How to remove Soft Veteran?
What is Soft Veteran?
SoftVeteran is a rogue anti-spyware program from the WiniBlueSoft family of rogues, which has created countless clones during the last several months. This parasite is no different than it’s predecessors in the sense that it uses trojans and drive-by downloads to infect PCs, and also because it relies on misleading advertising to trick people into purchasing it’s “licensed version”.
Upon entering the system SoftVeteran does several things: it starts displaying popups and fake system notifications, supposedly to inform the user of an infection or multiple infections present on the system, in hopes of persuading him to download SoftVeteran. It will also perform fake scans, which mark harmless files as threats and urge the user to purchase the so-called “licensed version”, which is no more functional than the trial. SoftVeteran will hijack the browser and block security software, so as to prevent removal. Like most modern rogues, SoftVeteran may block Task Manager, Safe Mode, Registry Editor, and System Restore.
The home of this scam, softveteran.com, was created only a few months ago, which is suspicious for a company as reputable as these people claim to be. The domain is registered to a person, rather than a company, which is strange, and this person’s contact email is Gmail. The country of the registrant is listed as France, but it appears the server is in Russia, a country notorious for malware.
This program is a scam and should be treated as such: do NOT download it and remove SoftVeteran as soon as possible.
Soft Veteran is Extremely dangerous
Soft Veteran is a corrupt Anti-Spyware program Soft Veteran may spread via Trojans Soft Veteran may display fake security messages Soft Veteran may install additional spyware to your computer Soft Veteran may repair its files, spread or update by itself Soft Veteran violates your privacy and compromises your security
Soft Veteran screenshots
Manual Soft Veteran removal
Important Note: Although it is possible to manually remove Soft Veteran, 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.
Stop these Soft Veteran processes:
Remove these Soft Veteran Registry Entries:
Remove these Soft Veteran files:
Soft Veteran 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 Soft Veteran can help you to remove it after you download the trial version. As soon as the victim downloads Soft Veteran trial version, it pretends to scan your computer and shows a grossly exaggerated amount of non-existent errors. Then, Soft Veteran offers to buy the full version to fix these false errors. If the user agrees, Soft Veteran does not only fix the errors, but it also takes the user’s money and may even install additional spyware into the victim’s computer.
Some Rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Soft Veteran, 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 Soft Veteran, which is another way for Rogue Anti-Spyware to spread itself.
Most of rogue Anti-Spyware, such as Soft Veteran, is nearly impossible to remove manually.
