How to Remove System Restore Fake Security Program?
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System Restore Information:
System Restore is another counterfeit system optimzer after Windows Restore, Windows Update and Windows Repair malware. System Restore has nothing to do with system restore and makes its efforts to misinform people that they need to take action to fix severe computer problems. Of course, System Restore is not the solution you need. This malware intentionally displays a dozen of PC errors that do not really happen to your PC. System Restore usually tells that your PC has initializing problem, hard disk clusters and RAM memory errors and so on. It’s important for you to know that both its scanner and reports are totally false. Your worstation was secretly taken control by this malware without asking for your permission into your PC. Its secret intrusion is accomplished by a Trojan horse which exploits software flaws and system loopholes on the PC. Soon this malware will begin to disturb you. Once getting installed on your PC, System Restore quickly changes your system configurations and thus compels your PC to load its aggressive processes whenever you login your Windows. Due to those malicious modifications, its fabricated scanner and numerous notifications will keep appearing on your desktop and tell you about many error detections. It’s certain that this malware pretends to give you a kind help and urges you to purchase the licensed copy of the program that will soon get all things fixed. Please don’t believe in its statement. This is the trick this scamware plays on you to scam your money. System Restore can not solve any problem for you. Please find more information below to remove System Restore virus.
System Restore Screeshot:
Manual Removal
Note: If you are not proficient with computer, it’s suggested that you backup your registry before manually removing System Restore 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: Processes you need to end:
[random].exe
Step 2: Registry entries you need to delete:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random].exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]“
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations “LowRiskFileTypes” = ‘/{hq:/s`s:/ogn:/uyu:/dyd:/c`u:/bnl:/ble:/sdf:/lrh:/iul:/iulm:/fhg:/clq:/kqf:/`wh:/lqf:/lqdf:/lnw:/lq2:/l2t:/v`w:/rbs:’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = ‘no’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main “Use FormSuggest” = ‘yes’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = ’0?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = ’1?
Step 3: Files you need to delete:
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\[random]
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\[random].exe
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Application Data\[random].dll
%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Desktop\System Restore.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Start Menu\Programs\System Restore
%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Start Menu\Programs\System Restore\System Restore.lnk
%Documents and Settings%\[User Name]\Start Menu\Programs\System Restore\Uninstall System Restore.lnk
Please, be aware that manual removal of System Restore 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 System Restore Rogue Anti-Spyware, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.
Automatic System Restore 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 System Restore Remover, install it and update its database to the latest. After that, restart your computer so as to make System Restore Remover fully functional. Repeat Step 1 into Safe Mode and run an Online Scan of your computer so that System Restore Remover can detect all potential malware in your system.
NOTE: If you have problem installing System Restore 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 System Restore Remover delete all detected virus.
4. Download and install RegTweaker (RegTweaker review) to repair your corrupted registry.
Why should you need RegTweaker?
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 RegTweaker.
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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