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How to remove Windows Express Help rogue anti-spyware

Malware Description:
Here comes new badware delivered by the infamous fake Microsoft Security Essentials Alert. It’s called Windows Express Help. The short list of words to precisely describe this program is: fake, annoying and aggressive. Windows Express Help may not seem like any sort of a threat first. It looks Ok (see image below), seems to act just like a regular application for protecting and optimizing one’s computer and generally may even produce a good first impression. But the truth testifies to a different state of things. Windows Express Help only pretends to be a kind helper. It shows up on your machine without your direct participation, i.e. it doesn’t ask for your permission for installing itself. There is a different method hackers know about – they use a trojan to spot and make use of backdoors in one’s Operating System which are tiny security holes through which you may get infected. So once Windows Express Help is inside, it will keep making things worse. One of the first things this malware does is creating several Registry keys that force your system to run the bad processes starting from each reboot of your PC. This will give Windows Express Help a huge advantage and a straight road to invading your machine. It will get hold of your computer completely and be executed on top of the other processes, even preventing some of them from running. When operating, Windows Express Help tends to report malicious items and system errors that allegedly require fixing ASAP. If a user believes these alerts and scan reports, chances are he/she gets brainwashed into wasting some money. You see, just like any rogueware utility, Windows Express Help is after money. So it scares people in order to get them paying for eliminating problems that aren’t there at all. We urge you to be cautious about Windows Express Help pest. Below is a guide to assist you in uninstalling this parasite from your computer completely.

Malware Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware

Malware Author: Unknown

Threat Level: High

Advice: Immediately remove

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Windows Express Help Screenshot:

How to remove Windows Express Help manually:
Manual removal of Windows Express Help is a feasible objective if you have sufficient expertise in dealing with program files, processes, .dll files and registry entries.

The files to be deleted are listed below:

• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\[random].exe
• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Desktop\Windows Express Help.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Express Help\
• %Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Express Help\Uninstall Windows Express Help.lnk

The registry entries that need to be removed are as follows:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “Shell” = ‘%Documents and Settings%\[UserName]\Application Data\[random].exe’
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\[random].exe “Debugger” = ‘svchost.exe’

Please be aware that manual removal of Windows Express Help is a cumbersome process and does not always ensure complete deletion 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 we strongly recommend automatic removal Windows Express Help, which will save your time and enable avoiding any system malfunctions and guarantee the needed result.

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