Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) Removal Guide
Do you know what Soft Soldier is?
DESCRIPTION
Soft Soldier is a very deceptive rogue antispyware application that won’t help your computer like the name suggests. Soft Soldier will damage your computer, invade your privacy as well as try to get your money. Soft Soldier will make use of all types of malicious tricks in order to get your hard earned money. Inclusive in some tricks of Soft Soldier is a fake system scan, a fake scan report as well as authentic looking computer system security notifications. Soft Soldier belongs to the same file of malicious rogue applications which may include: Trust Fighter, Trust Soldier, Safe Fighter, Trust Cop, Secure Warrior, Secure Fighter, Security Fighter, Safety Keeper, Save Keeper, Save Defense, Save Keep, Winishield, WiniBlueSoft as well as Wini Fighter. You need to be warned to never download, install or purchase anything related to Soft Soldier, as it is all one big scam.
In non-techie terms:
Once you suspect that you may have Soft Soldier running on your computer, you need to remove it immediately. You have the option of the manual or the automatic removal process. It is imperative to be aware of the factor that the manual removal process is actually extremely hard to do and you run the risk of seriously damaging your computer, if you do something incorrectly. It is highly suggested to rather make use of the automatic removal method, where an antispyware removal product can do all the work for you.
Aliases: SoftSoldier, Soft.Soldier
Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that the infection will be removed completely. So read the 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 Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall the infection if found. - To stop Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) 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 processes:
setup[1].exe
SoftSoldier.exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the 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 Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) 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 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 Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) Directories.
To find infection directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the named folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the selected folder and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting a folder could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Soft Soldier (a.k.a. SoftSoldier) icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the manual removal instructions!
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