How to remove Smart Security
Smart Security description
Smart Security is not the tool to trust with your computer’s security. The program is not a real antivirus and is not able to provide your PC with protection. What Smart Security does is quite the opposite – it violates the existing security system and creates flaws that allow other similar rogue applications to enter your computer. Smart Security may be caught while browsing the web without having a reliable security tool installed into your computer.
Smart Security pretends to be a real protection tool in order to make the user register the application online which requires purchasing Smart Security. In order to do so the application performs fabricated system scans along with displaying annoying pop-up warnings about some threats that do not actually exist. These misleading actions might trick users into buying the Smart Security software which later on appears to be as useless as the “trial version”. In order to prevent Smart Security from entering your system you should acquire a legitimate security software. However, if Smart Security has already infected your computer you should remove it immediately.
How to get rid of Smart Security
This infection can be removed using Spyware Doctor.
Spyware Doctor is widely valued as one of the best AntiSpyware programs available to protect you from Smart Security and the latest internet security threats. If your computer is infected with Smart Security we strongly recommend automatic spyware scanner.
How to manually remove Smart Security
To get rid of spyware such as Smart Security you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other Smart Security 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 Smart Security remover.
- Uninstall Smart Security from Control Panel
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall. - End these Smart Security processes:
SmartSecurity.exe
unins000.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. -
Delete Smart Security registry entries:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{B45FF030-4447-11D2-85DE-00C04FA35C89}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Smart Security_is1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "SmartSecurity"
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. -
Search and delete these Smart Security related files:
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Smart Security.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Smart Security
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Smart Security\Uninstall Smart Security.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Smart Security\Smart Security.lnk
c:\Program Files\Smart Security
c:\Program Files\Smart Security\SmartSecurity.exe
c:\Program Files\Smart Security\unins000.dat
c:\Program Files\Smart Security\unins000.exe
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