CleanThis is a malicious tool, so it can’t be trusted. It loads fabricated alerts and scanners that deceptively claim that numerous viruses have been detected. However, though CleanThis may look trustworthy PC protection kit, in reality it runs fabricated scanners. Note that this malware refers to the well-known syndicate of scareware which was previously represented by ThinkPoint and more related rogues. Members in this family are much alike and apply the same old fraudulent techniques to arrive at the targeted machine. So, prepare for unexpected infiltration of this rogue if you visit malicious websites and click on pop-ups appearing from nowhere. If you want to protect your machine from CleanThis, get a reputable anti-spyware program (licensed version) to get a real time protection.

Clean This virus enters computers with a help of malware. When browsing, you may be offered checking your PC with a free online scanner which later will offer installing trial version of CleanThis. Another way of infiltrating targeted machines is done with a help of Trojans that use security vulnerabilities found. So, unfortunately for a user, he will realize that CleanThis is on his machine only when its fake alerts will be displayed. Together with fake system scanners, warnings messages will interrupt every browsing and will announce:

CleanThis
The application taskmgr.exe was launched successfully but was forced to shut down due to security reasons.

This happened because the application was infected by a malicious program which might post a threat for the OS.

It is highly recommended to install the necessary heuristic module and perform a full scan of your computer to exterminate malicious programs from it.

When this rogue anti-spyware is running, it configures infiltrated machine to launch its executable file as soon as PC becomes active. Malware then easily displays a large number of popup ads that aim to get you concerned about your computer’s security. Well, in reality your machine may be completely clean of viruses and CleanThis will be the one that urgently needs to be removed. However, some of its victims are tricked into believing that they are hugely infected and purchase Clean This registered version. Don’t do this mistake! You can lose your credit card details or other important information! Just use the guide given below and remove CleanThis virus. You may notice that you are disconnected from the Internet, so check your proxy settings to solve this issue:

1. Restart your PC and before it launches Windows, start tapping “F8” key. Highlight “Safe Mode with Networking” with arrow keys and press ENTER.

2. Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to start Task Manager. Check for the processes of CleanThis and stop them.

2a. If the screen goes black, try launching explorer.exe from task manager.

2b. If you can’t kill CleanThis process, Try rebooting into safe mode, repeat 1 & 2 and search/delete for files you have stopped. Then Reboot into safe mode with networking and continue.

3. Open Internet Explorer, choose Tools menu and select Internet Options.

4. Click on the Connections tab and then on the LAN Settings button. Uncheck the checkbox labeled Use a proxy server for your LAN under the Proxy Server section and press .