AV Care Removal Process (remove AVCare)

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AV Care

AV Care is yet another fake anti-spyware application. AV Care, like other fake anti-spyware programs, is able to persuade computer users into purchasing a full version by aggressive tactics. Many of the tactics include fake warning messages, various misleading popups and fake system scans. If you get to the point of AV Care scanning your computer, then you should take immediate action to remove AV Care. If you do not remove AV Care, then you could risk damaging your system or essential system files needed for your computer to operate.

AV Care is useless when it comes to detection or removal of any type of computer parasites. Even though AV Care may be advertised as a spyware or security application that can eliminate threats, you must realize that it is not. Do not purchase AV Care and do not install it for any reason or you could be very sorry that you did.

Are you getting popups from AV Care? Have you identified that you have AV Care installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove AV Care completely from your computer?

Why should you remove AV Care?

If AV Care resides on your computer, it can potentially damage your personal files or you may end up losing data stored on your system. Research has shown that AV Care may have the ability to make your computer vulnerable to remote attacks which could result, initially, in loss of money, possibly identity theft, and, eventually, a painstaking AV Care removal process.

How can you manually remove AV Care

Manual removal of AV Care may not be for everyone. Each manual AV Care removal step must be followed delicately to completely remove all related files and registry entries from your computer. If you are unsure or have doubts about editing your system registry, then we recommend that you use the automatic AV Care removal process.

AV Care can be removed manually by following the steps below.

1. With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
2. Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
3. Locate AV Care in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find AV Care, you can continue to step 5.
4. Restart your computer.
5. Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
6. Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
7. Find all of the following registry entries and delete them. If you do not know how to do this, then you can read how to edit the registry in Windows.
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "AV Care"

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AV Care

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AV Care

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing AV Care. You can do this easily by bookmarking or adding a favorite to this page by clicking here. If you are using the FireFox web browser you can press the keys Ctrl and D simultaneously to bookmark this page.

   Image 1. Bookmark PCHubs removal process

   

9. Delete all of the following files that are associated with AV Care from your computer.

   %Program Files%\AV Care

   %Program Files%\AV Care\avc.ico

   %Program Files%\AV Care\AVCare.dat

   %Program Files%\AV Care\AVCare.ini

   %UserProfile%\Desktop\AV Care.lnk

   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\AV Care

   %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\AV Care\AV Care.lnk

   AV Care

   AV Care.lnk

   AVCare.exe

   AVCare_Setup_Free_en.exe

   If you need a better understanding on how to search for these files then you can read how to find and search for files and folders here.

   If you have issues deleting any of the previously listed files that are associated with AV Care, you can try rebooting your computer into safe mode. Booting into safe mode may allow certain malicious files to be deleted. If you are wondering how to boot into safe mode, you can read our process for starting a computer in safe mode here.

   Image 2. Select "Safe Mode with Networking"

   

10. After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with AV Care by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\AV Care folder, select it, and delete it. In some cases you may not be able to find this directory. You can still continue to the next step.

11. Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed AV Care completely from your computer. If you find that AV Care is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic AV Care removal process.