Strong Vault (Strong Vault Online Backup) - How to Remove

Strong Vault (Strong Vault Online Backup) is a software which has made lots of computer upset somehow. Being known as online backup software, it can be lurked into PC while you are downloading other unrelated resources. Usually, it appears as strongvault.exe. Then Strong Vault will execute its files and install an app which is called Strong Vault Online Backup in your computer. Though there hasn’t a clear demarcation line between Strong Vault and virus, but this program has become a headache for many computer users.

For example, many users think that it is no need to keep this software, but when they want to remove Strong Vault from their computer, it seems that Strong Vault has glued in their PC deeply and it will still exist in the machine no matter how hard computer users try to uninstall. There also have some awkward situations in PC, like many computer users complain that their computers are running quite slow, and when they try to uninstall Strong Vault with security tools, many errors would pop up.

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Guide to remove Strong Vault in manual approach

Method one: Add / Remove Program
Most of the time, we can use Add / Remove Program to remove the programs we choose, for it is a built-in program which helps Windows users to manage their PC. Also, with the help of it, you are able to add or delete program as you want.

1. Find the “start” button on the lower left corner of your monitor, and then click it.
2. Find and double click the button “Control Panel”.
3. Find “Add / Remove Program” icon in the control panel, and then double click it.
4. When the windows pop up, find Strong Vault Online Backup icon in the list, and then select it to start uninstalling it from your computer by clicking “Remove”.
5. When it is finished, reboot your computer to take effect.
 

Method two: Completely remove Strong Vault
In order to get rid of Strong Vault thoroughly from your machine, you need to end its related processes, search and remove associated registry values, DLL and then other relevant files.

1) The associated processes of Strong Vault to be stopped are listed below:
[random].exe

2) The associated files of Strong Vault to be deleted are listed below:
%AppData%\Protector-[random].exe
%AppData%\result.db
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Windows Safety Maintenance.lnk
%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Safety Maintenance.lnk

3) The registry entries of Strong Vault that need to be removed are listed as follows:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\
Inspector = %AppData%\Protector-[random].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\a.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\aAvgApi.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\AAWTray.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\About.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ackwin32.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\Ad-Aware.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\adaware.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\advxdwin.exe\
Debugger = svchost.exe

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Step 3. Choose Select all>Remove to get rid of all the detected threats on your PC.

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Important Note: If you haven’t sufficient expertise in handling virus program files, processes, dll files and registry entries, you will take the risk of messing up your computer and making it crash down finally. If you need any help, click here to download SpyHunter to automatically fix the virus for you.