How to remove MightyCleaner ?

October 8th, 2008
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What is MightyCleaner?

MightyCleaner is a clone of ContentEraser scam; even websites of these malwares are identical except for a few minor details. Mighty Cleaner is installed by trojans without user’s permission. Once on board a computer, Mighty Cleaner starts loading tons of pop-ups urging people to buy licensed version of this program. People rarely trust programs that are installed secretly, but MightyCleaner tricks users by masking the pop-ups and making them look as they were security reports. Do not trust alerts loaded by Mighty Cleaner! None of the privacy threats and invasions is real; they are falsified in order to scare people and make them pay $80 for deleting nonexistent infections.

Official website of this scam is mightycleaner.com. MightyCleaner may redirect users to this website; it’s part of misleading advertising. Mightycleaner.com has no access to visitors’ computers, yet it informs people about various privacy issues and security risks supposedly detected. Do not trust Mighty Cleaner and delete it with no hesitation. Mighty Cleaner can download and run other malwares. It may also slow down compromised machine and trigger system crashes.

MightyCleaner is Extremely dangerous

arrow MightyCleaner is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program
arrow MightyCleaner may spread via Trojans
arrow MightyCleaner may display fake security messages
arrow MightyCleaner may install additional spyware to your computer
arrow MightyCleaner may repair its files, spread or update by itself
arrow MightyCleaner violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Manual MightyCleaner removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove MightyCleaner, such activity can permanently damage your system if any mistakes are made in the process, as advanced spyware parasites are able to automatically repair themselves if not completely removed. Thus, manual spyware removal is recommended for experienced users only, such as IT specialists or highly qualified system administrators. For other users, we recommend using automatic spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.

Remove these MightyCleaner processes:
Remove these MightyCleaner Registry files:
Remove these MightyCleaner files:
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MightyCleaner is classified as Rogue Anti-Spyware. After infecting a user’s system, it proceeds to scare its victim into buying the “product” by displaying fake security messages, stating that your computer is infected with spyware and only MightyCleaner can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads MightyCleaner trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, MightyCleaner offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, MightyCleaner not only does not fix the errors, but it takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.

Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as MightyCleaner, may offer users to buy it after the victim clicks on a banner or a pop-up while surfing the internet. Usually, a Trojan is installed to a victim’s computer after clicking on the advertisement. It then proceeds to download or even install MightyCleaner, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.

Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as MightyCleaner, is nearly impossible to remove manually.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Rogue Anti-Spyware such as MightyCleaner?

Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Rogue Anti-Spyware parasite keeps track of your internet browsing habits, sending your browsing history data to remote servers, owned by third party companies that use this information to advertise their products via numerous pop-ups, toolbars, hijacked homepages and spam letters. All these undesirable advertising methods are used on the victims of Rogue Anti-Spyware.
Changed or new icons: Sometimes, Rogue Anti-Spyware installs unwanted software to a victim’s PC without user’s knowledge and consent. This may lead to slower PC performance and stability, as well as more unwanted programs you can't remove.

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