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What is MalwareCrush

Posted on 1 February 2008 under Rogue Programs

1. What is MalwareCrush?

It is rogue security program having a feature of intense advertising. The program is spread by a Trojan that causes periodic spyware alerts appearing in the taskbar area. In order to clean computer from spyware user is suggested to download MalwareCrush as malware removal utility. After free PC scan, the victim is prompted to purchase licensed program version in order to remove found threats. As certain experiments showed, MalwareCrush is unable to clean computer from spyware properly and we do not recommend using it as spyware removal and protection tool.

Malware Crush is a scam, trying to cheat user and persuade him to buy full software version. Add/Remove Programs utility will not remove Malware Crush completely, because of a trojan which remains on the computer and keeps displaying fake security alerts.

It is recommended to remove rogue PC security software as soon as it has been noticed or detected. For Malware Crush removal help please see our "How to remove" section.

Author: malwarecrush.com

Also known as MalwareCrush 3.7

2. MalwareCrush screen shot:

MalwareCrush

3. How to remove MalwareCrush:

  1. Internet connection might be disabled or Internet browser might be blocked by MalwareCrush, so it won't be possible to download any files to infected computer. In this case please download all files required for MalwareCrush removal to another computer and then transfer them on the infected one using CD/DVD or USB flash drive.
  2. To remove MalwareCrush download Spyware Doctor and install the program (for the installation guide click here). Before installation, make sure all other programs and windows are closed.
  3. After the installation, computer scan should be started automatically. If so, please move to the next step. If not, click "Status" on the left side menu and press "Scan Now" button to run computer scanner as shown in the picture below:

  4. After the scan has been completed and scan results have been generated, press "Fix Checked" button to remove MalwareCrush.

  5. Restart the computer to complete MalwareCrush removal procedure.

4. MalwareCrush files:

mc-installer.exe (setup file), MalwareCrush.exe

5. Hijackthis entries:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MalwareCrush] C:\Program Files\MalwareCrush\MalwareCrush.exe /h