How to remove Secure Warrior?

October 2nd, 2009

What is Secure Warrior?

SecureWarrior is a rogue antispyware which hails from the same badware family, which started with Winisoft and continued with Secure Veteran, Trust Warrior etc. Secure Warrior, just like its predecessors Secure Fighter, Secure Veteran, Security Soldier or Security Fighter, pretends to scan the system for viruses and claims to have detected tons of them. This fake security application offers inexpierienced PC users its “full” version, which costs money.

SecureWarrior breaks into the system by exploiting browser security vulnerabilities or through its official website www.securewarrior.com. This rogue anti-spyware creates random files and pretends to scan the computer for viruses, not surprisingly, it then detects these files as infections. Also, SecureWarrior uses fake security warnings and bogus notifications to make PC users scared and pushes them into purchasing this rogue. Don’t give your money away to the scammers who released this scam, because you won’t get any positive effect after downloading SecureWarrior. On the contrary, uninstall SecureWarrior immediately after noticing it on your PC!


Secure Warrior is Dangerous

arrow Secure Warrior is a parasitic Browser Hijacker
arrow Secure Warrior may show numerous annoying advertisements
arrow Secure Warrior logs your internet browsing history
arrow Secure Warrior will replace (hijack) your browser homepage
arrow Secure Warrior may spread additional spyware
arrow Secure Warrior violates your privacy and compromises your security
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Secure Warrior screenshots


Secure Warrior screenshot

Manual Secure Warrior removal


Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Secure Warrior, 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 Spyware Doctor or other malware and spyware removal applications found on 2-viruses.com.
Stop these Secure Warrior processes:
Disable these Secure Warrior DLL files::
Remove these Secure Warrior Registry Entries:
Remove these Secure Warrior files:
It is impossible to list all file names and locations of modern parasites. You can identify remaining parasites, other Secure Warrior infected files and get help in Secure Warrior removal by using free Spyware Doctor scanner. It comes with free real-time protection module that helps preventing Secure Warrior and similar threats.

Secure Warrior is classified as a Browser Hijacker, which means its parasitic damage payload consists of hijacking your browser homepage, error page, or search page with its own, mostly a commercial site of its creators, forcing you to accumulate force hits to a particular website to make it more popular or by using pay-per-click sites to earn money.

The easiest way for a Browser Hijacker such as Secure Warrior to infect your computer is to exploit certain ActiveX controls and other security holes in your Internet Explorer browser. By browsing insecure websites on the internet, users may encounter various pop-ups, which secretly install Browser Hijackers like Secure Warrior on your computer once clicked upon.

As soon as Secure Warrior completes its operations, the overall browser stability and performance severely degrade, making it nearly impossible to surf the web normally.


How to tell if your PC has been infected by a Browser Hijacker such as Secure Warrior?

Slow internet connection: Browser Helper Objects are constantly using your internet connection to send your private information to remote servers, as well as receive ads and pop-ups from third party servers, which causes much slower internet connection speed and overall connection instability.
Numerous undesirable and annoying pop-ups: A typical Browser Hijacker 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 Browser Hijackers.

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