It is no secret that on the Internet today a huge amount of software is offered for installation, which the ordinary user does not need at all. One of the most annoying applications is Reimage Repair. How to remove it will be further considered. But first, a few words about what kind of program it is.
Reimage Repair: what is this application?
In general, it is generally accepted that this software package is not a virus, however, there are still signs of advertising modules in it. What is this utility?
This is the most common anti-virus scanner, intrusively offering the user their own services to clean the system from all sorts of threats. But this is not so simple, because, by and large, this program does not save the computer from viruses and also adds advertising to browsers. The program is not free, and offers to purchase the full version appear with enviable regularity.
The application itself can be installed without the user's knowledge as related software, and that is why it can be attributed to the category of potentially unwanted programs. How to remove Reimage Repair? There are several simple methods that will be described later. All of them help get rid of the annoying scanner completely and completely, but in some cases you will have to be patient.
Reimage Repair: how to remove ads with specialized utilities?
Let's start with the simplest. As a rule, most ordinary users, ignorant of the settings of the operating system, try to use anti-advertising utilities. It is right.
To date, this scanner is determined by programs like AdwCleaner, Dr. Web CureIt !, Zemana Anti-Malware, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, etc. Simply run any of these utilities, wait for the scanning process to finish, and neutralize all the results found.
How to remove Reimage Repair from a PC using Windows tools
If such programs are not at hand, you can use the tools of the Windows systems themselves. The scanner itself is not masked in the system and, as it were, is legal software installed on a computer with the consent of the user (trusted application).
How to remove Reimage Repair? Simple as simple: it can be found in the standard list of installed applications in the programs and components section, which is located in the Control Panel. Having found the program, you need to select the line with its name and click the uninstall button.
Search for residual components
Separately, pay attention to the moment that neither the built-in uninstaller of the antivirus itself, nor its analogue, “wired” into Windows, completely completely removes all components of the package. There are registry entries, files and directories.
The registry can be cleaned directly in the editor by calling it with the regedit command in the Run menu, then set the search (Ctrl + F), write the name of the application and delete everything that is found. Typically, the main folders will be located in the SOFTWARE sections of the HKLM and HKCU branches. You can navigate through the keys found by pressing the F3 key or the search continue button.
A similar procedure will have to be done in the "Explorer" or in another file manager. In some cases, in the search field you will have to write the name of the program with a percent sign at the beginning and at the end of the line, since the source folder in which the antivirus directory is placed may be hidden.
But you can also go in a simpler way, using special uninstallers like iObit Uninstaller to completely remove the application, which uninstall not only the main components of the package, but also delete all the remaining computer garbage.
Removing an application from browsers
Now a few words about how to remove Reimage Repair from the default browser or any other installed in the system (the scanner is able to create its own links to automate the quick transition to the activation resource and product acquisition). But this program does not install its own panels, extensions, additions or add-ons. And how to remove Reimage Repair in this situation?
The procedure for executing actions for any web browser is the same: go to your browser settings and perform a complete reset, so to speak, to the factory state.
After that, you need to use the PCM menu on the browser shortcut and, in the point of specifying the full path to the executable file, see that it ends with the name of the browser with the .exe extension. For some browsers (in particular, for Opera) the executable file is called Launcher.exe.
Checking the "Task Scheduler"
Finally, in the question of how to remove Reimage Repair, in conclusion, you need to check the so-called Task Scheduler, in which the antivirus can create its own constantly executed task.
We call the applet using the taskschd.msc command from the Run console, find all active tasks through the libraries, see which one calls up the installed browsers and through the action command delete everything that contains a link to the browser executable with a listing of the site’s search line starting with http: //, followed by an indication of the resource itself (sometimes at the end the word search may be present with or without additions).
For any of the solutions described above, after performing all the actions to neutralize Reimage Repair, a complete reboot of the computer is required, regardless of which technique was used. In theory, if all the operations were performed correctly, this software will not bother you anymore. And in the future, in order to avoid the penetration of such threats into the system, carefully read what installers of programs or games that download from unofficial resources offer, and uncheck the corresponding items.