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How to remove System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor fake security program

Malware Description:
System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor (aka System Cleaner) is an infamous fake security product that has been rapidly spreading throughout the online world lately. System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor is marketed as a “2 in 1” solution that claims to protect one’s privacy and secure the internet activities; and, on the other hand, also servers as a system optimization tool that prevents HDD crashes and diagnoses the hardware. Too bad none of the above alleged capabilities of System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor is true. System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor propagates mainly via browser-hijacking techniques, i.e. it uses trojan viruses to redirect people’s web-surfing to its numerous affiliate websites that recommend purchasing the program. System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor is currently using the following malicious websites to get promoted: advanced-anti-virus.com, advanced-antivirus.com, antimalwarewarrior2009.com, antispyware-solutions.com, antiviral-softtools.com, antivirus-buy1.com, antivirus-cs1.com, antivirus-research-lab.com, antivirusmaster2009.com. Please, avoid the above websites and check your system for browser-hijackers if you hit one of them at least once. When installed and active, System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor will usually use fabricated scanners and fake alerts to tell you how affected your computer is. As a way to resolve these “detected” issues, System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor will offer its “licensed” version which demands payment; and that’s exactly what the program is about – to spoof people into wasting their money for purchasing the worthless commercial version of System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor. Please, refrain from installing that program and check your system for its presence if you suspect to be having it on board.

Malware Type: Fake Security Programs

Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: High

Advice: Immediately remove

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How to remove System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor manually:
Manual removal of System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor is feasible if you have sufficient expertise in working with program files, system processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\SystemCleaner and HardwareDoctor
• %UserProfile%\Desktop\SystemCleanerandHardwareDoctor.exe
• %Program Files%\Common Files\System\Uninstall\SystemCleanerandHardwareDoctor.lnk

The associated registry entries to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run“System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor”

Please, be informed that manual removal of System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor is a cumbersome procedure and does not always ensure complete deletion of the malware, since some files might be hidden or may automatically reanimate themselves afterwards. Moreover, manual interference of this kind may cause damage to the system. That’s why we strongly recommend automatic removal of System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

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