Oct 07

How to Remove SafeFighter – Safe Fighter Removal Guide

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SafeFighter Description:

SafeFighter (aka Safe Fighter) is a new rogue program that doesn’t differ much from its malicious predecessors TrustCop, SecureWarrior, SecureFighter, SecurityFighter, SaveDefender, SafetyKeeper and many more. Safe Fighter distribution methods and general behavior are very predictable considering its unbelievable similarity with the above-mentioned ‘elder’ digital twin brothers. The programs have the exact same GUIs and even exhibit identical invasive system-manipulative tactics – so it seems that the only thing that distinguishes Safe Fighter from its forerunners is the name. SafeFighter gets very annoying as it infects and plays havoc with the compromised computer. Your system can get exposed to SafeFighter trespassing without your knowledge and approval; that’s because Safe Fighter employs Trojan.Downloader which is latent and hardly ever detectible by one’s firewall. Having installed, SafeFighter will commence bombarding the system with its false system tray notifications, bogus Windows Security Center pop-ups and pseudo scanners that report lots of infections found. That’s what SafeFighter is all about – it uses dishonest adware to mislead people and scare them into registering its paid software. Do not let SafeFighter make you surrender. Uninstall Safe Fighter immediately after it gets spotted on your machine. Please, review the passage below for more security tips regarding SafeFighter removal.

Find out if your PC is infected with SafeFighter:

Download SafeFighter Free Scanner with Remover

SafeFighter bogus scan snapshot:

SafeFighter

How to remove SafeFighter manually:

To perform manual removal of SafeFighter, you should do the following:

Delete SafeFighter corrupt files:

  • %Program Files%\SafeFighter Software
  • %Program Files%\SafeFighter Software\SafeFighter
  • %Program Files%\SafeFighter Software\SafeFighter\license.txt
  • %Program Files%\SafeFighter Software\SafeFighter\safefighter.exe
  • %Program Files%\SafeFighter Software\SafeFighter\uninstall.exe
  • %WINDOWS%\102z6w59m3c4.cpl
  • %WINDOWS%\1044zhackt9ol5b2.dll
  • %WINDOWS%\10683v9rzs656.cpl
  • %WINDOWS%\10915hief309z.cpl
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\SafeFighter.lnk
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SafeFighter
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SafeFighter\1 SafeFighter.lnk
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SafeFighter\2 Homepage.lnk
  • %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SafeFighter\3 Uninstall.lnk

Remove SafeFighter associated registry entries:

  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SafeFighter
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SafeFighter
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SafeFighter
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_SAFEFIGHTERSVC
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SafeFighterSvc
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “SafeFighter”

Please, note that manual removal of SafeFighter is a procedure of high complexity and should be performed with extreme caution. Lack of the required skills and even the slightest deviation from the instructions may lead to irreparable system damage. To ensure trouble-free deletion, it is recommended to use the automatic SafeFighter removal tool below:

Download SafeFighter Removal Tool

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