Detailed Solution to Uninstall McClean from PC

Description of McClean Virus
McClean is a rogue application which often sneaks into PCs in unethical methods. If you install free programs or visit hacked web sites, the rogue program can enter your system easily. At the first sight, McClean rogueware seems to be a helpful program which is able to improve your system performance. But actually, it is completely a fake program. Instead of speeding up your system performance, the program may slow down your computer performance and bring many other troubles to your system.
McClean fake program may scan your whole system after entering your system. Then it may show you a falsified scan result which states that your computer is infected. The purpose of the rogue program is to cheat you into purchasing its registered version. If you believe in McClean malware and buy its registered version, the hackers who create the program will run away with your money, leaving many computer problems to you.
On the other hand, McClean rogueware can make changes to the system settings like system registry entries and dropping useless files to other system folders. The compromised system will perform much slowly as McClean virus can consume most of the system resources when running in the background. To wholly protect the computer as well as the personal information, it is a wise choice to remove McClean virus immediately.

1. A lot of security warnings pop up on the screen.
2. Programs especially antivirus will be unable to execute.
3. Computer runs much slowly and even system freezes up or crashes.
4. Private data could be stolen by McClean rogueware.
Why McClean can escape from the detection of security tool
First of all, McClean is a very tiny program, so it attracts little attention. This plays a great role in escaping the removal of the real antivirus. Secondly, this tricky program is likely to disguise itself as a legal software and a good helper in helping users remove various viruses. Thus, many reputable antivirus programs are fooled by its nice-looking appearance. Thirdly, its files are changed with random names, which will increase the difficulty of removal process.
Luckily, there is still an efficient way to remove McClean. You can follow the tips below to get rid of fake pop-up messages and uninstall McClean forever.

Detailed Solution to Uninstall McClean from PC
1. Boot up the system into the Safe Mode with Networking
Steps: When this system is launching, you should keep pressing F8 repeatedly until “Windows Advanced Options Menu” appears. Then, please use arrow keys to highlight “Safe Mode with Networking” and hit Enter.

2. Make the hidden files visible
Steps: i. Go to Start menu to open Control Panel, then look for Folder Options
ii. Below View tab, click Show hidden files and folders. You are supposed to select Hide protected operating system files( Recommended). After that, don’t forget to click Ok to save the restoration.
iii. Go and click Start menu>click Search programs and files>find out all the files related to McClean and delete them completely.

Protector-[rnd].exe
%Desktop%\random.lnk
%CommonPrograms%\Startup\Launch\[random].lnk
3. Remove all malicious entries about McClean in Registry Editor
Ways to enter registry editor: press Windows key and “R” at the same time>type “regedit” in the box and click on Enter key. Or you can click Start menu>click run> put “regedit” in the appearing box and click ok.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\_avp32.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
4. Remove McClean from Windows7 and Windows Vista
1. Click start menu>click Control Panel
2. Click the Programs
3. Then you will get a list of many programs, which will take a little time.
4. Go and find out McClean in the list.
5. Left-click McClean and click Uninstall
6. A wizard will be opened and you can follow the guide.
McClean is such a malignant rogueware that can easily bypass your security tools. So you can not rely on them to help you get rid of those latest viruses. One thing you should keep in mind that make sure the files you are going to delete are not system files, for McClean can disguise its files as system files to mislead you. Any mistake made during the manual removal will make your PC crash.