Guide to Remove / Uninstall Windows Active HotSpot

You got information from Windows Active HotSpot? Have you ever install Windows Active HotSpot to your computer? If no, then how can it be activated automatically with your system booting? Read this passage to know Windows Active HotSpot better, and learn a guide to remove Windows Active HotSpot.

Basic Information of Windows Active HotSpot

Windows Active HotSpot is a fake anti-virus program. Though it is newly designed, it has attacked many computers all over the world. Each time users boot their computers, they can see Windows Active HotSpot begin to scan their computers. Lots of viruses, infections, errors, etc, will be displayed after scanning. Users are scared by those threats and virus because they never know there are so many evil things in their computers. But what users should focus on is not those things scanned by Windows Active HotSpot, but Windows Active HotSpot itself. Have you ever install Windows Active HotSpot to your computer? Then how can it be here and scan your computer? That is the point.

Windows Active HotSpot pretends to be a legal anti-virus program that will help users remove virus and fix errors in target computer. It drops malicious files and registry entries to target computer once installed. It is also able to change the startup items so that it can be activated each time with the system booting. It scares users with fake virus and errors information, while if users try to remove those so-called viruses, they are asked to purchase the full version of Windows Active HotSpot.

Further Problems Caused by Windows Active HotSpot

Besides displaying fake information to scared users, Windows Active HotSpot causes other problems. Users may come across browser hijacker problems or other browser problems usually. Computer works weirdly and slowly definitely because the infected files and registry entries will take a large space of CPU usage, which will slow down the system running. It may also prevent users from downloading things from the Internet. In a word, Windows Active HotSpot causes many computer problems, users have to remove it as soon as possible.

Guide to Remove / Uninstall Windows Active HotSpot

Method one: manually remove Windows Active HotSpot from the infected computer.

Step 1: try to remove Windows Active HotSpot from Control Panel. 
Start menu>>Control Panel>>Uninstall a program, then uninstall Windows Active HotSpot according to instruction.

Step 2: You should stop the processes related to Windows Active HotSpot from Task Manager. Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to launch Task Manager, and click Processes tab.

Step 3: Malicious files created by Windows Active HotSpot should be removed.

%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\[random].exe
%System Root%\Samples
%User Profile%\Local Settings\Temp
%Documents and Settings%\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\ Windows Active HotSpot
C:\Program Files\ Windows Active HotSpot \license.rtf
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\ Windows Active HotSpot \ Windows Active HotSpot Tutorial
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\ Windows Active HotSpot \License Agreement

Step 4: Delete all registry entries related to Windows Active HotSpot. Press Win+R together>>type “regedit” to the search bar>>click OK>>delete registry entries related to Windows Active HotSpot.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Windows Active HotSpot \DisplayIcon %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe,0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\[RANDOM CHARACTERS] %AppData%\[RANDOM CHARACTERS]\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Windows Active HotSpot  \DisplayName Windows Active HotSpot
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ Windows Active HotSpot
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ Windows Active HotSpot \SettingsMngr

Video Guide to Remove Fake Anti-virus Program

Method two: automatically remove Windows Active HotSpot with SpyHunter.

1.Press the button below to download SpyHunter.

 2.Install SpyHunter on your computer, you need to click on the corresponding positions, according to the hints.

3.To find out all the malicious files related to Windows Active HotSpot, you are expected to run a full scanning after finishing the installation.

4.Delete all dubious files.

5.Scan your computer again to check all the threats have been removed.

Important notes: Even though manual removal also can help remove Windows Active HotSpot, it is dangerous and complicated. Any mistakes made during the process of operation will easily crash your system, so I strongly recommend downloading SpyHunter to remove Windows Active HotSpot and protect your computer in the future. SpyHunter, a powerful anti-virus program, is worth being downloaded to remove virus and protect computers daily.