How to remove Windows Care Tool

Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 5:16 am
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Windows Care Tool description

Windows Care Tool is yet another fraudulent program. It is clone of Windows Optimal Solution and Windows Wise Protection scams. Do not expect Windows CareTool to functions as a security program; it’s only meant to mess up a PC and take your money.

Windows Care Tool may look like a part of Windows operating system. It is designed to imitate system scan and security warnings. But the imitations are the closest it can get to being a real spyware remover. WindowsCareTool fabricates tons of pop-ups asking to pay for deleting various problems. Do not trust messages loaded by Windows Care Tool and remove the fake tool as soon as possible.

Here are some examples of Windows Care Tool pop-ups:


Warning!
Name: firefox.exe
Name: c:\program files\firefox\firefox.exe
Application that seems to be a key-logger is detected. System information security is at risk. It is recommended to enable the security mode and run total System scanning.

System Security Warning
Attempt to modify register key entries is detected. Register entries analysis is recommended.

Microsoft Security Essentials Alert
Potential Threat Details
Microsoft Security Essentials detected potential threats that might compromise your private or damage your computer. Your access to these items may be suspended until you take an action. Click ’show details’ to learn more.

Windows Care Tool is a Rogue Antispyware software

How to manually remove Windows Care Tool

To remove Windows Care Tool spyware you must block Windows Care Tool sites, stop and remove processes, unregister DLL files, search and delete all other Windows Care Tool files and registry utility. Follow the Windows Care Tool detection and removal instructions below.

The most typical software removal method is to remove Windows Care Tool by using "Add or Remove Programs" service. However there may be hidden Windows Care Tool files, running processes and registries in your computer, so Windows Care Tool may recreate all other files after reboot.

Windows Care Tool manual removal instructions

Locate and delete Windows Care Tool registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%UserProfile%\Application Data\[random].exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\egui.exe "Debugger" = "svchost.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ekrn.exe "Debugger" = "svchost.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msascui.exe "Debugger" = "svchost.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe "Debugger" = "svchost.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe "Debugger" = "'svchost.exe"
Read more how to delete Windows Care Tool registry entries
Download RegistryBooster 2010 to scan errors caused by Windows Care Tool

Detect and delete other Windows Care Tool files:
%UserProfile%\Application Data\[random].exe

We strongly recommend you to use spyware remover to track Windows Care Tool and automaticaly remove Windows Care Tool processes, registries and files as well as other spyware threats.

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