Spyware Preventer Removal Guide
Do you know what Spyware Preventer is?
DESCRIPTION
Spyware Preventer is a corrupt security program that falsely claims to be a spyware removal utility. If you ever find yourself on the spywarepreventer.com home page it may be hard to believe that this site is pushing the fake anti-spyware program Spyware Preventer because the site looks like a normal software page. The reality behind spywarepreventer.com and the SpywarePreventer program is they both have malicious intents on scamming computer uses out of their money.
Spyware Preventer is not a “Spyware Preventer”, more like a spyware nightmare. Spyware Preventer may not even install on your computer system but you should never attempt to do so.
In non-techie terms: Spyware Preventer is prone to displaying notifications once it is installed and may convince you that there is an infection present on your computer that must be removed by a purchase version of Spyware Preventer. Do not fall for this trick. Avoid purchasing Spyware Preventer no matter what.
Aliases: Spyware Preventer, SpywarePreventer, Spyware-Preventer, www.spywarepreventer.com.
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Spyware Preventer Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Spyware Preventer Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Spyware Preventer manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Spyware Preventer will be removed completely. So read the Spyware Preventer 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 Spyware Preventer Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Spyware Preventer if found. - To stop Spyware Preventer 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 Spyware Preventer processes:
Spyware Preventer.lnk
SPP.exe
SPPSetup[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Spyware Preventer DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Spyware Preventer DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Spyware Preventer DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Spyware Preventer and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Spyware Preventer 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 Spyware Preventer 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 Spyware Preventer registry keys:
There are no 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 Spyware Preventer Directories.
To find Spyware Preventer directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Spyware Preventer directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Spyware Preventer folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Spyware Preventer and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Spyware Preventer could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Spyware Preventer icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Spyware Preventer manual removal instructions!
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