subject: How Can I Remove Scanner virus - Best ideas to Uninstall/ Remove Scanner virus [print this page] How Can I Remove Scanner virus - Best ideas to Uninstall/ Remove Scanner virus
What is Scanner virus?
Scanner is a new version of fake system defragmenters. Its a clone of HDD Repair, HDD Tools, HDD Repair, HDD Plus and others. The program displays a fake scanner, imitates looking for infections and in the end offers purchasing a full version of Scanner. Thats how its creators are earning money.
Scanner will also show a lot of alerts and notifications warning you about system errors and hardware failure. The alert may look like this:
Critical Error
A critical error has occurred while indexing data stored on hard drive. System restart required.
System Restore
Hard drive does not respond to system commands Critical Error
How to remove Scanner virus?
Now there are two methods for removal. Firstly you can use a trusted spyware removal tool or secondly you can remove it manually which may get a little tricky and isn't really recommended because the program may simply reinstall itself after you restart your PC, However here's the method below:
%Documents and Settings%[User_Name]DesktopScanner.lnk
%Documents and Settings%[User_Name]Start MenuProgramsScanner
%Documents and Settings%[User_Name]Start MenuProgramsScannerScanner.lnk
%Documents and Settings%[User_Name]Start MenuProgramsScannerUninstall Scanner.lnk
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