Uninstall SpyHunter 4 - How to remove/delete spy

Need some tips to help you solve the activation issues before you have to uninstall SpyHunter 4 malware security suite? Encountered "SpyHunter4.exe ExecutionGuard.dll Not Found" Error Message, then you want to uninstall SpyHunter 4 Malware Security Suite? More reasons?

Before you uninstall SpyHunter 4, you can right click on the program’s tray running in Taskbar, scroll up and then, you run the "Open window" command on top of that menu; you then go on click on the "Settings" section, please then enter the "General" subitem in it, you then type the required info (your Email and the correct password), click on the "Try Again" button to re-register your SpyHunter product. Read more specific support below if you have other related issues using this spyware protection. If you think you do not want to keep Enigma’s software anymore, you should use the following perfect uninstall tool to cleanly uninstall SpyHunter 4 to prevent the potential software conflicting problem from occurring. Enjoy more information below.

How Can I Completely Uninstall SpyHunter 4 from My System?

TIP Here you can learn FOUR methods to uninstall SpyHunter 4 on your computer via the standard measure or the ultimate solution (RECOMMENDED). Moreover, if your Windows refuses to help you uninstall SpyHunter 4, you directly utilize the final choice, Max Uninstaller, to forcibly remove the potentially problematic SpyHunter from your system.

Method 1: Start > Programs > SpyHunter > run the Uninstall SpyHunter application to automatically remove SpyHunter 4.

Note: To continue uninstall SpyHunter 4, you choose the Yes option from Windows Installer info box, "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?"

Method 2: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > “Currently installed programs:” list > find the following SpyHunter (Size, 31.71MB) > launch the Remove option for it to automatically uninstall SpyHunter 4.

NOTE Ya may need to wait a little longer while you use this option to uninstall SpyHunter 4 on your PC.

Note #2: You may direct close that Survey page, “Why are you uninstalling SpyHunter?”. Then you save and reboot your system.

Method 3: You may learn to make use of the program’s GUID to uninstall SpyHunter 4:

You open the following Uninstall SpyHunter Properties by right-clicking on the "Uninstall SpyHunter" application; then you copy or write down the path "C:\WINDOWS\system32"; remember the info about the "msiexec.exe /X {4E0C…".

Run cmd.exe as Administrator; type cd in it, press Space key, click on the beginning of C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe, scroll down, enter Edit, run the Paste on that menu; then you press Enter key.

Copy and paste this line msiexec.exe /X {4E0C6314-A8B8-4026-AC15-084E8B63AFB5} in cmd.exe; press Enter key again to uninstall SpyHunter 4.

Choose the Yes option to let Windows Installer automatically uninstall SpyHunter 4.

Don’t forget to detect, clean the associated remains that get left in filesystem and the registry. You can completely uninstall SpyHunter 4 this way only.

Recommendation: Download, run Max Uninstaller (as Admin) to thoroughly uninstall SpyHunter 4:

1) What is Max Uninstaller? See the following tech info.

Description: Max Uninstaller Setup
Size: 2.63 MB (2,758,888 bytes)
Size on disk: 2.63 MB (2,760,704 bytes)
File version: 0.0.0.0
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
Company: http://www.maxuninstaller[dot]com/
Language: Language Neutral
Product Name: Max Uninstaller
Product Version: 2.0
Digital Signatures: (Shown below)
SHA256: 3fdfacc6fce958fcc8a91a2b8f89a91fb4b420b215a806f003cb2bcf0340954b
SHA1: 38b1e7cd80ded75f8073083cfc2eeec327dfd568
MD5: 1d9c9b57614383c39a2a014fe04ac3b4
File size: 2.6 MB ( 2758888 bytes )
File name: MaxUninstaller_Setup.exe
Detection ratio: 0 / 0

2) Now, you can start installing Max Uninstaller…

Save and exit all other Windows applications; run your downloaded MaxUninstaller_Setup.exe
Click the Next > button from Setup – Max Uninstaller, "Welcome to the Max Uninstaller Setup Wizard. This will install Max Uninstaller version 2.0 on your computer. It is recommended that you close all other application before continuing. Click Next to continue, or Cancel to exit Setup.".

Tick the "I accept the agreement" option from Max Uninstaller License Agreement, then you click Next >.

You could then perform the default installation of Max Uninstaller; or you can also install it in non-system disk by clicking the Browse… button in case you need to reinstall Windows.

You can uncheck the “Create a desktop icon” option and/or the “Create a Quick Launch icon” option from "Select Additional Tasks". You can also find Max Uninstaller on Programs menu.

Click on the Install option from "Ready to Install", "Setup is now ready to begin installing Max Uninstaller on your computer."

To fast uninstall SpyHunter 4 as you may wish to do so, you then tick the "Launch Max Uninstaller" option from Setup – Max Uninstaller, “Completing the Max Uninstaller Setup Wizard. Setup has finished installing Max Uninstaller on your computer. The appliaction may be launched by selecting the installed icons. Click Finish to exit Setup.”.

Please wait; you then locate the SpyHunter listed in Installed Programs section, go on to click Run Analysis button on your left. Meanwhile, Max Uninstaller tell you the associated installtion information including the Install Location.
Wait and then you click the Complete Uninstall on Max Uninstaller; meanwhile you can learn the detailed info about SpyHunter files and registry entries created in your system.

Using an unregistered edition of Max Uninstaller? Then you need to register Max Uninstaller so that you can cleanly uninstall SpyHunter 4 and remove the created registry entries safely.

Click Complete Uninstall, then press the Yes button on the following Max Uninstaller, telling "Are you sure you want to uninstall SpyHunter?".

Click Yes from Windows Installer; don’t worry, Max Uninstaller will thoroughly clean the remaining left over after Windows Installer complete the standard procedure you request.

You then click Scan Leftovers option from Max Uninstaller to fully uninstall SpyHunter 4, "Please wait while Max Uninstaller initializes the uninstall process."

"Locate and launch the original uninstall program. Please choose to restart later if it asks to reboost your computer, or launch Max Uninstaller again after startup."
"The original uninstall process is complete. Please click Scan Leftovers button to thoroughly search the program’s leftover files, folders and registry entries."

Click Delete Leftovers and choose Yes on Max Uninstall below (saying "Are you sure you want to remove all the leftover files and registry entries?") to permanently uninstall SpyHunter 4.

Click OK from Max Uninstaller, “All SpyHunter leftovers have been completely removed.”

Click Close button to properly exit Max Uninstaller; save all your files, restart your computer.

Note #1: In case that your SpyHunter become problematic, like some "component" error, shown below, you could run the Repair option to restore it before you uninstall SpyHunter 4 by selecting the aforementioned methods.

You may need to restore the following program files for SpyHunter program from Recycle Bin and/or other places on hard drive. Afterwards, you can successfully uninstall SpyHunter 4 from your Windows and/or other devices you’re running.

Common.dll, Common interface, 804 KB (824,224 bytes), v1.0.1.3861; Copyright, Copyright 2003-2012. Enigma Software Group USA, LLC. All rights reserved.; Company, Enigma Software Group USA, LLC.; Product Name, SpyHunter4; Product Version, 4.8.13.3861
Defman.dll, Definitions manager, 804 KB (823,712 bytes)
ESGRKCHK.exe, ESG Rootkit detection toolkit application, 764 KB (782,752 bytes), v1.0.19.0; Internal Name, ESGrkChk.exe; Product Version, 4.4.2.3350
ExecutionGuard.dll, Execution Guard, 929 KB (952,224 bytes), 929 KB (952,224 bytes)
SH4Service.exe, Service scanner interface, 719 KB (737,184 bytes)
ShScanner.dll, Sh scanner, 1.86 MB (1,953,184 bytes)
SpyHunter4.exe, SpyHunter4 application, 4.54 MB (4,767,648 bytes)

You can learn some basic tips before you uninstall SpyHunter 4…

1. See the following screen shot in order you can learn how to renew your expired SpyHunter program.

Title: SpyHunter 4 – Your Account has expired
Option #1: Renew Now!
Details: "Your Subscription has expired and your PC may be in danger of infection. With an expired user account:"
Info #1: "You will NOT be able to remove detected threats"
Info #2: "You will NOT receive new definition updates and will run the risk of infection by new threats"
Info #3: "You will NOT receive one-on-one customer support"
Info #4: "You will NOT receive new program updates and advancements"
Extra Information: "We recommend that you renew your SpyHunter subscription to stay protected from today’s emerging security threats. Please click the "Renew My Subscription" button below to renew today!"
Option #1: Cancel
Option #2: Renew My Subscription

2. In case that your Mozilla Firefox (v10.0) may have blocked your attempts to activate SpyHunter, warning you with"Untrusted Connection" alert…

Item: This Connection is Untrusted
Detailed Info: "You have asked Firefox to connect securely to www.enigmasoftware.com, but we can’t confirm that your connection is secure. Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site’s identity can’t be verified."
"What Should I Do?": "If you usually connect this site without problems, this error could mean that someone is trying to impersonate the site, and you shouldn’t continue."
Option #1: "Get me out of here!"
Technical Details: "www.enigmasoftware.com uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain was provided. (Error code: sec_error_unknown_issuer)"
Option #2: I Understand the Risks

To go on with your SpyHunter registration, you click on the "I Understand the Risks" entry, then you need to click the Add Exception… tab in it, then please wait, then you click the View… option for Certificate Status section for more details.

Title: Certificate Viewer:"*.enigmasoftware.com"
General: Could not verify this certificate for unknown reasons.
Issued To

Common Name (CN): *.enigmasoftware.com
Organization (O): Enigma Software Group USA, LLC
Organization Unit (OU): Enigma Software Group USA, LLC
Serial Number: 01:26:77

Issued By

Common Name (CN): Geo Trust SSL CA
Organization (O): Geo Trust, Inc.
Organization Unit (OU): <Not Part Of Certificate>

Validity

Issued On: 1/18/2012
Expires On: 1/18/2017

Fingerprints

SHA1: D1:7C:1C:B4:D8:01:FE:0F:AF: F9:35:AA:E5:16:A2:FE:0E:13
MD5 Fingerprint: A1:65:A3:B4:D8:D9:9A:5B:3A:E0:67:28:6E:26:62:8B

And if you are using Windows Internet Explorer (v6), you could also review the Security Alert info, "You are about to view pages over a secure connection. Any information you exchange with this site cannot be viewed by anyone else on the Web. (Extra Option:) In the future, do not show this warning. … You are attempting to make a secure connection to this Web site. This Web site provided secure communication and has a valid certificate. Secure communication means that information you provide, such as your name or credit-card number, is encrypted so that it can’t be read or intercepted by other people. The certificate is a statement verifying the security of this Web site. A certificate contains information that a specific Web site is authentic. This ensures that no other site can assume the identity of the original site. When you enter a secure Web site, Internet Explorer displays this dialog box and a lock icon in a locked position on the status bar. When you leave a secure Web site, Internet Explorer displays a dialog box to notify you. If you want to see this dialog box whenever you have entered a secure Web site, make sure the check box named In the future, do not show this warning is clear."

You may untick the "Permanently store this exception" option for Firefox Add Security Exception info box, then you click the Confirm Security Exception button on it. Then, you wait.

On the SpyHunter – Purchase webpage, you need to fill out all the details required for the registration form before you would uninstall SpyHunter 4 Malware Security Suite. When you finally finish the table, please click on the Proceed >> button to confirm your subscription. If you still have difficulties registering the enigmasoftware’s protection program, you click here to fully uninstall SpyHunter 4 so that you can continue using your PC without computer threats.

Note: In case that Mozilla Firefox could not load the page content completely, like "missing some picture(s)" error(s), please follow me here before you uninstall SpyHunter 4: 1) Click on the Reload current page on Firefox (Note: For more Mozilla Firefox / Aurora help, please visit this Aurora Usage & Uninstall Guide.), or the Refresh button on Windows Internet Explorer (Note: For more Internet Explorer help? Please read or review the article above.). 2) Run the Open window command again > enter Settings item > then the Network Sentry > check the Internet Explorer Protection and the "Force Internet Explorer to Display Images" option for it. 3) Check your Internet connection; remove temporary Internet files, restore DNS settings, and more other attempts to solve it before you uninstall SpyHunter 4. 4) Besides, you could visit the Help or the "Learn more?" link for more official tech-support before you uninstall SpyHunter 4.

Wanna Know More before You uninstall SpyHunter 4?

Q: How could I learn the detailed info on the detected computer threat(s)?

A: In the Scan Results section, you could right click on the threats item(s) listed under it, then run the Go to file… command on it, moreover you could run the Copy information.. item on that menu and then you save that threat information in Windows Notepad, share it with other IT professionals, then ask them for help before you uninstall SpyHunter 4.

Note: Learn more info on What’s Cookie ? More? Please visit the link above. For more related links, please read them in References part below.

Q: How could I run a full virus scan on my device?

A: Before you would uninstall SpyHunter 4 Malware Security Suite, you could enter the Custom Scan; and in the Custom Scan Settings, "Custom Scan allows you to isolate your scan to search specific areas of your PC.", please tick the Memory option, the Registry option, the Cookies option, the Files option and the Rootkits (recommended) option for the Scan Types section to force remove threats off your machine.

Q: How could I tell the difference between rogueware/Trojan horse and the normal system process?

A: Simply, open up your currently installed version of SpyHunter 4, enter the System Guards section, there would be three items listed in it, Safe Items, ActiveX Guard Items, and/or the User Added Items. Please go on visit the "Click-To-Expand" menu in front of the Safe Items, and then the one in the front of any specific item listed in it, such as the csrss.exe, winlogon.exe, services.exe and more. Read more info about them before you will uninstall SpyHunter 4.

Item: csrss.exe
Size: 6.00 KB (6,144 bytes)
Size on disk: 8.00 KB (8,192 bytes)
File version: 5.1.2600.5512
Info: Client Server Runtime Process
Company: Microsoft Corporation
File Version: 5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)
Internal Name: CSRSS.Exe
Language: English (United States)
Original File name: CSRSS.Exe
Product Name: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Product Version: 5.1.2600.5512
Summary: No
Status: Allowed
Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe
MD5: 44f275c64738ea2056e3d9580c23b60f
SHA256: 5d4b7306e71a44440e7f0b32a373aec120c01b69f87756589e39eb85c40cd742
File name: C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe
Analysis date: 2012-03-19 18:07:25 UTC ( 12 hours, 48 minutes ago )

Item: winlogon.exe
Type of file: Application
Description: Windows NT Logon Application
Size: 496 KB (507,904 bytes)
Size on disk: 496 KB (507,904 bytes)
File version: 5.1.2600.5512
Internal Name: winlogon
Original File name: WINLOGON.EXE
Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
MD5: ed0ef0a136dec83df69f04118870003e
SHA256: 45377cb8e9f0120f836fc8261c711f7dbf7199117afb3652ebf100d5f0429b1e
File name: DPYGEIILLW-180.pms.exe.SVD
Detection ratio: 1 / 43 (By ByteHero, Trojan.Win32.Heur.098, 20120319)
Analysis date: 2012-03-19 12:01:08 UTC ( 19 hours, 10 minutes ago )

Item: services.exe
Type of file: Application
Description: Services and Controller app
Size: 106 KB (108,544 bytes)
Size on disk: 108 KB (110,592 bytes)
Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
MD5: 0e776ed5f7cc9f94299e70461b7b8185
SHA256: 22750b3829133d1d4bb3ce2fa6247be2373b5d15a6ed1c8a71673aa1ce7d9530
File name: services.exe
Detection ratio: 1 / 43 (By eSafe, Win32.Banker, 20120313)
Analysis date: 2012-03-14 17:33:37 UTC ( 5 days, 13 hours ago )

For more file(s) and/or the installed applications in your system, you could search and then scan it/them on VirusTotal.com before you would uninstall SpyHunter 4. Moreover, there are other free virus removal tools, e.a., the Kaspersky/McAfee Virus Removal Tools, AVG Free Malware Removal Tools, Symantec Security Response Removal Tools; and more.

In case that you have accidentally blocked some normal system app/process, please enter the Disabled Programs, which would inform that "Below is a list of unknown programs that you have previously decided or keep enabled. To change the status of any these programs, select either ‘Enabled’ or ‘Disabled’ at the right of the program and click the ‘Apply’ button.", and locate the system application and then re-enable it/them before you uninstall SpyHunter 4.

Q: How can I shut down SpyHunter 4?

A: In case that you just could not close your SpyHunter application via running the Close – Alt+F4 command, you then run the Exit item at the bottom, or please right click on the Enigma tray in Taskbar or on the left top of it, then run Exit to properly quit it before you uninstall SpyHunter 4.