QuickHealCleaner Removal Process (remove Quick Heal Cleaner)
September 6, 2009 – 9:39 pmQuickHealCleaner
QuickHealCleaner is a rogue anti-spyware application known to conduct many illusory security tactics to force computer users into purchasing a full version of QuickHealCleaner. QuickHealCleaner may be forced upon computer users to be used as a security tool or spyware detection application but is incapable of detecting or eliminating such threats.
QuickHealCleaner should never be used as a viable security program. Computer users are urged to avoid purchasing QuickHealCleaner because it was found to be a useless program.
Are you getting popups from QuickHealCleaner? Have you identified that you have QuickHealCleaner installed on your computer? Do you wish to remove QuickHealCleaner completely from your computer?
Why should you remove QuickHealCleaner?
If QuickHealCleaner 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 QuickHealCleaner 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 QuickHealCleaner removal process.
How can you manually remove QuickHealCleaner
Manual removal of QuickHealCleaner may not be for everyone. Each manual QuickHealCleaner 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 QuickHealCleaner removal process.
QuickHealCleaner can be removed manually by following the steps below.
- With all programs closed, click the Start Menu and go to the Control Panel.
- Locate the Add/Remove Programs icon and double click it.
- Locate QuickHealCleaner in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find QuickHealCleaner, you can continue to step 5.
- Restart your computer.
- Close all open programs and windows on your desktop.
- Open your registry editor (regedit) program by going to Start Menu, type in regedit, and click OK.
- 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 "ha8tozmj.exe"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "QuickHealCleaner"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QuickHealCleanerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\QuickHealCleanerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\QuickHealCleanerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_QUICKHEALCLEANERSVCHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\QuickHealCleanerSvcQuickHealCleaner
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Delete all of the following files that are associated with QuickHealCleaner from your computer.
%Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\QuickHealCleaner%Program Files\QuickHealCleaner Software\QuickHealCleaner%Program Files\QuickHealCleanerSoftware1 QuickHealCleaner.lnk102z6w59m3c4.cpl10683v9rzs656.cpl10915hief309z.cplHomepage.lnk 3license.txtQuickHealCleanerQuickHealCleaner.exeQuickHealCleaner.lnkQuickHealCleaner.lnk 2SystemCop.lnk 1Uninstall.lnkIf 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 QuickHealCleaner, 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"
After locating and deleting the previous files you must remove all directories associated with QuickHealCleaner by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\QuickHealCleaner 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.
Restart your computer. You do not need to boot into safe mode at this point. You should have removed QuickHealCleaner completely from your computer. If you find that QuickHealCleaner is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic QuickHealCleaner removal process.

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