What is PCFixer?
PCFixer is a potentially unwanted program that is a spurious registry cleaner. At first glance it looks like a very useful program. Developers promise, it will speed up your PC and its performance by cleaning and defragmenting the registry. PCFixer shows a warning that the registry is clogged and needs to be cleaned immediately. In fact, the only concern of developers – to force the user to purchase the full version for access to all functions of the program. This program is useless. Plus, PCFixer reduces the performance of your PC and can be very annoying. Even if you have removed PCFixer from Control Panel, it can be restored again. If you find PCFixer on your PC, you must uninstall this potentially unwanted program.
How PCFixer gets on your PC?
Malicious software penetrates to computer bundled with free programs. Malicious software comes on a computer without consent of the user and can cause irreparable damage to your computer. Most often, the user can prevent the penetration of such programs on their own. For this, it is necessary to follow closely the installation process and not to rush. Read the user agreement, do not agree to install suspicious software. Choose advanced or full installation type. Read reviews about the programs. You can also use special programs that will help you protect your PC. If you have found PCFixer – use our instructions to remove it.
How to remove PCFixer from your computer?
To uninstall PCFixer remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have PCFixer in their database. You can try to use them for removing PCFixer.
Recommended Solution:
Norton is a powerful removal tool. It can remove all instances of newest viruses, similar to PCFixer – files, folders, registry keys.
*Trial version of Norton provides detection of computer viruses for FREE. To remove malware, you have to purchase the full version of Norton.
Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as PCFixer.
You can try both of these products to remove PCFixer
Or uninstall PCFixer manually.
Step 1: Remove PCFixer from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find PCFixer.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find PCFixer and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find PCFixer, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
Windows 10:
- Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
- Click on App & features on the left menu.
- On the right side, locate PCFixer and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
- 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.
Step 2: Remove following files and folders of PCFixer:
Remove following registry entries:
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Written by Rami Douafi