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WhenU description

WhenU is adware. WhenU provides contextual advertising through its software. Based on which web pages, search terms and types of sites visited while online, will determine the advertisements you will see.

How to get rid of WhenU

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 WhenU and the latest internet security threats. If your computer is infected with WhenU we strongly recommend automatic spyware scanner.

How to manually remove WhenU

To get rid of spyware such as WhenU you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other WhenU 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 WhenU remover.

1. Uninstall WhenU from Control Panel
   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
2. End these WhenU processes:
   whse.exe
   DnldNCSX0002[1].exe
   whenu.exe
   searchupdate.exe
   Search.exe
   DnldNCSX0002.exe
   SYSsfitb.exe sync.exe
   savedisclosure.exe
   save.exe
   saveupdate.exe
   saveuninst.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. Unregister WhenU DLL files:
   WUInst.dll
   search.dll
   acm.dll
   To unregister DLL click Start > Run > type "regsvr32 /u PATH_TO_FILE/FILE.dll"
4. Delete WhenU registry entries: SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerMenuOrderStartMenu2ProgramsWhenUSearch FC327B3F-377B-4CB7-8B61-27CD69816BC3
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runwhenusave HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\runwhenusave HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\whenusavemsg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\whenusavepbtb
   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.
5. Search and delete these WhenU related files:
   whse.exe
   DnldNCSX0002[1].exe
   whenu.exe
   searchupdate.exe
   Search.exe
   DnldNCSX0002.exe
   SYSsfitb.exe
   sync.exe
   savedisclosure.exe
   save.exe
   saveupdate.exe
   saveuninst.exe
   WUInst.dll
   search.dll
   acm.dll
   whenusave.txt
   learnmoreaboutwhenusave.url
   save.cch
   save.db
   save.htm
   readme.txt
   search.db