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Steps To Remove Unwise.exe Virus

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Note: This manual virus removal tips process may be difficult and you run the risk of destroying your computer. We recommend that you use the SpyHunter’s spyware detection tool to check for unwise.exe.

Step 1: Remove unwise.exe Processes using Windows Task Manager

  • To open the Windows Task Manager, use the combination of CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
  • Click on the “Image Name” button to search for ” unwise.exe” process by name.
  • Select the ” unwise.exe” process and click on the “End Process” button to kill it.

Step 2: Find unwise.exe Path using Windows File Search Tool

  • Go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders.
  • In the “All or part of the the file name” section, type in ” unwise.exe” file name(s).
  • To get better results, select “Look in: Local Hard Drives” or “Look in: My Computer” and then click “Search” button.
  • When Windows finishes your search, hover over the “In Folder” of ” unwise.exe”, highlight the file and copy/paste the path into the address bar. Save the file’s path on your clipboard because you’ll need the file path to delete unwise.exe in the following manual removal steps.

Step 3: Registry Clearing

Take START then Command Prompt–>Type regedit then Click OK.After one window open .Click on Ctrl+F and type umwise_.exe.Click Search Button and all (unwise_.exe)entries deleted.

Step 4: Detect and Delete Other unwise.exe Files

  • To open the Windows Command Prompt, go to Start > Run > cmd and then press the “OK” button.
  • Type in “dir /A name_of_the_folder” (for example, C:\Spyware-folder), which will display the folder’s content even the hidden files.
  • To change directory, type in “cd name_of_the_folder”.
  • Once you have the file you’re looking for type in del “name_of_the_file”.
  • To delete a file in folder, type in “del name_of_the_file”.
  • To delete the entire folder, type in “rmdir /S name_of_the_folder”.
  • Select the ” unwise.exe” process and click on the “End Process” button to kill it.