How to remove Wind Optimizer
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 at 4:22 amWind Optimizer description
Wind Optimizer is presented as a tool to improve computer performance by cleaning unnecessary files, blocking malicious programs and fixing hard drives. It‘s not only too good to be true, WindOptimizer is also a scam. The program is not able to perform a single task mentioned on it‘s description, but it comes with hidden features and intentions.
Wind Optimizer is installed by trojans. It usually runs without user‘s authorization and it‘s difficult to terminate and delete. WindOptimizer imitates behavior of security apps: it warns people about nonexistent privacy and security issues. The pop-ups are meant to lead users into purchasing a licence of Wind Optimizer. The tool won‘t help you to optimize a computer because Wind Optimizer is basically a computer infection.
Wind Optimizer is a clone of Personal Antivirus and General Antivirus malwares. Remove WindOptimizer right after it appears on a PC.
Get rid of Wind Optimizer
Wind Optimizer is a Rogue Antispyware software
How to manually remove Wind Optimizer
To remove Wind Optimizer spyware you must block Wind Optimizer sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other Wind Optimizer files and registry utility. Follow the Wind Optimizer detection and removal instructions below.
The most typical software removal method is to remove Wind Optimizer by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden Wind Optimizer files, running processes and registries in your computer, so Wind Optimizer may recreate all other files after reboot.
Wind Optimizer manual removal instructions
Stop and remove Wind Optimizer processes:
WODefragmenter.exe
WindOptimizer.exe
unins000.exe
Contig.exe
Read more how to kill Wind Optimizer processes
Locate and delete Wind Optimizer registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wind Optimizer_is1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Wind Optimizer"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "AutoUpdateDisableNotify"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "InternetSettingsDisableNotify"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center "UacDisableNotify"
Read more how to delete Wind Optimizer registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by Wind Optimizer
Detect and delete other Wind Optimizer files:
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Wind Optimizer
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Wind Optimizer\Purchase License.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Wind Optimizer\Uninstall Wind Optimizer.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Wind Optimizer\Wind Optimizer Home Page.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Wind Optimizer\Wind Optimizer.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Wind Optimizer
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Wind Optimizer\updateloadlist.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Wind Optimizer\db
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Wind Optimizer\db\Settings.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Wind Optimizer\db\Urls.inf
%UserProfile%\Desktop\WOSetup.exe.txt
%UserProfile%\Desktop\WOSetup.tmp.txt
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\activate.ico
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\Contig.exe
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\Explorer.ico
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\log_09062009.wlg
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\unins000.dat
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\unins000.exe
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\uninstall.ico
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\vista.manifest
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\vista.res
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\WindOptimizer.exe
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\WO_install.iss
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\WO_install.new.iss
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\WODefragmenter.exe
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\WOIsnce.db
c:\Program Files\Wind Optimizer\db
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