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Remove SpyFalcon 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 SpyFalcon 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 SpyFalcon in the previous step. Open your Control Panels and double click on Add/Remove Programs. Once the Add/Remove window is open, locate the SpyFalcon 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.

*note* The SpyFalcon program will still be popping up those annoying alerts from your taskbar. This is normal. Continue through the rest of the tutorial to complete the remove SpyFalcon process and stop the popups.

Remove SpyFalcon Step 6. Next, you are going to use one of the tools you downloaded. Find the FixSF.reg file on your desktop and double click on it. Say "Yes" to any security warnings that pop up. This file modifies your computer's registry. Once it is done working, it should say that items have been successfully added to the registry.

Once the first remove SpyFalcon tool has completed, you will need to run the second tool. 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 SpyFalcon infection has been removed from your system. Reboot your computer to exit Safe Mode.

Remove SpyFalcon Step 7. Now we have to get rid of the SpyFalcon spyware application so it stops popping up alerts in the future. To do this you must end the SpyFalcon task. By design, the task is difficult to identify. First, press the "ctrl" + "alt" + "del" keys at the same time. The Task Manager window should now appear. Click on the "Processes" tab. Under Process Name, look for any of the tasks listed below in the list in your computer.

  • dfrgsrv.exe
  • mscornet.exe
  • mssearchnet.exe
  • nvctrl.exe
  • spyfalcon.exe
  • uninst.exe
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\sbnudh.dll
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\fyhhxw.dll
  • C:\WINDOWS\System32\iqzv.dll
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\oqipt.dll
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\htey.dll
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\appmagr.dll
  • C:\Windows\System32\reglogs.dll

If you find any matches, highlight the task by left clicking on it, and then click on the "End Process" button. End any and all matches you find, because there could be more than one. As you end the processes, be sure to click "Yes" to any warning boxes that pop up. The SpyFalcon alerts in the taskbar should now stop popping up.

You are almost done with the remove SpyFalcon tutorial. There is only one step left. Please continue the remove SpyFalcon process. The entire remove SpyFalcon tutorial should take less than five minutes to complete.

 

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