Live PC Care Removal Guide
Do you know what Live PC Care is?
DESCRIPTION
Live PC Care (or LivePCCare) is the latest in rogue anti-spyware programs. Live PC Care makes use of a variety of methods to coerce and trick computer users into purchasing the “Full” version of Live PC Care. Live PC Care tends to be downloaded and installed manually, rather than via Trojan infection (which are true for most other malware applications). Once Live PC Care is installed on the computer it will allow for the user to scan the infected computer, without displaying any annoying and aggravating pop-up messages. However, during the scanning process Live PC Care tends to generate false positives. The next step in the process of this rogue application is to insist that the only way to rid the system of the supposed infections is to – yes you guessed it, purchase the full version of this nefarious application, Live PC Care.
In non-techie terms:
Do not trust Live PC Care or purchase Live PC Care, it is only capable of generating false positives and is made to scare computer users and push the into buying this fake software. Remove Live PC Care from your computer system as soon as possible.
Aliases: Live.PC.Care, LivePCCare, Live-PC-Care.
Live PC Care Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Live PC Care Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Live PC Care manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Live PC Care will be removed completely. So read the Live PC Care removal steps carefully and good luck.
Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.
- Uninstall Live PC Care Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Live PC Care if found. - To stop Live PC Care processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these Live PC Care processes:
Live PC Care.lnk
LP7f16.exe
LPe6f4.exe
LPae22.exe
LP333c.exe
LP0cd3.exe
LP3668.exe
LPa34c.exe
LP7411.exe
LP680a.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Live PC Care DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Live PC Care DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Live PC Care DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Live PC Care and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Live PC Care DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister). - To unregister Live PC Care registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these Live PC Care registry keys: - If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
- Remove Live PC Care Directories.
To find Live PC Care directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Live PC Care directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Live PC Care folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Live PC Care and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Live PC Care could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Live PC Care icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Live PC Care manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Live PC Care problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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