spyware?
Pest Detector 4.1 Information:
Pest Detector 4.1 is a rogue antispyware software that disguises to be legitimate. Pest Detector 4.1 is spread by a devious fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert Trojan. This Trojan gets into your system without your knowledge or awareness. After that, this Trojan will begin creating the falsified MS alert scaring you about the existence of many dangerous spyware on your PC. If you click on its option to clean your system, you will be offered a list of “recommended” antispyware software some of which are well-known security solutions. Certainly you can’t download them thru this fake Alert message. As a result, you may choose Pest Detector 4.1 in the list. Once Pest Detector 4.1 is downloaded on your system, it will turn out to be a big trouble. It will aggressively create annoying popup ads to persuade you into buying its commercial version. Pest Detector 4.1 displays you a list of fake malware items to mislead you into buying its license and getting every malware removed. Don’t become another victim of cyberscam. Read more removal instructions and remove Pest Detector 4.1 as soon as you notice it on your machine.
Pest Detector 4.1 Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Pest Detector 4.1 Virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files. In case you can’t surf the Internet, open Internet Explorer, go to “Tools”, choose “Internet options” and hit “Connections” tab. Click “LAN settings” and untick the option “Use a proxy server for your LAN”. Save all these changes. Now, you will be able to go to our website and download our removal tool to have the virus expelled for good.
Step 1. End the following processes via Task Manager
antispy.exe
defender.exe
tmp.exe
Step 2. Delete the following registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PAV
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = “0”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnOnPostRedirect” = “0”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “tmp”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “SelfdelNT”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “Shell” = “%UserProfile%\Application Data\antispy.exe”
Step 3. Delete the following files:
%UserProfile%\Application Data\PAV\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\antispy.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\defender.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\tmp.exe
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\kjkkklklj.bat
Please, be aware that manual removal of Pest Detector 4.1 virus 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 Pest Detector 4.1 virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Pest Detector 4.1 virus 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 Pest Detector 4.1 Virus Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Pest Detector 4.1 Virus Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Pest Detector 4.1 Virus Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Pest Detector 4.1 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 Pest Detector 4.1 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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