Navigating on the Internet exposes your PC to all kinds of threats, which might affect your computer and create system vulnerabilities. A reliable security solution could prevent infections, but since the malware activities are continuously expanding, an additional dedicated removal tool is sometimes required, just to be on the safe side.
Trend Micro System Cleaner provides you with an intuitive and easy to use spyware and virus removal utility designed to assist you in terminating various malware activities, clean the registry, the system files and the hard drive in order to prevent further infections.
Based on the Trend Micro VSAPI malware and spyware scanning and the Damage Cleanup engines, this application is capable of cleaning the infected files and remove detected spyware components.
In order to make it work, you must download the latest virus and spyware pattern files and place them in the same directory as the main executable (otherwise, the program will not start). Please note that outdated definition files might result in lower detection rates.
Prior to proceeding to the actual scanning process, you are advised to close all the running programs, including any antivirus software, since their functioning might interfere with the malware removal.
The main window of Trend Micro System Cleaner is simple, comprising options for automatically cleaning the found infected files and scanning the PC for spyware. With a button's push, the scanning begins and all the actions are logged to a text file.
Once the process is finished, it is recommended that you perform a manual scan using your permanent antivirus solution, just to make sure that everything turned out fine.
Trend Micro System Cleaner addresses multiple system infections and creates an additional security layer for your system. Since it comes with no price tag, it is worth a try.
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