How to Delete Boot.Cidex - Get Rid of Boot.Cidex

Boot.Cidox virus is a piece of Trojan malware detected by Norton Internet Security which has infected countless computers till now. After getting into your computer, Boot.Cidox will tamper with the legal DLL files on your system in order to disable your antivirus and launch its malicious codes together with every system’s log-in. No wonder you may keep receiving the alert from Norton reporting that your PC is infected with the Boot.Cidox infection which may flood you with unwanted pop-up messages. Besides, abnormal error messages may come up without your consent and some of your important settings might be altered since the virus’ been in.
Tricky as Boot.Cidox is, it can infect infect MBR (Master Boot Record) regarded as a vital area of the hard disk used by a computer to launch start up operations. With your machine victimized, Boot.Cidox will slow down the PC and cause Blue Screen of Death. In worse case, it even causes the failure of logging in the Windows. To be more specific, when you turn on the machine, it may display a logo, the black screen and restart, it just does the same thing to stop you from accessing the desktop. Apart from these, your system memory will be sharply decreased due to the presence of the virus. The infected computer will suddenly tell you that there is not enough memory or no disk space available for running a new process. Moreover, Boot.Cidox can open a backdoor in the silent to facilitate remote hackers to access your computer and gather your sensitive information for dangerous purpose. Considering the safety of your PC, it’s high time to get rid of Boot.Cidox virus as quickly as possible.

Corrupted actions performed by Boot.Cidex

1. Boot.Cidex will make computer system vulnerable, and all these things are used to scared computer users.

2. Your computer is acting super slowly. This is because Boot.Cidex slows down your system constantly. It may be able to shut down your computer and restart it as well.

3. Boot.Cidex may keep redirecting your internet connection and lead you to some malicious even other illegal websites.

4. What’s worse, you may not be able to use any legit programs on your computer, they will be disabled by this Boot.Cidex. You can see the pop ups windows and you can do nothing to it.

Explicit Manual Steps to Eliminate Boot.Cidex

1. Restart your computer and keep pressing F8 key before Windows launches. Use the arrow keys to select the "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then hit ENTER key to continue.

2. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Shift+Esc combination to open Windows Task Manager and end suspicious processes.

If it does not work, please click the Start button, click the Run option, input taskmgr and press OK. The Windows Task Manager should be open.

3. Open Control Panel in Start menu and search for Folder Options. When you’re in Folder Options window, please click on its View tab, tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then press OK.

4. Go to the Registry Editor and remove all Boot.Cidex registry entries listed here:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\-

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM]”

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “[RANDOM].exe”

5. All Boot.Cidex associated files listed below need to be removed:

C:\Users\user name\AppData\local\temp\-

C:\Users\user name\appdata\local\-\cache\random.exe.

6. Restart your computer to take effect. 

Automatic Removal Tool (Recommended)

SpyHunter is a powerful, real-time anti-spyware application that designed to assist the average computer user in protecting their PC from malicious threats like worms, Trojans, rootkits, rogues, dialers, spyware, etc. It is important to notice that SpyHunter removal tool works well and should run alongside existing security programs without any conflicts.

Step 1. Click the Download icon below to install SpyHunter on your PC.


Step 2. After the installation, run SpyHunter and click “Malware Scan” button to have a full or quick scan on your computer.


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

Note: this is a self help manual guide; you need to possess sufficient skills about dealing with registries entries, dll. files and program files, you need to be very careful to move on every step. Can’t uninstall Boot.Cidex yourself? Please click here to download SpyHunter to help you.