Live PC Care Removal Process (remove LivePCCare)

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Live PC Care

Live PC Care is yet another deceiving application created by hackers to extort money from gullible computer users. Live PC Care is usually advertised and promoted through a malicious website where computer users are forced to purchase a full version of Live PC Care. Little do many computer users know, is that Live PC Care is a complete waste of their time and money because it is not able to detect or remove computer parasites. Live PC Care should be treated like a virus and removed the moment that it is discovered on your computer.

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

Why should you remove Live PC Care?

If Live PC 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 Live PC 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 Live PC Care removal process.

How can you manually remove Live PC Care

Manual removal of Live PC Care may not be for everyone. Each manual Live PC 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 Live PC Care removal process.

Live PC 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 Live PC Care in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Live PC 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_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3F2BBC05-40DF-11D2-9455-00104BC936FF}

   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "URL" = "http://search-gala.com/?&uid=7&q={searchTerms}"

   HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xp_5ea56.DocHostUIHandler

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\3

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "URL" = "http://search-gala.com/?&uid=7&q={searchTerms}"

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "CheckExeSignatures" = "no"

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "RunInvalidSignatures" = "1"

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "[xSP_2:117fc3395e69e29f71abba93a68c4181_7]"

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Live PC Care"

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Live PC 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 Live PC Care from your computer.

   %UserProfile%\Recent\cb.drv

   %UserProfile%\Recent\CLSV.sys

   %UserProfile%\Recent\DBOLE.exe

   %UserProfile%\Recent\DBOLE.sys

   %UserProfile%\Recent\exec.dll

   %UserProfile%\Recent\fan.exe

   %UserProfile%\Recent\FW.dll

   %UserProfile%\Recent\hymt.drv

   %UserProfile%\Recent\kernel32.drv

   %UserProfile%\Recent\PE.tmp

   %UserProfile%\Recent\ppal.dll

   %UserProfile%\Recent\ppal.sys

   %UserProfile%\Recent\runddl.dll

   %UserProfile%\Recent\SM.dll

   Live PC Care

   Live PC Care.lnk

   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 Live PC 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 Live PC Care by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Live PC 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 Live PC Care completely from your computer. If you find that Live PC Care is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Live PC Care removal process.