How to remove Hardclean

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Hardclean description

Hardclean is a malicious program which infects user’s system in Korea. The parasite comes along with the download and installs itself automatically. Hardclean is designed to pilfer money from unwary computer users.

Once active it imitates fake computer scans and floods mass of fabricated pop-ups and security alerts. This trojan based software gains you to purchase illegal version of the program. Do not believe any information it shows. Malware can also hijack your browser to deceptive web pages that advertise this rogue. It is not worth spending your money for this bogus system because it will not solve any security problem. It is not legitimate application. It can also give more viruses onto your system. Ignore all fabricated threats but use a decent anti-spyware tool to terminate Hardclean as soon as possible.

How to get rid of Hardclean

This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.

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How to manually remove Hardclean

To get rid of spyware such as Hardclean you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other Hardclean related files from your computer.

Take Note: The manual process of removing spyware from your computer is difficult and puts you at risk of damaging your computer. We advise using our automatic Hardclean remover.

1. Uninstall Hardclean from Control Panel
   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
2. End these Hardclean processes:
   uninst_hardclean.exe
   hardcleanU.exe
   hardcleandm.exe
   hardcleanBK.exe
   hardclean.exe
   To stop processes press Ctrl + Alt + Del or click Start > Run > type "taskmgr". Select malicious process in the list and click "End Process" button.
3. Delete Hardclean registry entries: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\hardclean
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\hardclean
   To open registry editor click Start > Run > type "regedit".
   Warning! Manual registry entries editing may cause damage to your system.
   Download Uniblue RegistryBooster 2010 to scan for registry errors.
4. Search and delete these Hardclean related files:
   C:\Program Files\HardClean\bottomAd.swf
   C:\Program Files\HardClean\hardclean.exe
   C:\Program Files\HardClean\hardcleanBK.exe
   C:\Program Files\HardClean\hardcleandm.exe
   C:\Program Files\HardClean\hardcleanU.exe
   C:\Program Files\HardClean\mdata.dat
   C:\Program Files\HardClean\trackingsitedata
   C:\Program Files\HardClean\ubdata
   C:\WINDOWS\system32\uninst_hardclean.exe