System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor is a two-in-one solution that promises to protect computers privacy and hardware diagnostic application. With its method of installing itself on computers without users intervention, security experts tagged it as one of the newest rogue computer software.
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Risk Level: Medium
File Size: Varies
Affected System: Windows
Common Symptoms:
1. Compromised computer may have the scanner of System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor that automatically scans the system and produces fake results.
2. Internet browser is hijacked to antivirus-research-lab.com
One Response for "System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor"
1. Download Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware (mbam-setup.exe) and save it on your Desktop.
2. After downloading, double-click on mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
3. Follow the prompts and install as “default” only
4. Before the installation completes, check on the following prompts:
- Update Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
- Launch Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
5. Click “Finish.” Program will run automatically and you will be prompt to update the program before doing a scan. Please update.
6. Scan your computer thoroughly.
7. When scanning is finished click on the “Show Results”
8. Make sure that all detected threats are marked, click on Remove Selected.
9. Restart your computer.
Note: System Cleaner and Hardware Doctor may prevent mbam-setup.exe from downloading and running. You can download and rename this program from a different computer before running it on infected system.
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