Windows Protection

SoftStronghold Description:

The rogue antivirus program called SoftStronghold (or Soft Stronghold) is no different from its forerunners belonging to the same malware family – those are SoftVeteran, SafeFighter, SoftSoldier, TrustFighter and a whole lot of suchlike insecure programs. However, SoftStronghold seems to be exhibiting very high traffic rates so it’s definitely going to be a major security problem for the cyber world within the next few days, to say the least. Considering the fact that SoftStronghold applies trojan viruses to infiltrate, it does not need any authorization for intrusion. Therefore, SoftStronghold appearance in one’s system is a surprise, and definitely not a pleasing one. When inside, SoftStronghold displays a great number of exaggerated notifications (popup alerts and scanners) that tell you about some odd malware infections allegedly located on your computer. After this, SoftStronghold advises its victims to resolve the ‘malware’ issues through installing its own commercial version. You should remember that SoftStronghold is not fit to eliminate any computer infections because it is rogue security software. SoftStronghold has nothing but an empty malware database at its disposal, so do not expect it to fix your PC. If unattended, SoftStronghold deteriorates all PC performance You should immediately remove SoftStronghold rogue anti-spyware if it attacks your computer. Please, review the security tips below to secure your system from the potentially destructive impact of SoftStronghold rogue anti-spyware program.

Find out if your PC is infected with SoftStronghold:

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How to remove SoftStronghold manually:

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

Delete SoftStronghold corrupt files:

• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Desktop\SoftStronghold.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SoftStronghold
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SoftStronghold\1 SoftStronghold.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SoftStronghold\2 Homepage.lnk
• %Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\SoftStronghold\3 Uninstall.lnk
• %Program Files%\SoftStronghold Software
• %Program Files%\SoftStronghold Software\SoftStronghold
• %Program Files%\SoftStronghold Software\SoftStronghold\SoftStronghold.exe
• %Program Files%\SoftStronghold Software\SoftStronghold\uninstall.exe
• %Temp%\akx4.tmp.exe
• %WINDOWS%\10246h9zktool4d5.exe
• %WINDOWS%\1045ztroj92a.ocx
• %WINDOWS%\10520hac5too979z.bin
• %WINDOWS%\system32\20151worm9z4.ocx
• %WINDOWS%\system32\205z0sp95ad.exe
• %WINDOWS%\system32\2069sz5mbot179.dll

Remove SoftStronghold associated registry entries:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “akx4.tmp.exe”
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “SoftStronghold”
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SoftStronghold
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SoftStronghold
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SoftStronghold

Please, note that manual removal of SoftStronghold 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 SoftStronghold removal tool below:

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