VirusRay Removal Process

October 22, 2007 – 10:59 am

VirusRay 3.8 is a fake anti-spyware program. Do NOT purchase VirusRay under any circumstances since it is a fake anti-spyware software. The following process will help you remove it from your system easily and safely.

VirusRay Manual Removal Process:

1. Close all programs including VirusRay. To close VirusRay, right-click on the VirusRay icon on the lower-right corner, then select “exit”.

2. Stop VirusRay process (VirusRay 3.8.exe). If you do not know how to stop a running process, click here to read more.

3. Delete the following dll files from your system. (dfrep.dll) They normally reside in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder. Do not worry if you can’t find all of them. In most cases, only one of these files exist. If you do not know how to find it or having difficulties locating the file, click here to read more.

4. Rename the file that you found above to “foundbadfile.dll” (if you can not rename this file, then try to restart your computer in safe mode then try to rename this file.) If you don’t know how to start the computer in safe mode, click here to read more.

5. Go to C:\Program Files\ folder and delete the “VirusRay 3.8″ folder (if you can’t delete it, reboot your computer to safe mode then delete the folder)

6. Go to C:\Program Files\ folder and delete “Video Add-on” if it exists (if you can’t delete it, reboot your computer to safe mode then delete the folder)

7. Click here to bookmark this page (you will need to comeback to this page after reboot)
(If you are using Firefox click on Ctrl+D on your keyboard to bookmark this page)

8. Restart your computer

9. Go to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder and delete the “foundbadfile.dll” file

10. You have just removed VirusRay from your computer manually.

Remove VirusRay with SmithfraudFix:

SmithfraudFix is a free tool that S!Ri created to remove fake anti-spyware programs. It can be risky so we cannot guarantee the result. Please use it with reservations. We would never recommend to purchase anything unless it’s necessary. That’s why we produce this free removal process.

1. Download SmithfraudFix tool and save it to your desktop.

2. Restart your computer and boot into Safe Mode. If you don’t know how to start the computer in safe mode, click here to read more.

3. Double-click on the SmithfraudFix.exe icon then follow the screen instructions. Option #2 should be selected in this case.

4. When you are prompted with “Do you want to clean the registry ?”, simply answer “Y”.

5. Reboot.

6. You have just removed VirusRay from your computer.