Remove System Care antivirus
System Care Antivirus is a fake antivirus and upon installed in your computer, it claims that malicious threats are found on your computer and it is infected, and you must buy the full version of the program to clean them.
The software comes on your computer when you try to download and install free software from unknown internet websites. Please ignore all fake warning messages and DO NOT give money to purchase the full version.
If you want to remove System Care Antivirus from your computer, proceed with the steps bellow:
How to remove System Care Antivirus from your computer.
Step 1: Start your computer in “Safe Mode with Networking”
To do this,
1. Shut down your computer.
2. Start up your computer (Power On) and as your computer is booting up, press the "F8" key before the Window logo appears.
3. Using your keyboard arrows select the "Safe Mode with Networking" option and press "Enter".
Step 2. Uninstall “System Care Antivirus” software from your Control panel.
1. To do this, go to Start > Control Panel.
{Windows 8: Right click on the bottom left corner and select Control Panel }
{Windows XP: Start > Settings > Control Panel. }
2. Double click to open “Add or Remove Programs” if you have Windows XP or
“Programs and Features” if you have Windows 8, 7 or Vista.
3. In the program list, find and Remove/Uninstall the “System Care Antivirus”.
4. Press “Uninstall” in the next screen:
5. Press “Close” when uninstall process is completed.
Step 3: Clean unwanted files and registry entries from Windows Startup.
1. Download and run CCleaner.
2. At “CCleaner” main windows, press "Run Cleaner" option and let the program clean all the unwanted files for you.
3. Then choose “Registry” on the left pane and then select "Scan for Issues" option to clean your registry from invalid entries.
3a. When the registry scanning procedure finishes, the program informs you about any registry problems that are found.
Leave the checkmarks as they are and choose "Fix selected issues" option at the right bottom corner.
3a. In the next “asking” window “Do you want to backup changes to the registry”, select “No”
4. Finally, choose "Tools" on the left pane.
4a. In "Tools" section, choose "Startup".
4b. Choose "Windows” tab and then select and delete the following malicious entry (if exist). :
"Yes | HKCU:RunOnce | c | C:\Program Files\System Care Antivirus\c.4.1.3.SCARAV.exe"
4c. Choose "Context menu” tab and then select and delete the following malicious entry (if it exists) :
“Yes | Directory | Scan with System Care Antivirus | AVE Inc | "C:\Program Files\System Care Antivirus\c.4.1.3.SCARAV.exe" -s "%1" “
5. Close “CCleaner” and restart your computer for changes to take effect.
Step 4. Clean your computer from remaining malicious threats.
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*If you don’t know how to install and use “MalwareBytes Anti-Malware“, read these instructions.
Advice: To ensure your computer is clean and safe, perform a Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware full scan in windows “Safe mode“.*
*To get into Windows Safe mode, press the “F8” key as your computer is booting up, before the appearance of the Windows logo. When the “Windows Advanced Options Menu” appears on your screen, use your keyboard arrows keys to move to the Safe Mode option and then press “ENTER“.
Step 5. Perform a full scan with your original antivirus program.
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siva
March 12, 2014 @ 6:43 am
this not uninstalled for directly
Scott
August 14, 2013 @ 8:30 pm
Our home computer was infected with this virus which somehow got around Microsoft Security Essentials. We following the instructions for removal and seem to have been able to get rid of the Virus but it did something to our machine that now prevents us from reinstalling MSE. As a temporary measure we have installed Avast but it is such a system hog I'd like to get back to MSE if possible. Has anyone experienced this difficulty and if so, have you found a fix?
Ashley
August 5, 2013 @ 3:51 am
I did a system restore and it seemed to work fine just to a point prior to getting it. Now just gotta try and do a stop payment to this thing. Change bank account and all that put fraud alerts on everything. We shall see. Does the BBB know anything or how to stop this? May be a dumb question but just curious…
campfire
August 2, 2013 @ 6:12 pm
How can you remove this virus when it seems to be preventing you from starting the computer in safe mode? F8 will freeze the computer and if i let it load normally, msconfig will not open.
lakonst
August 2, 2013 @ 7:27 pm
Have you try to run Ccleaner & Malwarebytes Antimalware?
Mazwi
July 26, 2013 @ 1:08 pm
Very helpful. My computer got infected today. Fortunately, I have dual boot and went into Ubuntu and managed to get to this site and I already have Ccleaner installed. It (System Care Antivirus) didn't appear as a program under Programs and Features so I used its shortcut to go to file location and deleted it. The file name is also different and very obscure (just a series of meaningless letters instead of SCA). Thank you once again.
Sascha
July 23, 2013 @ 11:09 am
Many thanks this worked great even though could not find the antivirus systemcare antivirus in my downloads followed instructions and the once frozen PC is up and running again
Many thanks
marie
June 26, 2013 @ 9:33 pm
I tried this approach but was unable to download the ccleaner as the virus intercepts the download claiming the file is infected.
lakonst
June 27, 2013 @ 9:07 am
Try to log on to Windows using "F8"options at startup and then choose "Safe Mode with Networking"
marie
June 27, 2013 @ 7:24 pm
thats what I did ( ie following your instructions as above) but the nature of this virus is that at doesn't allow you to download anything . Any other suggestions?
lakonst
June 27, 2013 @ 7:52 pm
Try to download RogueKiller and cleaner utilities (from another computer into a usb flash disk) and run them at the infected computer.
Hendricks
June 19, 2013 @ 1:26 pm
What IF you cnt find the program to be removed in your programs list
lakonst
June 19, 2013 @ 4:24 pm
Just continue to other steps.