What is PrivacyDr?

PrivacyDr is a false system optimizer, which is one of the potentially unwanted software. It alerts the user that his PC is at risk. According to the developers, PrivacyDr removes unnecessary files, clean and repair the registry, protect passwords, your browser, and significantly improves your computer. The user must purchase the full version of the program to take advantage of all the features. In fact, it does nothing. PrivacyDr significantly reduces the performance of your PC. All the warnings that are displayed – fraud. PrivacyDr makes you pay for nothing. PrivacyDr can become a conduit for other malicious programs. This is not a virus, but this program can deliver a lot of trouble, so we recommended you to remove PrivacyDr right now.

How PrivacyDr gets on your PC?

Malicious software infects a computer without the user consent. Usually, PrivacyDr comes with free applications and programs that you can download from popular free sites such as download.com, Softpedia, Freewarefiles, Shareware, Soft32 and many others. These sites tend to create their own download managers that implement a potentially unwanted program. Users are not attentive during installation, so the computer can be infected. Always follow the important rules. Read user agreement. Take your time. Do not press the “Next” button, if you are not sure that the program will not harm your computer. Select advanced installation type. Do not settle for questionable deals and carefully follow the installation process. If PrivacyDr has already penetrated to the PC, you can use our instructions to remove it immediately.

How to remove PrivacyDr from your computer?

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

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

Recommended Solution:

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Alternative Solution:

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You can try both of these products to remove PrivacyDr

Or uninstall PrivacyDr manually.

Step 1: Remove PrivacyDr from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find PrivacyDr.
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 PrivacyDr 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 PrivacyDr, 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 PrivacyDr 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.

Step 2: Remove following files and folders of PrivacyDr:

Remove following registry entries:

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Written by Rami Douafi