BraveSentry Removal Instructions
Why is it important to remove BraveSentry?
BraveSentry is an illegal and corrupt anti-spyware program!
This means that it pretends to look like a legitimate application for the removal of spyware, but it’s really a malicious program that issues fake warnings in an attempt to trick you into buying BraveSentry’s full commercial version. BraveSentry may secretly install and automatically download itself onto your computer. If you click on the fake system alert, you will have to pay for BraveSentry program, which will not protect you against spyware, but might actually expose you to more security threats.
I have BraveSentry, what do I do?
You have many options for detecting and removing BraveSentry. The most extreme is reformatting your PC, possibly costing you all of your data and definitely costing hour of time wasted on reloading your PC to its original form. Reformatting your computer should be your last resort. If you’re having problems finding BraveSentry, try using a preferred spyware scanner to quickly detect BraveSentry first. If you don’t have a spyware scanner, you can always try the instructional methods provided below.
BraveSentry Automatic Detection (Recommended)
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Download SpyHunter’s BraveSentry Scanner. |
- Start a full system scan to detect BraveSentry & other parasites.
- SpyHunter will automatically search for BraveSentry files.
Please note that SpyHunter’s free scanner is only for detection purposes. If SpyHunter’s scanner finds BraveSentry on your PC, you can buy SpyHunter’s full version to remove BraveSentry and other spyware.
Are you infected with BraveSentry?
Your machine may be infected with BraveSentry, if you have the following symptoms:
*Note: Symptoms tend to vary depending on software installed on your system and other system factors.
Symptom #1: A questionable red or green icon appears in your system tray next to the system clock, representing a newly installed program which you do not recall ever downloading. If you click on the icon a fake system alert popup will direct you to BraveSentry’s website. In some cases, even when you don’t click on the icon the fake system alert may still pop up.
Symptom #2: The questionable icon pops up a fake system alert that lures you into downloading BraveSentry program by stating that your computer is infected with dangerous spyware and that you should download BraveSentry program to remove the alleged infection. The false system alert may read:
“Your computer is working slowly! Slow operation speed might have been caused by malicious spyware. Download spyware remover now and run full system scan to remove all viruses and spyware from your computer! Click here to start downloading…”
Symptom #3: Once you’re infected, rogue anti-spyware BraveSentry will run on every time Windows starts up. A screenshot of BraveSentry is provided below.
BraveSentry Manual Detection
If you’ve discovered that BraveSentry has infected your PC, you must act quickly and take the proper steps to eliminating the infection. Note: The manual removal of any parasite is difficult. To avoid the unnecessary risk of damaging your computer, we advise you to download SpyHunter’s spyware scanner tool to automatically detect BraveSentry.
To manually remove BraveSentry, follow these removal steps:
Step #1: Remove BraveSentry with Windows Add/Remove Programs utility.
Sometimes all it takes to get rid of spyware like BraveSentry is to remove the program using the Add/Remove Programs control panel in Windows.
- In Windows XP Professional, click on Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs
- In Windows 2000 Professional / Windows ME / Windows 98, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
- In the list of programs, search for the software you want to remove. If you see a program you don’t recognize or don’t recall installing, look it up in Google to learn what it is.
- Select the questionable program and remove it with the Remove button.
Step #2: Kill BraveSentry using the Windows Task Manager
To kill a BraveSentry process that has infected your computer, you will need to use the Windows Task Manager to check by process, highlight the process in question, and then end the task. To do this:
- Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC on the keyboard.
- Click on Processes Tab to see all active tasks. For easier detection, left click the process under the heading Image Name.
- Find and kill the following BraveSentry process:
BraveSentrySetup[1].exe
dxvwabxj.exe
vxgame[X2].exe
voi[X1].exe
taskdir.exe
services.exe
maxd64.exe
kerneles8.exe
alg.exe
xpupdate.exe
win32.exe
vxh8jkdq[X2].exe
vxgamet[X2].exe
bravesentry.exe - Once you’ve identified the BraveSentry process, press DEL on your keyboard or click End Process to kill it from your system.
Step #3: Use PsKill to Kill a Process
Sometimes a parasite can disable your Windows Task Manager so you can use pslist and pskill (a third party application by Mark Russinovich) to list and kill the unwanted processes.
- Download PsKill or PsList.
- Extract the program from the .Zip archive.
- Move pskill.exe to your C: drive.
- Open a command window and click Start > Run.
- Type cmd and click the OK button.
- In the command window, type C:pskill.exe and the name of the process you wish to kill, then press Enter. For example, if you wanted to kill the process for BraveSentry, you would type: C:pskill.exe BraveSentry.exe.
If the file was successfully removed, PsKill will say “process BraveSentry.exe killed”. - Find and Remove these BraveSentry files:
BraveSentrySetup[1].exe
BraveSentry.lnk
BraveSentry
dxvwabxj.exe
Explorer 2238
desktop.html
vxgame[X2].exe
voi[X1].exe
taskdir.exe
services.exe
maxd64.exe
kerneles8.exe
alg.exe
zlbw.dll
winbixnkq32.dll
tio[X1].dll
msupdate32.dll
comdlg64.dll
bravesentry3.dll
bravesentry2.dll
bravesentry1.dll
bravesentry0.dll
xpupdate.exe
win32.exe
vxh8jkdq[X2].exe
vxgamet[X2].exe
Arraybravesentry.exezlbw.dll
winbixnkq32.dll
tio[X1].dll
msupdate32.dll
comdlg64.dll
bravesentry3.dll
bravesentry2.dll
bravesentry1.dll
Arraybravesentry0.dll
