Remove Windows Performance Catalyst – How to Get Rid of Windows Performance Catalyst in Minutes

Have you ever made clear about whether the Windows Performance Catalyst is a legitimate computer optimize program or the rogue one that just target on getting your money? If you haven’t get the answer, I would like to mention you that it is absolutely a fake computer optimize application you should pay attention to avoid from your computer.

With the help of some spam emails, Trojan infections and various websites, Windows Performance Catalyst usually enters to the computer without user’s knowledge and permission, and it may look quite genuine as if it really can help the user to fix their computers’ programs and enhance the system performance, but a friendly designed interfaces combining with its empty virus data base are its all features, it actually cannot do any improvement for the computer performance, although it often inform the user that there are a lot of infection have been detected from the computer system, but the real and rogue one you should remove is just the Windows Performance Catalyst.

Are there anyway can remove Windows Performance Catalyst for good?

There are generally two ways are feasible to get rid of Windows Performance Catalyst from the infected computer, one of which is the most traditional that rear users in nowadays would used except for those computer professionals, for that this removal involves the complex manual removal processes which the general users cannot easily fulfill; and another is respectively easier which just need to invite a experienced antivirus application.

Removal one – get rid of Windows Performance Catalyst manually

  1. Stop the running processes of Windows Performance Catalyst
  2. Locate the computer system to find out and clean all of files relating to Windows Performance Catalyst
    %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~
    %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
    %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
    %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
    %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
    %AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
    %UserProfile%\Desktop\Windows Performance Catalyst.lnk
    %UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Performance Catalyst\
  3. Locate the Register Editor to clean registry keys relating to Windows Performance Catalyst
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegistryTools” = 0
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\[random symbols].exe “Debugger”
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit” = 0
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Inspector”
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect” = 0
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0

Removal two – get rid of Windows Performance Catalyst automatically

Although it is possible to remove Windows Performance Catalyst, most people would like to install a sophisticated antivirus program which can completely replace them to protect the computer in the daily use as well as remove any king of malicious infections including Windows Performance Catalyst. And through referring to some reviews and other people’s recommendation, PC Safe Doctor is worthy for recommending to all of users, it is an effective antivirus tool that can offer a convenient and time-saving protection and virus removal for the computer. As for removing Windows Performance Catalyst, all of the above complex manual removal will be handled by this powerful remover, and some simple clicks will can solve the infected problem.

Other tips to remove fake computer optimize program such as Windows Smart Warden also can be found here.

One Response to Remove Windows Performance Catalyst – How to Get Rid of Windows Performance Catalyst in Minutes

  1. Ervin -  February 22, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    Looks like everything is clear. Thanks!

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