Spyhunter: reviews about the program. How to remove Spyhunter 4?

Recently, very many users of computer systems have encountered the Spyhunter program (usually version 4). Installing this application on a computer or laptop, many do not even suspect how many problems may arise in the future. Moreover, often the user does not even know how to remove Spyhunter4.

What is Spyhunter?

To begin with, the Spyhunter application, as stated by the developer, is a complete solution to protect the system from all sorts of direct and indirect threats in the form of viruses, malicious codes, trojans, worms, keyloggers, ads, spam, spyware, etc. , etc.

In fact, if you understand, even the very name of the software package Spyhunter, reviews about which leave much to be desired, speaks for itself, because literally it can be translated as a "spy hunter" (in this case for spyware, which is essentially one and also).

Unfortunately, very few users know what this program is designed for and how it works. Let's try to figure out what's what.

Principle of operation

First of all, it is worth noting that scanning a computer system for threats is very different from what standard anti-viruses do. Although it is said that the application has a huge database of virus signatures, in fact, scanning mostly affects the system registry and the boot sector of Windows.

The extremely negative consequences of using the Spyhunter program are not uncommon. The feedback of many users indicates that the application is able to change the boot sector, making its corrective entries there. Some of them are flown by the whole system. In addition, the application activates its own entries in the startup system, it is not possible to get rid of them by standard methods. When threats are detected, there are also pitfalls, which the user only recognizes after the scanning process is over.

Detection of direct and indirect threats

Some believe that Spyhunter 4 antivirus is better than Kaspersky. Nothing like this. Firstly, although it positions itself as an anti-virus and anti-spyware software, there can be no comparison with antivirus software. Secondly, as already mentioned above, all scanning is mainly reduced to the system registry and boot-records.

It is clear that Spyhunter can detect a direct threat. Any anti-spy is able to detect some types of viruses. But here about the indirect threats, the records of which are present in the system registry, you can argue. The fact is that the program has its own parameters, which determines whether a key in the registry is dangerous. As practice shows, an application without a reason can issue lists of keys, which in fact do not represent threats.

In addition to everything, we can note the extremely incomprehensible and spontaneous behavior of the Spyhunter application. Reviews about Spyhunter often contain messages about amazing things. For example, when you first scan, you receive a message about the presence of a certain number of threats, with a second scan, they become less, at the third - the number of them again increases. Notice, but no one has corrected or deleted anything. How can this be?

Here the user and runs into what is called the pitfalls. The fact is that it is simply impossible to delete detected threats without activating the program. Often, you can find cases when the user still paid money (for example, from a bank card), he received confirmation of activation, but there is no code in it. And such cases are not uncommon.

Why Spyhunter 4 sees viruses, and Avast - no?

Although the Spyhunter program is considered to be an anti-virus software, like the same Avast or something else, the language does not turn, it is worth noting that the problem of detecting the so-called viruses by Spyhunter is pure bluff. In fact, the application finds exactly the wrong keys and entries in the system registry, that's all. But it shows them as viruses or spyware. Probably, it is already clear that this is just attracting the user's attention, as well as an attempt to force him to pay $ 40. For activation.

Problems with using

Using the application problems is enough. For example, the developers claim that Spyhunter has an intuitive and simple interface that even a child can understand. Nothing like this. Of course, you can use a quick scan, but you can not figure out the right settings with the right settings.

According to all those who encountered this application, it is designed for an experienced user. But experienced users do not recommend installing this program at all, because then it will not be easy to get rid of it.

Reviews of Spyhunter

As for the feedback, opinions regarding the use of this software product are divided. Some argue that in the world of computer technology there is no equal to the program Spyhunter. The feedback from others shows only that this application is too abstruse and unpredictable. However, what's wrong with it, both of them agree that it is impossible to remove this application without special knowledge and means.

Problems with uninstalling Spyhunter

If we talk about the process of uninstallation, then it's not so simple. First of all, we note that the program has its own uninstaller and prescribes its keys wherever possible. Most utilities with automatic fixing of incorrect shortcuts and registry keys do not cope with this task. That is why there is a need for its editing in manual mode. But this is fraught with consequences.

Some users claim that you can uninstall the program in the standard way by disabling the service in the "task manager", called by the msconfig command, and then using uninstallation through the "Programs and components" menu. No matter how it is!

In fact, the service will actually shutdown at startup, remove some components, but it will still remain in the system.

For complete removal, you can use special utilities such as iObit Uninstaller or Microsoft Fixit Tool. Sometimes the program Spyhunter can be removed by this method. If it is not in the list of installed applications, you will have to climb into the system registry using the regedit command in the "Run" menu.

Here you need to use the search (keyboard shortcut Ctrl + F), and in the search field set the value of "Spyhunter". When the results appear, you will need to manually delete all keys containing this value, setting the search again and again until it stops meeting.

But that's not all. On the system disk (usually drive C), you will need to find and delete the following files and folders: C: \ Program Files \ Enigma Software Group \ SpyHunter \ SH4Service.exe, C: \ Users \ Username \ Desktop \ SpyHunter.lnk, C : \ Bootsqm.dat, C: \ Windows \ System32 \ Drivers \ EsgScanner.sys, C: \ sh4ldr, C: \ Users \ Username \ Downloads \ SpyHunter-Installer.exe and C: \ Program Files \ Enigma Software Group. Only after that it is possible to reboot the system and make sure that Spyhunter is completely removed from the computer terminal. But this is not a fact. Sometimes it may even be necessary to climb into the boot records and restore them from the Windows Recovery Console .

Instead of an afterword

As it became clear, we are dealing with a rather specific application. The program Spyhunter, the reviews of which were mentioned above, so to speak, too zamorochennaya. Even anti-viruses of the "Kaspersky" type do not cause such difficulties when using or removing them. Therefore, any user, regardless of the level of knowledge and training, can be given only one piece of advice: in no case do not install this software product on your computer terminal or laptop. Then you can not sin!