RegClean
RegClean is a damn scam: RegClean is registry repair software that scans your system, tells you you’ve got registry errors that may or may not exist, then demands you pay to remove them.
This isn’t what makes RegClean such a damn scam. RegClean gets really annoying when RegClean popups don’t go away.
A little bundle of joy, that RegClean is.
So let’s remove RegClean.
RegClean Is Ugly
Remove RegClean Automatically, with SmitFraud
Don’t have a lot of time? What with YouPorn.com reading The Guardian, my charity work, and more, neither do I. If you don’t know how to manually delete RegClean files, and don’t want to learn, here’s how you automatically remove RegClean.
Before you start, print out these instructions—you’re going to have to restart your computer in Safe Mode. Also, back up your PC in case you make a mistake.
- Download SmitFraudFix for free, and save it to your desktop.
- Reboot your PC in Safe Mode.
- To reboot in Safe Mode using Windows XP, restart your PC, and when a progress bar appears at the bottom of the screen, hit F8 once every second. When you see the Windows Start-up menu, highlight Safe Mode and hit Enter. Your desktop will show up, and make whatever repairs necessary. Then reboot your system and allow it to start up as normal.
- To reboot in Safe Mode using Windows Vista, go Start > Run. Type “MSCONFIG” into the Open field, and click OK. From the BOOT.INI tab, check /SAFEBOOT and click Restart).
- Once your desktop loads, double-click SmitfraudFix.exe.
- After the credits roll, you’ll see a menu. Click option number two, “Clean (safe mode recommended)“. Click Enter and delete your files infected with RegClean.
- SmitFraudFix will clean your PC. When SmitFraudFix is finished, its Disk Cleanup automatically starts.
- Once Disk Cleanup is done, it’ll ask you, “Registry cleaning – Do you want to clean the registry?” Type in “Y” (yes), and click “Enter“. When Disk Cleanup finishes, restart your PC.
- If your system’s wininet.dll is infected, SmitFraudFix asks you if you want to replace the file. If SmitFraud asks, “Replace infected file?” Type “Y” (yes) to answer and click “Enter“.
- Once that’s finished, restart your system.
- After restarting, a Notepad file might popup with a log of the files SmitFraudFix deleted. If it doesn’t popup, you can find the log as a file rapport.txt in Local Disk C:, the root of your hard drive.
- Restart your system again, in Safe Mode. Once it boots up, go to C:\Windows\Temp. Select “Edit“, select “Select All“, and click “DELETE“. Click “Yes” to confirm you want all these files to get trashed in the Recycle Bin.
- Restart your system one more time, in normal mode. Go to Windows Update and download any critical updates for your computer. You’re done.
Remove RegClean with Your Bare Hands
You dig a work out. Manually removing RegClean can be hard and time consuming, but apparently you’re into that. Obviously, I can’t guarantee these instructions will completely remove RegClean from your system, but it’s worth a try. Just make sure you backup your system before you try to remove RegClean manually.
Before you start, print out these manual RegClean removal instructions and close all applications, including your web browser.
- Uninstall RegClean: Select Start menu > Settings > Control Panel. Double-click “Add/Remove Programs“, and search for “RegClean”. If you find RegClean, uninstall RegClean.
- Stop RegClean processes: Select Start menu > Run. Type taskmgr, then click on the Processes tab for a list of running processes. Search for RegClean processes, like “RegClean.exe“, or any RegClean processes I list below. Right-click “RegClean.exe“, and click “End task“.
RegClean.exe
- Delete RegClean files in Windows Vista and XP: Select Start menu > Settings > Search. Click For Files and Folders…. You’ll see a speech bubble asking you, “What do you want to search for?” Select All files and folders. Type the names of RegClean files into the search box, including any RegClean file I’ve listed below. Now select Local Hard Drives, and click Search. As soon as you see a bastard RegClean file, just delete it.
- Unregister RegClean DLL files: Select Start menu > Settings > Run. Type “cmd” in Run’s box, and click OK. To switch directories, type “cd” in the command box, hit the Space key, and type the directory where the RegClean DLL file is located. If you don’t know which directory the RegClean DLL file is located in, enter “dir” into the command box to see a directory’s contents. To go back one directory, enter “cd ..” in the command box and hit Enter. Once you find the RegClean DLL file you want to remove, including any of the DLLs I list below, type “regsvr32 /u MadeUpDLLName.dll” (e.g., “regsvr32 /u RegClean.dll”) and hit Enter. If you delete a DLL by mistake, type “regsvr32 MadeUpWhoopsName.dll” (e.g., “regsvr32 RegClean.dll”) into your command box, and hit Enter.
- Unregister RegClean registry keys: Select Start menu > Run. Type regedit, and click OK. Search for any RegClean registry keys I list below. To delete these RegClean registry keys, right-click the RegClean registry key, select “Modify”, and click “Delete“.
- Delete RegClean directories: Select Start menu > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder. Search for “C:\ProgramFiles\RegClean“, or any RegClean directories I list below. Right-click these RegClean directories. Click “Delete“, “Yes“, and “Yes” again to confirm you want to move the RegClean folder into the Recycle Bin.
- Remove RegClean desktop icons: Drag and drop any RegClean icons into your Recycle Bin.
- Change your home page: If RegClean hijacked your home page, select Start menu > Control Panel > Internet Options > General. Under “Home Page” select Use Default. Enter the URL you want as your home page (for example, “http://www.damntrojan.co.uk”), and select “Apply” and “OK“. Open a new browser window to make sure your home page has changed.
You’re done. Hopefully these RegClean removal instructions got rid of RegClean for you. Just so we’re clear on things, I can’t guarantee these instructions will completely remove RegClean from your computer.
If you tried these instructions to get rid of RegClean and they didn’t work, throw your computer out the window.
Or consult professionals.
RegClean Might Be Rogue Registry Cleaner
WTF Is Rogue Registry Cleaner?
Rogue registry cleaners is a nice name for fake registry software. Rogue registry cleaners, at best, are software not proven to clean up your PC. Rogue registry cleaners, at worst, are installed by Trojans or browser security holes, give you false positives in scans, and pop up fake error alerts to scare you into buying it.
Some rogue registry cleaners are even created by spyware and adware folk, or installs spyware onto your PC.
Sound like a scam?
It is.
If you’re infected with a rogue registry cleaner like RegClean, you could see a RegClean popup posing as an error alert. Maybe it looks like this:
Why Rogue Registry Cleaners Suck
Rogue registry cleaners like RegClean have a few qualities that make it faker than a chest on a Trump chick.
- Fake alerts and false positives: Rogue registry cleaners can drive you crazy with fake error alerts popping up, telling you you’ve got registry problems that don’t even exist.
- High-pressure sales: Rogue registry cleaners will sell you harder than Crazy Gideon pimps an old tape cassette player. Think scare tactics, like fake alerts, and exaggerated “registry” scans of your system.
- Copycat images: Rogue registry cleaners sometimes copy the look of real registry software (think of that knock-off Fucci bag you bought your girlfriend). More often though, rogue registry cleaners just look like other fakes.
- Weak scans: Rogue registry cleaners might scan your system, but skim over important folders. Though, really, I’d be surprised if it did any scanning at all.
- Poor detection: Besides rogue registry cleaners often plugging in fake errors in registry scans, rogue registry cleaners can be sloppy about telling you what’s really wrong. For instance, rogue registry cleaners might say you’ve got 13 errors, but not what kind. Or maybe the rogue says MadeUpRegistryError exists, but it doesn’t tell you where the file’s located.
Did RegClean use these moves to try to get you to buy RegClean?
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