How to Remove Drive Cleaner 2006
- 1). Disable system restore on your computer to prevent virus spread. To do this, click your start menu and type "System Restore" in the search box. Open the program that turns up. Click "Open System Protection." When the new window opens, uncheck any checked boxes. You will be asked if you are sure you want to turn system restore off. Choose yes.
- 2). Update your virus definitions for whatever anti-virus software you have. If you do not have anti-virus software, download and install a free program such as AVG or Avast.
- 3). Run a full system scan using your anti-virus software once the virus definitions have been updated. If anything is detected, follow instructions from your anti-virus software to remove it. Restart your computer after the virus removal.
- 4). Enter your computer's registry information and delete subkeys that may be left from DriveCleaner 2006. To do so, go to Start > Run. Type regedit, then hit OK. Search for the following registry and remove it:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\"DriveCleaner 2006 Free" = ""C:\Program Files\DriveCleaner 2006 Free\UDC2006.exe" /min"
After that, remove the following subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\UDCShell
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{7EC618F2-C506-4221-9F56-792B92BF762E}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{22024DC7-D190-44ec-9D49-AEE5F244A466}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{2BF3C5AD-F9EC-49d8-8568-D7DFFC77108B}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{7EC618F2-C506-4221-9F56-792B92BF762E}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{AE84FF0C-BABD-4D91-92A1-AF75D2D02E6D}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{C4C4786C-9861-46d2-BB63-AC782AB07046}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\UDCShell
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\UDCShell
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{A22FBA1E-CAAF-4E45-8EFF-4A821AF03E69}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\UDCShell
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{0A89FF7F-1A12-42D9-ACCB-4217112DC7E0}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\UDCPChk.UDCPChk
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\UDCPChk.UDCPChk.1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\UDCShell
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\UDC6_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DriveCleaner 2006 Free
HKEY_ALL_USERS\\Software\DriveCleaner 2006 Free
Exit the registry editor and restart your computer.