What is Spyware Clear?

Spyware Clear is a fake antispyware application that is responsible for showing messages warning the users of found malware. Practically, Spyware Clear is not hazardous for your system, but it includes many malicious features, like those of rootkits to embed deeper in the system. The program displays the notifications as the result of system scanning. The threats always appear to be phony, applied as an element of the method to persuade users to buy a full version of Spyware Clear. The offers of purchasing the license for the app will be very intrusive, so it’s better to remove Spyware Clear for it not to bother you anymore.

How Spyware Clear gets on your PC?

Spyware Clear is mainly added to the system during the setup of other freeware (PDF readers, media editors, download managers, etc.) that often have malware bundled with them. More often than not, users are even glad to have Spyware Clear on their computers, as they are unaware of its true nature. It is also often can be found promoted on the Internet by the disguise of the application assuring system safety.

How to remove Spyware Clear from your computer?

To uninstall Spyware Clear remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Spyware Clear in their database. You can try to use them for removing Spyware Clear.

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Alternative Solution:

Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as Spyware Clear.

 

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You can try both of these products to remove Spyware Clear

Or uninstall Spyware Clear manually.

Step 1: Remove Spyware Clear from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Spyware Clear.
5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Click Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Spyware Clear and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Spyware Clear, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, locate Spyware Clear and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove Spyware Clear from your browser.

Step 2: Remove following files and folders of Spyware Clear:

Remove following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5FB600FF-BC65-471F-A3F8-C2666863BA75}_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5FB600FF-BC65-471F-A3F8-C2666863BA75}_is2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5FB600FF-BC65-471F-A3F8-C2666863BA75}_is3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, value: SpywareClearShield
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, value: SpywareClearUpdater
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{8B01D4B7-0860-452C-AC2B-5CE0140C82D4}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Spyware Clear
{8B01D4B7-0860-452C-AC2B-5CE0140C82D4}
{E778C05E-AFF7-4924-B04A-D4084859D53A}

Remove following files:

spywareclear.exe
SC_svc64.exe
SCShell.dll
SCShell64.dll
SpywareClearShield.exe
SpywareClearUpdate.exe

Remove following folders

\Program Files\spyware clear\