Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Virusheat - How To Get Rid Of Virusheat

This manual removal method is for techie computer users. VirusHeat manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There's no guarantee that VirusHeat will be removed completely, so read the VirusHeat removal steps carefully and good luck.

Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.

  1. Uninstall VirusHeat Program

    Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall VirusHeat if found.

  2. To stop VirusHeat processes

    Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you' ll see a list of running processes.

    Search and stop these VirusHeat processes:

    VirusHeat 3.9.exe

    VirusHeat 3.9For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select "End task".

  3. To Unregister VirusHeat DLLs

    Search and unregister these VirusHeat DLLs:

    iinqyl.dll

    wuuawkz.dll

    eeioq.dllTo locate the VirusHeat DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type VirusHeat and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.

    Once you have the VirusHeat DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.

    To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister).

  4. To unregister VirusHeat registry keys

    Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.

    Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.

    Search and delete these VirusHeat registry keys: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E94EB13E-D78F-0857-7734-5E67A49FFFF1}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0979850F-6C3E-4294-B225-B3D3C4A6F2A1}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{1BB2DA5F-B78F-44EA-BDA1-771CBE1DEC68}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{2A4E73C5-BA3C-4391-B7E5-FFE8D3BD6245}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{44A923CA-F430-4F85-9F84-5153ECDB882E}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{4E6E21EC-9D72-4164-8A53-74786A467872}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{631E9E48-B066-43DA-92AC-6DADF61B173B}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{65C1361C-E696-4AF0-9E21-81910193F352}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{77DCE805-C8CE-48AA-A47F-BFA6CC7704B3}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{8D42769F-07D8-494D-AAB4-AA1652C541FA}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A1922071-390C-418D-916D-91209E95D286}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A1F8CD95-CFB3-43D1-A956-63441CC058C1}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A63B46AD-96A7-4A2C-BD8F-8CD097E1593A}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{A65F98DD-2360-468C-B76E-B1B84C0D547C}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{AE2AEED0-BE1B-4BA2-826E-20D1991081B8}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{D7F73787-6206-4BBA-BDC0-7CFA9940DBCB}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{E770F739-2968-4ED9-A63C-DC1938DC82A2}

    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{CFAFA83C-855B-4E3D-92B9-A587995B675A}

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\VirusHeat 3.9.exe 3.9

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VirusHeat 3.9

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VirusHeat 3.9

  5. If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.

  6. Remove VirusHeat Directories.

    To find VirusHeat directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.

    Search and delete the following VirusHeat directories:

    %ProgramFiles%\VirusHeat 3.9\Lang

    %ProgramFiles%\VirusHeat 3.9\Logs

    %ProgramFiles%\VirusHeat 3.9\Quarantine

    Right-click on the VirusHeat folder and select Delete.

    A message will appear saying "Are you sure you want to remove the folder [NAME OF FOLDER] and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?", click Yes.

    Another message will appear saying "Renaming, moving or deleting [FOLDERNAME] could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?", click Yes.

  7. To remove VirusHeat icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.

You' ve completed the VirusHeat manual removal instructions!

By Kafka Hui

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