Uncheckit: what is this virus and how to remove it

On the Internet, a certain Uncheckit program has been running for a long time. What kind of application is this, not all users know and are caught on the bait. As the developers themselves write, the application is a very necessary utility, which is absolutely necessary for any Internet surfer. But is it?

Uncheckit: what is it?

The application itself, it turned out, comes from China, where from late there are already too many threats. And not an exception - the application Uncheckit. What is this program in general terms? Yes, this is a real hijacker virus browser.

The application penetrates the computer when installing some programs downloaded from untrusted sources and installed as a partner utility, supposedly helping to avoid the installation of unnecessary application components in the standard mode (in advanced mode, the user can take pictures of unnecessary components himself). And the Uncheckit application seems to be doing it for him. But after the activation of the program, problems begin.

Harm to the user

The first symptom is changing the home page in the browser and extremely difficult search, a huge amount of advertising and redirecting to obscure sites.

Okay, just this. But after all, the virus is able to install a huge number of other programs in the background , add extensions to browsers, transfer user personal data to the servers of the virus developers, and also build in their own banners and various drop-down menus in the browser (pop-up).

Uncheckit: how to uninstall the application? Completion of processes

Now let's look at the questions related to getting rid of this insidious threat. How do I uninstall Uncheckit from my computer? First, you should call up the standard Task Manager and stop all processes related to the virus.

As a rule, they can be several, simultaneously working. To date, there are four modifications:

• Uncheckit.exe;
• UncheckitInst.exe;
• UncheckitSvc.exe;
• UncheckitBsn.exe.

If one or more of these processes are in the active state, you must force them to close their work by clicking the appropriate button.

In addition, it is desirable to exclude the program from the startup list, if it is there. You can do this from here or use the msconfig command to access the section. If this is not done, when the system is restarted, the virus can be activated again and all actions for its removal become meaningless.

Standard uninstallation

Now directly go to the question of how to uninstall the Uncheckit program . For starters, you can use the standard method. In the "Control Panel" you need to select a section of programs and components.

The application itself is listed in the list of installed applications and does not hide anywhere. In this case, we simply use the delete procedure. But this is not all that needs to be done.

Manual removal of residual files

Now a few words about the Uncheckit application. What is it is already clear, but the trouble is that the built-in Windows uninstaller can not completely remove the virus in some cases. So you have to do it manually.

Call the standard "Explorer" or any other file manager and in the search bar set the condition with the insertion of the program name (Uncheckit). As a rule, files will be located in the system partition (drive C). All the found elements are deleted (preferably from the "Trash", too).

Search for registry keys

So, the main content is deleted. Now we check the system registry by the Uncheckit criterion. What does this give the user? And the fact that this way you can get rid of the remaining keys, which in some cases can activate the virus repeatedly.

We call the editor with the regedit command in the "Run" console, then we use either the corresponding command from the file menu or the Ctrl + F combination, where we enter the name of the program in the search field, as it was shown in the previous situation. Again, we remove all the keys found.

Uninstalling extensions in browsers

Finally, you need to enter the extension settings in the default browser and delete the corresponding add-ins, and then change the home page.

Otherwise, it is possible that when the browser starts the user will again fall on the same resource from which the program was installed. And this means that a repeated penetration of the virus into the system can not be avoided.

Antivirus and antispyware scanning

That seems to be all. However, you can not limit yourself to half-measures. To be sure that the program is removed, as they say, one hundred percent, you should check the system at least with a regular antivirus, and it's better to download a special narrow-level utility like AdwCleaner and perform a check with it.

Probably, testing the system for the presence of adware and malware results and will not. It's good. But at last it is better to put the system in order, having checked it with the CCleaner utility, which will help to get rid of unnecessary shortcuts.

A few words at a time

In general, if you give advice on how to prevent the penetration of such threats to the computer, it is worth noting that even with the installation of programs it is better to see what the user mode offers, and to take the check yourself. In addition, the downloaded distribution or the archive with the installer should initially be checked for viruses using a standard scanner. In the end, and to visit sites of questionable content is not recommended. Any antivirus running in real-time protection mode gives out such warnings, and you can not ignore them in any case.