Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Guide to Remove Windows Safety Master Rogue Antivirus Program Safely



You are disturbed by Windows Safety Master? Some misleading security warnings annoy you very much? Can’t remove Windows Safety Master? If you are looking for a perfect solution to get rid of it, you can try to follow the guide mentioned in the post.

Why Windows Safety Master Should Be Remove/Uninstall from Your Computer?


Windows Safety Master is considered to be a rogue program designed by hackers for making chaos in target computer and swindling money out of victims. Once inside, it adds its files and registry entries to your computer so as to run with every Windows boot-up. Each time you enter the affected Windows operating system, this rogue program is able to run a fake scan. Though it doesn’t have a virus database, it still shows you an unreliable report which says that there are hundreds of infections in your system. To remove these so-called infections, you need to spend amount of money to update Windows Safety Master. Even if you purchase its latest version, this rogue program will not help you get rid of threats. The purpose of this pest is to get your money.

We suggest that you uninstall Windows Safety Master as it is really dangerous and hazardous. The longer it remains in your system, the worse your computer will be. This unwanted program makes modifications to the settings of your firewall and antivirus program. Finally, your computer lacks a powerful protection, which means that it will encounter many threats like worms and Trojan horses. Besides, the infected computer can’t run smoothly as before. When you open two or more programs at the same time, the CPU usage will get a high value. Under this circumstance, your machine gets stuck or stops working. To protect your computer well, you’d better take immediate actions to uninstall Windows Safety Master from your PC.

How to Uninstall Windows Safety Master?


However, Windows Safety Master is not easy to be removed. At present, some victims fail to remove this stubborn program by some famous antivirus programs. Its files and registry entries are hard to be located because they can mask as regular system files. If you want to get rid of this annoying program completely, please follow the guide below to solve your issue.

Step 1: Restart the computer, keep pressing F8 till the option appears, and then use arrow keys to select Safe Mode with Networking.

Step 2: End related processes of Windows Safety Master. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete together to run Task Manager.

Step 3: Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.

Step 4: Delete all files related to Windows Safety Master as below:

%UsersProfile%\ApplicationData%\temp%\scanprotect\bin\[randomchracteristic].exe
%UsersProfile%\Application Data%\roaming%\[random chracteristic].exe
%ProgramFiles%\[random chracteristic].exe

Step 5: Click Start button and search for “regedit” to open Registry Editor. Then remove registries of Windows Safety Master as below:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run""= "%AppData%\.exe"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run""= "%AppData%\.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations "LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mov;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

Step 6: Restart your computer