Title: Hardclean

Type: Rogue Antispyware

Remove Hardclean. Removal instructions

Also known as: Hard clean

Severity scale:

(55 / 100)

Hardclean is yet another rogue anti-spyware program that tries to convince you that your computer has been compromised. This fake program is distributed mainly in Korea, however, this doesn't mean that Internet users from other countries can't infect their PCs with this virus. Once installed, Hardclean will perform a quick system scan and report fake malware infections on your computer. It may display fake security alerts as well. The main goal of this virus is to trick you into purchasing Hardclean malware. If you find that your computer is infected with this rogue program please follow the removal instructions below to remove Hardclean either manually or with an automatic removal tool. The homepage of this rogue program is hardclean(dot)co(dot)kr.

Related files: uninst_hardclean.exe, bottomAd.swf, hardclean.exe, hardcleanBK.exe, hardcleandm.exe, hardcleanU.exe, mdata.dat

Hardclean properties:
• Changes browser settings
• Shows commercial adverts
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

Hardclean snapshot:

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Hardclean manual removal:

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Kill processes:
hardclean.exe hardcleandm.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREhardclean
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallhardclean

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
mdata.dat hardcleanU.exe hardcleandm.exe hardcleanBK.exe hardclean.exe bottomAd.swf uninst_hardclean.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Information added: 2010-06-18 06:50:09
Information updated: 2010-06-18 07:01:07

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