How to Remove Win Scanner Fake Security Program?
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Win Scanner Information:
Win Scanner (also referred as WinScanner) is a fake computer optimization software hailing from the same fake family as Disk Repair, ScanDisk, HDD Tools or HDD Rescue malware. Win Scanner deliberately shows fabricated scan reports in order to make you believe that there are many urgent security problems and hard drive issues on your computer. Win Scanner is fond of reporting problems like hard drive not found, RAM memory over-used, and high CPU temperature. Since all these problems are quite urgent, Win Scanner hopes you to believe this false info and hurry for a solution. At this point, this scamware will offer you the ultimate solution that is its commercial version. If you purchase it, Win Scanner will assist you resolve all computer issues on your PC and optimize your system. Keep sober that those so-called problems found by Win Scanner do not really reside in your PC. Instead, Win Scanner is the only issue you need to take good care of. Please remove Win Scanner according to the removal tips and stop its further damage to your computer.
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing Win Scanner virus. And double check the entries that you are going to delete, or your computer can’t work for missing some files.
Step 1: End the following processes:
[random].exe
Step 2: Delete the following registry files:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random].exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]”
Step 3: Unregister the following DLL files:
[random].dll
Step 4: Delete the following files:
[random].exe
[random].dll
Win Scanner.lnk
Uninstall Win Scanner.lnk
Please, be aware that manual removal of Win Scanner 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 Win Scanner virus, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic Win Scanner 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 Win Scanner virus Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make Win Scanner virus Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that Win Scanner virus Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing Win Scanner 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 Win Scanner 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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