Completely Remove ContraVirus Spyware From Your Computer... Continued

Remove ContraVirus Step 5. With your tools ready for use, you must now boot your computer into safe mode. You will need to restart your PC to do this, so be sure to Safe Mode is a diagnostic mode of Windows that will make the remove ContraVirus process much easier.

If you do not know how to boot into Safe Mode, please read our online safe mode help article. Once your computer is in Safe Mode you can proceed with the tools you prepared for to remove ContraVirus in the previous step. Open your Control Panels and double click on Add/Remove Programs. Once the Add/Remove window is open, locate the ContraVirus entry (they are in alphabetical order) and click uninstall.

Although this removal seems surprisingly simple, appearances can be deceiving. Close the Add/Remove window and close the Control Panels Window.

Remove ContraVirus Step 6. Next, you are going to use one of the tools you downloaded. Locate the smitrem folder on your desktop and double click on it to open it. Locate a file in the folder named "runthis.bat" and double click on it to launch it. Click "Yes" on any security warnings that pop up. Follow the on-screen directions to move through the smitrem tool.

Once it has completed, the tool will exit and an automatic disk cleanup will be launched. This cleanup can take anywhere from minutes to hours to run, so be patient and do not interrupt it. Once the disk cleanup is finished, the majority of the ContraVirus infection has been removed from your system. However, there are still some manual cleanup steps you will need to perform to finish the job.

Remove ContraVirus Step 7. After the SmitRem tool is finished removing ContraVirus and the disk cleanup has completed, you will be asked if you want to clean your registry. Select yes and registry cleanup will begin.

After the registry cleanup completes, you will be asked to save your open documents and restart your computer. Do not put this off! Restart your computer as soon as you are asked to.

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This infection is also known as:

• SpySheriff
• SpywareQuake
• SpyFalcon
• Brave Sentry
• ExpertAntivirus
• SpyLocked