If You Need Expert Help we recommend you hire a Ninja! Ninja's are well trained in the art of virus removal and can remove all threats from your computer right now. See this Anticare is a rogue anti-malware application that pretends to be a legitimate program in an attempt to scare users into purchasing a license for its full version. This rogue program gets installed through Trojans that get downloaded from malicious websites which promote similar rogue anti-malware programs. Once installed, Anticare proceeds to perform endless fake scans on the system, practically showering the user with false reports that the system is dangerously infected with malware. It also performs unrequested browser redirects to malicious websites whenever the user attempts browse the internet. Another annoying trait that Anticare has is the endless stream of fake warning pop-ups that it generates. All these features tend to make one request from the user: to purchase a license to the ‘full’ version of Anticare under the claim that the currently installed ‘trial’ version is incapable of removing the detected ‘threats’. However, no version of Anticare can in fact remove any threats from any computer, be it fictional or real.
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As soon as you detect an instance of this rogue software on your computer, you should take steps to remove Anticare. In order to delete Anticare, you must stop its processes, delete its files and folders and remove its registry entries.
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Anticare Manual Removal Procedures
The first step in Anticare removal is the stopping of the following processes which are related to Anticare:
- anticare.exe
- avsrv.exe
- avSubEngine.exe
The next step you need to take in order to remove Anticare is to delete the following files and folders:
- %ProgramFiles%AnticareACEngine.dll
- %ProgramFiles%pclockpclocklauncher.exe
- C:Program FilesAnticareACEngine.dll
- C:Program FilesAnticareAntiCare.exe
- C:Program FilesAnticarepartner.ini
- C:Program FilesAnticareUninstall.exe
- C:Program FilesAnticaredbadsub.dat
- C:Program FilesAnticaredbavmon.dat
- C:Program FilesAnticaredbinter.dll
- C:Program FilesAnticaredbvsdb.dat
- C:Program FilesAnticareetcacMon.exe
- C:Program FilesAnticareetcacReg.exe
- C:Program FilesAnticareetcavsrv.exe
- C:Program FilesAnticareetcavSubEngine.exe
- C:Program FilesAnticareskindefault.avs
After the above steps have been completed, You should run a full scan using Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. While the client does cost money to remove traces. You should still run the full scan to see the exact registry entries on your computer that you will need to remove. See our How To Guides Section for more information on Editing the Windows Registry.
Anticare Registry Removal Procedures
File deletion alone is not sufficient to ensure complete Anticare removal. To delete Anticare completely, you need to remove the following keys and settings from the Windows Registry as well. You may not have all the entries below. It all depends on mutations.
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallAntiCareMain]
- DisplayName = “Anticare”
- UninstallString = “”%ProgramFiles%AnticareUninstall.exe”"
- DisplayIcon = “”%ProgramFiles%AnticareUninstall.exe”"
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallPCLock]
- DisplayName = “PC��Ŵ��”
- UninstallString = “”%ProgramFiles%PCLockUninstall.exe”"
- DisplayIcon = “”%ProgramFiles%PCLockUninstall.exe”"
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREanticare]
- pid = “pclock”
- ver = “20100401?
- Install_Dir = “%ProgramFiles%Anticare”
- reset = “20100607?
- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPCLock]
- pid = “singsingfile”
- ver = “20100520?
- Install_Dir = “%ProgramFiles%PCLock”
- reset = “20100607?
- holddate = “20100614?
Once the registry has been cleaned out, your computer is safe from Anticare. In order to make sure that no additional threats are present on your PC when attempting to remove Anticare it is important to always conduct a full system scan using genuine antivirus software such as Spyware Doctor with Antivirus.
Anticare Directories:
XP / Vista / Windows 7
- C:Program FilesAnticare
Conclusion
It is not recommended for inexperienced users to attempt to manually remove Anticare as any mistake made during removal could re-instate Anticare, potentially damaging your operating system. The best way to go for inexperienced users is to remove Anticare using a web-based repair service such as www.pcninja.com or legitimate antivirus software such as Spyware Doctor with Antivirus.
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