How to Remove Hotfix.exe Virus?
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Hotfix.exe Virus Information:
Hotfix.exe is one of the many processes belonging to a very aggressive rogue anti-spyware software known as ThinkPoint. This scamware is distributed by the fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert. If you encounter this fake Alert and download the security utility recommended, ThinkPoint will successfully enter into your computer. It will immediately configure its processes, including Hotfix.exe, to load automatically with your Windows. And then ThinkPoint will run its fake scanner and display fabricated scan results as well as annoying popup alerts. What’s more, your applications and Task Manager as well as other system functions will be blocked by ThinkPoint. So if you want to remove ThinkPoint, you should reboot your computer and keep hitting F8 key into Safe Mode with Networking, press Ctrl+Alt+Del at the same time to open Task Manager before ThinkPoint appears, and then end the Hotfix.exe process. After that, please follow the listed removal guide and remove ThinkPoint as soon as possible.
Hotfix.exe Virus Screenshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Hotfix.exe Virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.
Step 1: Registry entries you need to delete:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PAV
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “thinkpoint”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “Shell” = “%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\hotfix.exe”
Step 2: Files you need to delete:
%UserProfile%\Application Data\hotfix.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\thinkpoint.exe
Please, be aware that manual removal of Hotfix.exe 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, 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 Hotfix.exe Virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Hotfix.exe 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 Hotfix.exe Virus Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Hotfix.exe Virus Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Hotfix.exe Virus Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Hotfix.exe 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 Hotfix.exe 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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