System Repair

System Repair removal guide

[Update] New variant of this rogue has been released: Removal guide for the new version of System Repair.

System Repair is a misleading program that tries to trick computer users into purchasing it's fake licence. This program is a scam, it will try to convince you that your computer's Hard Disk Drive has errors. This fake scanner is distributed through Trojans, when installed on your PC it will display various fake pop-ups that indicates about various problems with your computers hardware. Thia fake scanner comes from the same family of rogue programs as Windows 7 Fix, Windows XP Fix and many other.

After System Repair installs itself on your PC it will constantly remind you that you need to activate "Advanced Module" in order to fix all the found errors. When you click the "Activate" button in this program you will be redirected to a website where you will be asked to purchase a full version of System Repair. You shouldn't buy this program, it's totally worthless, it only imitates the process of scanning your computer. This program is designed to scare you into thinking that your data could be lost due to HDD errors. You shouldn't trust this this program, all the pop-up messages are fake. The statements that your computer's RAM memory and Hard Drives health are poor are totally false. To further scare you into thinking that your HDD has bad sectors, this program will hide your desktop icons and start menu items. You shouldn't be scared - your data is not gone, System Repair only hides them. If you have already bought System Repair, you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charges - explain that you have been tricked into purchasing a fake computer optimizer. Use this removal guide to completely remove System Repair and regain control of your hidden files.

Screenshot of System Repair:

System Repair rogue scanner will display such fake pop-up messages:

"Critical Error Hard drive critical error. Run a system diagnostic utility to check your hard disk drive for errors. Windows can’t find hard disk space. Hard drive error"

"Fix Disk System Repair Diagnostics will scan the system to identify performance problems. Start or Cancel"

"System Repair Diagnostics Windows detected a hard disk error. A problem with the hard drive sectors has been detected. It is recommended to download the following sertified <sic> software to fix the detected hard drive problems. Do you want to download recommended software?"

Automatic System Repair spyware removal:

Before downloading, enter System Repair advanced module registration key in the registration window:
8475082234984902023718742058948

Use any not real e-mail address. It will not remove the infection, but will show your files and desktop icons

  System Repair removal tool

NOTE: If installation fails, you can try downloading customized installer which was built by our technicians to bypass System Repair spyware infection. Your browser may report that this file is unsafe. Please ignore these warnings. Download customized installer

Complete these steps if after removal of System Repair your Desktop icons or files are hidden:

Step 1
This Infection Hides almost all user files. If You can't see your files don't panic. The files are not missing. They are just hidden, but still here. When downloaded spyware remover removes the infection, please download and run this tool to unhide your files (Link below). It is important to run this tool only when infection is already removed from your computer. This unhide files tool will be useless running it on infected computer.

When unhide files tool finishes, your windows desktop icons may still be gone. To fix missing desktop items after spyware infection download this .REG file. Double click when downloaded, click yes and then click ok. Reboot your computer, your desktop items now should be visible.

Step 2
Reboot your computer to check if everything is ok and System Repair rogue spyware is gone. Check if you can find all your files. If some files are still missing, open My Computer, Click Tools, then select Folder Options... and under View tab select radio button "Show hidden files and folders", press OK. Now you will see all hidden files and folders. To unhide them Right click on the file or folder, then select Properties and uncheck "Hidden" Check box.

That's it! You're done.

Manual Step-by-step removal instructions of System Repair.

If you are unable to remove System Repair, you can use this manual removal instruction. Use it at your own risk. If you don't have strong computer knowledge you could harm your operating system. Use it only if you are an experienced computer user. (Instructions on how to end processes, remove registry entries...)

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Key:  8475082234984902023718742058948

If it works, this bogus program will be disabled and you will be able to remove it without constant interventions. Note, that this infection constantly mutates and keys may be changed. After this procedure you will be able to see your files and install legitimate spyware remover to remove this infection. If registration key doesn't work, proceed to Step 2.

Warning! Entering activation key will not remove this infection! It will only disable fake warnings. This spyware will run in background and will keep collecting your data!

Step 2
Load your computer in safe mode with networking. Click Start, click Shut down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe mode with networking from the list.

Step 3
Open Internet explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select "Connections".

Step 4
Click LAN settings, if a "Use a proxy server for your LAN" is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

Step 5
Download HijackThis and save it on your desktop. Some malicious programs are able to block HijackThis so when you click the download link, in the Save dialog rename HijackThis.exe to iexplorer.exe and only then click the Save button. After saving the file on your desktop, double click it. In the main HijackThis window click “Do a system scan only” button. Select these entries (place a tick at the left of the entry):

Windows XP:
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [<random>.exe] %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\<random>.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [<random>] %AllUsersProfile%\AppData\<random>.exe

Windows Vista and Windows 7:
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [<random>.exe] %AllUsersProfile%\<random>.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [<random>] %AllUsersProfile%\<random>.exe

After selecting required entries, click "Fix Checked". After this procedure you can close HijackThis and proceed to the next removal step.

Perform these actions:

End these System Repair processes:

[random.exe]

Remove these System Repair registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random].exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[random]“
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “DisableTaskMgr” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = ‘no’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main “Use FormSuggest” = ‘yes’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced “Hidden” = ’0?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = ’0?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = ’0?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop “NoChangingWallPaper” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations “LowRiskFileTypes” = ‘/{hq:/s`s:/ogn:/uyu:/dyd:/c`u:/bnl:/ble:/sdf:/lrh:/iul:/iulm:/fhg:/clq:/kqf:/`wh:/lqf:/lqdf:/lnw:/lq2:/l2t:/v`w:/rbs:’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = ’1?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced “ShowSuperHidden” = 0?

Delete these System Repair files:

%StartMenu%\Programs\System Repair\
%StartMenu%\Programs\System Repair\Uninstall System Repair.lnk
%StartMenu%\Programs\System Repair\System Repair.lnk
%LocalAppData%\[random]
%LocalAppData%\[random].exe
%LocalAppData%\~[random]
%LocalAppData%\~[random]

Step 6
Download and install antispyware software to completely remove the infection. We recommend Spyware Doctor. If you can't run or installation fails, try downloading our Customized installer. After removal completes, perform these steps to unhide files and desktop icons

Other tools, known to remove System Repair:

• iS3 STOPzilla
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

General tips on removing System Repair:

*If you can't download anti-spyware software: Click on the download link, when the save dialog opens change the file name (example: when downloading mbam-setup.exe rename it to iexplore.exe).
*If you have installed anti-spyware program but you can't run it: Click Run, type %ProgramFiles% and press Enter. Open folder of your anti-spyware program, search for executable file and rename it. (example: Open Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware folder, right-click on the main executable file (mbam.exe) then click rename. Rename the mbam.exe file to iexplore.exe, winlogon.exe firefox.exe ...
*If you can't access your anti-spyware software, try creating a new user account:
Click Start -> Settings -> Control panel.
Click User Accounts and create a new account.
Reboot your computer and login using a newly created user account.
*After this procedure you should be able to access your anti-spyware programs. Update and run a full system scan.

Some malicious software modifies browser settings and disables downloads of spyware and virus removing software. If you have problems downloading anti-spyware software with Internet Explorer, try downloading with Chrome, FireFox, Opera, etc.

If you can't access Internet:

Load your computer in safe mode. Click Start, click Shut down, click Restart, click OK. During your computer starting process press F8 key on your keyboard multiple times until you see Windows Advanced Option menu, then select Safe mode with networking from the list.

Start Task manager. Press ctrl+alt+del (or ctrl+shift+esc) and end task the processes of rogue program. ( if after this procedure you can't access any programs press ctrl+alt+del, click File, select New Task, and type explorer.exe then press OK.

Open Internet explorer, click Tools and select Internet Options. Select Connections, then click LAN settings, if a Use a proxy server for your LAN is checked, uncheck it and press OK.

After this procedure you should be able to access Internet. Now you can download anti-spyware software from our "Top spyware removers" section and run a full scan. Download, install and don't forget to update your selected anti-spyware program. Then run a full system scan.

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