Soft Cop Removal Process (remove SoftCop)

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Soft Cop

Soft Cop is a rogue anti-spyware app that uses many misleading actions to persuade computer users to purchase a full version of the Soft Cop program. Soft Cop is nothing but a fake security program that makes many false claims of being able to detect and rid spyware parasites. Soft Cop can come from a malicious website that is designed to market these fake applications or a Trojan horse infection that could automatically install Soft Cop without your knowledge.

Soft Cop is able to display several fake popup alerts once it is installed. In addition, Soft Cop will seem like it is able to scan your system for parasites and then return the results only they are bogus results. Soft Cop is not a trusted program and should never be used for your computer security needs.

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

Why should you remove Soft Cop?

If Soft Cop 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 Soft Cop 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 Soft Cop removal process.

How can you manually remove Soft Cop

Manual removal of Soft Cop may not be for everyone. Each manual Soft Cop 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 Soft Cop removal process.

Soft Cop 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 Soft Cop in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Soft Cop, 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 "ree5.tmp.exe"

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "SoftCop"

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SoftCop

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SoftCop

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SoftCop

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Soft Cop. 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 Soft Cop from your computer.

   1020zspambo55e39.exe

   10834w95z101.exe

   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SoftCop\SoftCop.exe

   C:\Program Files\SoftCop Software

   C:\Program Files\SoftCop Software\SoftCop

   ree5.tmp.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 Soft Cop, 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 Soft Cop by going to the C:\ProgramFiles\Soft Cop 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 Soft Cop completely from your computer. If you find that Soft Cop is still on your computer, you can repeat the steps again or go to the automatic Soft Cop removal process.