Remove OpenCloud Security

OpenCloud Security is a fake antivirus. OpenCloud Security infected your computer through a malicious website or Trojan. OpenCloud Security scan the whole infected computer without any notice. After finish scanning, OpenCloud Security shows false result that there are a lot of malware infections found on the computer. Moreover, the users of the infected computer will receive several warning alerts trying to force the users to purchase the fake full version of OpenCloud Security. OpenCloud Security cannot detect and remove any kind of virus, malware or trojan. OpenCloud Security is a SCAM. Do not believe any warning or alert given by OpenCloud Security. Most important, do not purchase the full version of OpenCloud Security as it really cannot remove any kind of malware! OpenCloud Security is delivered through many ways that involve installing via a bogus scanner page created to look like a Windows application screen. Another way of how OpenCloud Security spreads is via a Trojan infection generated to look like a flash update or video codec.

OpenCloud Security can be removed first by stopping its processes (wskinn.exe, OpenCloud Security.exe, c:\Program Files\csrss.exe, c:\Program Files\conhost.exe) and then kill its files by using Emsisoft HiJackFree. Then the user has to remove all the related files and folder. Finally, restore the registry entries added and modified by OpenCloud Security (Read the removal guide below to remove OpenCloud Security successfully).

OpenCloud Security provide face features such as System SCan, System status and firewall. All of them cannot help protect computer from any kind of attacks of trojan, virus or malware.

OpenCloud Security should be removed immediately!


Removal Guide
Kill Process
(How to kill a process effectively?)
OpenCloud Security.exe

Delete Registry
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command "(Default)" = 'C:\Program Files\conhost.exe "%1" %'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Installer\Products\C0AB6693AB3202B4B9D95716ED5CE4A6\SourceList

Remove Folders and Files
%AppData%\OpenCloud Security
%StartMenu%\Programs\OpenCloud Security
%UserProfile%\Desktop\OpenCloud Security.lnk
File Location Notes:

%UserProfile% refers to the current user's profile folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User] for Windows 2000/XP, C:\Users\[Current User] for Windows Vista/7, and c:\winnt\profiles\[Current User] for Windows NT.

%AppData% refers to the current users Application Data folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Application Data for Windows 2000/XP. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 it is C:\Users\[Current User]\AppData\Roaming.

%StartMenu% refers to the Windows Start Menu. For Windows 95/98/ME it refers to C:\windows\start menu\, for Windows XP, Vista, NT, 2000 and 2003 it refers to C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Start Menu\, and for Windows Vista/7 it is C:\Users\[Current User]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu.