Above are some complaints from the victims of Strong Vault infection. If you are also a victim of this infection and still cannot remove it after trying several ways, then this post will be helpful for you. Read more to learn how to easily and completely get rid of Strong Vault right now.
Strong Vault is deemed as a scamware. It can be downloaded as a free addition in several internet download packages. Usually, it appears as an application that helps users to do online backup easily and quickly. However, this product is professedly a helpful backup tool, but stealthily collects information from all sorts of activities. It will change users’ default search engine to a specified one which can track the search terms and record the data without distributing it. Besides, this scamware will also install many unwanted toolbars onto users’ browser without prior informing. As a result, the infected computers will be bombarded with a lot of pop up ads most of which looks real but actually deceptive. Users should quickly remove this threat to avoid information theft and other unnecessary problems.
What Is the Best Way to Remove Strong Vault?
Removing Strong Vault is difficult since it acts like a malware despite its claims of being a legit application. In most cases, users won’t be able to completely remove this threat just through the Window uninstall utility. Unfortunately, even an antivirus program will not be able to help with this problem. This is because this scamware does not exist in any databases of the most commonly used antivirus programs. So, most antivirus programs do not consider it as a threat and won’t remove it. So for the time being, manually removing the scamware is the best way for users so far. Follow the steps below to remove it now:
1. Restart your computer.
2. During the startup process, keep pressing the F8 key on the keyboard constantly.
3. When the Advanced Boot Options appears,please use the up and down arrow keys to select “Safe Mode with Networking” from the list.
4. Press the Enter key and this will take your system to the Safe Mode with Networking.
5. Open the Windows Task Manager by right clicking on the taskbar and select the “Start Task Manager”.
6. Select “Processes”, scroll down to find out the processes related to the Strong Vault.
7. Terminate all malicious processes by right-clicking on them and selecting the “End Process” option.
End process
8. Click Start, type “folder options”, and press Enter to bring up the Folder Options window.
9. Tick “Show all hidden files, folders and drives”, non-tick “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)” and click OK.
10. Navigate to local disk C, find out the malicious files related to the scamware and delete them from your computer.
open local hard disk C
%LocalAppData%\[scamware name]\uninstall\[scamware name].lnk
%AppData%\[random].exe
%Temp%\[random].exe
%ProgramFilesX86%\[scamware name]
%AppData%\Local\[scamware name]
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\[random].exe
11. Click Start, type “regedit” into the search box and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
type regedit_win7
12. Search for the registry entries associated with Strong Vault and delete them all.
registry_editor_win7
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run\random.exe”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\random.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect” = 0
13. Reset search engines of your affected browsers.
Internet Explorer
Click Tools and select Manage Add-ons. On Search Providers tab, find and remove the unwanted search engine from the list.
Google Chrome
Click on the Wrench or 3-bar icon and select Settings. Click on “Manage search engines…”, and in the pop up window, find the unwanted search engine and click the X next to it. Type preferred search engine URL and set it as the default one and click Done.
remove search engine chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Click the Inverted triangle symbol as the below screenshot shows, and click “Manage Search Engines…”. Select the unwanted search engine from the list and click Remove to remove it.
14. Once the steps above are accomplished, please restart your computer. Then, perform a system scan with your antivirus program.
Note: Please be very careful when you perform the manual removal of Strong Vault, especially while you are searching for and deleting the malicious files and registry entries. Any mistakes would result in severe system damage.
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