Virus Melt Removal Process (remove VirusMelt)

Protect Yourself from Virus Melt

- Remove rogue anti-spyware/anti-virus programs
- Prevent trojans, hijackers & other malware infections
- Use spyware helpdesk to resolve pesky malware

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Virus Melt Explanation

Virus Melt is a fake anti-spyware application. Virus Melt is currently causing computer users issues with popup alerts and system scans that return fake results. Virus Melt may make you believe that you must purchase the full version to remove the threats that it finds on your computer. This must never be done. Purchasing Virus Melt is a complete waste of time and money.

Virus Melt might come from the www.virusmelt.com website where Virus Melt is heavily advertised as a program that protects against spyware, popups and slow performance. But that is just what get if Virus Melt is installed, popups, spyware and slow performance. You should not trust Virus Melt for anything. Removal of Virus Melt is necessary so that you have a clean computer to work on.

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

Why should you remove Virus Melt?

If Virus Melt 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 Virus Melt 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 Virus Melt removal process.

How can you manually remove Virus Melt

Manual removal of Virus Melt may not be for everyone. Each manual Virus Melt 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 Virus Melt removal process.

Virus Melt 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 Virus Melt in the list of programs. If you find it, select it and remove it. If you cannot find Virus Melt, 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\VMelt.DocHostUIHandler

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "URVMLT[]"

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Virus Melt"

8. You may need to return to this removal process for removing Virus Melt. 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 Virus Melt from your computer.

   ANTIGEN.sys

   delfile.sys

   exec.dll

   fix.drv

   fix.drv

   gid.dll

   Instructions.ini

   mscfg.ini

   PE.sys

   SICKBOY.exe

   sld.exe

   sld.sys

   SM.exe

   snl2w.sys

   Virus Melt.lnk

   VMelt.exe

   wrkdata.cfg

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

Automatically Remove Virus Melt

Automatically remove Virus Melt for free. Free automatic Virus Melt removal process.

Do you wish to automatically remove Virus Melt from your computer? Are you looking for a free method to remove Virus Melt from your computer? If so, you can utilize the free automatic Virus Melt removal process below. Each step is designed to aid in the use of the program SmitfraudFix, which is a free tool created by S!Ri to remove parasites such as Virus Melt. Just so you know there's no guarantee that SmitfraudFix or any other spyware remover will remove Virus Melt completely. These instructions are provided as a guide and are to be used at your own risk.

1. Download the SmitfraudFix tool to your computer by using our free download link here. Save the downloaded file to your desktop.

   Image 1. Save SmitfraudFix.exe

   

2. Restart your computer into safe mode. Safe mode will allow malicious files that are normally loaded into memory to be easily deleted by the SmitfraudFix program. Do you want to learn how to boot into safe mode? If so, you can follow our process on how to boot into safe mode here.

3. After booting into safe mode, double-click on the SmitfraudFix.exe icon that should be located on your desktop. Follow the on-screen instructions. Option number 2 should be selected once the program starts.

   Image 2. Click on SmitfraudFix.exe icon

   

4. After SmitfraudFix performs the initial removal processes it will ask you "Do you want to clean the registry?" Select Y for yes.

   Image 3. For "Do you want to clean the registry?," select Y for yes

   

5. Once SmitfraudFix has finished the registry clean you can restart your computer now.
6. Virus Melt should be removed from your computer. If not, you can start the automatic removal process over. It may take more than one try in some rare cases.

There's no guarantee that SmitfraudFix will remove all files due to the complex nature of new spyware files that are ever-changing. If necessary, you may need to get help from a person who knows about computer and spyware.

(Disclaimers: These instructions are provided to you for free and to be used at your own risk. The free removal process for Virus Melt is not guaranteed to work in all circumstances. We are not responsible for any damages.)