How to remove WinCleaner 2009

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WinCleaner 2009 description

WinCleaner 2009 is also known as WinCleaner2009 v.3.0.21. The name makes no difference in this case: Win Cleaner 2009 is a malicious program and it shouldn’t be trusted.

WinCleaner2009 is promoted as a security tool but it is more often installed secretly by trojans. Once it gets on board, WinCleaner 2009 demands purchasing full version of the tool for deleting computer parasites. Things reported as infections are usually legitimate programs and essential Windows files. Don’t trust Win Cleaner 2009 and don’t erase items supposedly detected by that program. WinCleaner 2009 is a malware and it’s not capable of scanning a machine.

How to get rid of WinCleaner 2009

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How to manually remove WinCleaner 2009

To get rid of spyware such as WinCleaner 2009 you need to remove processes, search and delete registry keys, DLL and other WinCleaner 2009 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 WinCleaner 2009 remover.

1. Uninstall WinCleaner 2009 from Control Panel
   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Double click to uninstall.
2. End these WinCleaner 2009 processes:
   Update.exe
   WinCleaner.exe
   freshclam.exe
   AntiSpyware_Uninstall.exe
   clamscan.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 WinCleaner 2009 DLL files:
   ExplorerMenu212.dll
   IEPlugin163.dll
   msvcm80.dll
   msvcp80.dll
   msvcr80.dll
   libclamav.dll
   IEPlugin.dll
   ExplorerMenu.dll
   To unregister DLL click Start > Run > type "regsvr32 /u PATH_TO_FILE/FILE.dll"
4. Delete WinCleaner 2009 registry entries: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Scan with ASC-AntiSpyware
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{2F3D01F3-2A8E-4814-AA0F-8315172D22BF}
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinCleaner
   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 WinCleaner 2009 related files:
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\AntiSpyware_Uninstall.exe
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\clamscan.exe
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\default.xml
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\ExplorerMenu.dll
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\freshclam.exe
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\IEPlugin.dll
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\ignore.xml
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\libclamav.dll
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\quarantine.xml
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\settings.xml
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\Update.exe
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\WinCleaner.exe
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\conf
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\conf\clamd.conf
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\conf\freshclam.conf
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\data
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\data\block.reg
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\data\block_un.reg
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\data\daily.cvd
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\data\database.dat
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\data\main.cvd
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\Microsoft.VC80.CRT
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\msvcm80.dll
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\msvcp80.dll
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\Microsoft.VC80.CRT\msvcr80.dll
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\modules
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\modules\ExplorerMenu212.dll
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\modules\IEPlugin163.dll
   c:\Program Files\WinCleaner\quarantine
   %UserProfile%\Desktop\Win Cleaner.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\WinCleaner 2009
   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\ASC-AntiSpyware.lnk
   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\WinCleaner 2009\Win Cleaner.lnk