How to remove PCPrivacy
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PCPrivacy description
PCPrivacy is yet another fraudulent application trying to gain a purchase by loading deceptive pop-ups. PC Privacy is able to mimic various security notifications including Windows alerts. The counterfeit warnings offer paid version of PCPrivacy for deleting numerous threats. The offer is fraudulent because PCPrivacy reports imaginary infections and the full version doesn’t even exist.
PCPrivacy is notorious for generating enormous amounts of pop-ups but it brings other issues along with it. The malware may disable regular security applications in order to prevent a victim from deleting the fraud. PCPrivacy may take a web browser over and redirect it to websites that sell PCPrivacy software. Do not trust a thing with PCPrivacy name on it! PCPrivacy is a scam and it should be deleted with no hesitation.
PCPrivacy is a Rogue Antispyware software
How to manually remove PCPrivacy
To remove PCPrivacy spyware you must block PCPrivacy sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other PCPrivacy files and registry utility. Follow the PCPrivacy detection and removal instructions below.
The most typical software removal method is to remove PCPrivacy by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden PCPrivacy files, running processes and registries in your computer, so PCPrivacy may recreate all other files after reboot.
PCPrivacy manual removal instructions
Locate and delete PCPrivacy registry entries:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\folder\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\systemfileassociations\directory.image\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\pcprivacytool
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\pcprivacytool
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{645ff040-5081-101b-9f08-00aa002f954e}\shell\secure delete
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\directory\background\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\systemfileassociations\directory.audio\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{b33de756-deee-4d7a-87db-1d905ba2aa21}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\pc drive tool
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ \shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lnk\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\drive\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\systemfileassociations\directory.video\shellex\contextmenuhandlers\secure_del
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\gdc_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\ugdccw
Read more how to delete PCPrivacy registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by PCPrivacy
Detect and delete other PCPrivacy files:
PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk
Install PCPrivacyTool .lnk
Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\PCPrivacyTool unregistered.lnk
We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track PCPrivacy and automaticaly remove PCPrivacy processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.

