How can I remove the program, Super anti spyware?

Question

I downloaded this program at the suggestion of someone on this forum. It is taking up 62,672 K of memory, slows my computer and is inefective. It doesn't show in Add/delete, and when I try to remove it by going to c\programs, it says "Cannot delete, access is denied". Can anyone out there, help me with getting this program off my computer.

I used a combination of these answers to delete super anti spyware, thanks to all. I installed this program, when I had a trojan that I just couldn't remove, but it didn't remove it either. I finally used a trial version of AVG-anti spy and it took it out finally. The super anti-spyware took up so much room, and caused a slow boot up of my computer, I just wanted to get rid of it, and since it wasn't in add/delete, I was afraid that I actually downloaded a spy program in itself. It just didn't work for me. Usually Ad-aware would remove most things, but this one, it wouldn't remove either, but AVG did. Thanks everyone, for your help.

Answer 1

PCTools products do get good reviews. The good thing is they have free versions of their products. They work great. Spyware Doctor from the Google pack is a must. I highly recommend it. I bought Webroots Spysweeper and spyware doctor finds stuff spysweeper does not. Having both is a perfect combo and I recommend running two anti-spyware products.

PCTools Anti-Virus
http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/

PCTools Threatfire - Malware Protection
This free tool makes your current anti-virus better. Definite Download
http://www.threatfire.com

PCTools Firewall Plus
http://www.pctools.com/firewall/

The Google Pack includes a free starter edition of Spyware Doctor.
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer_new.html?hl=en&gl=us&ai=BZy9nzYgZR_j2KofKmwTgjq3mAezuhSGAyqSDAsWNtwEAEAEgw9-LBTgBUIfas8sEYMnG5YbIo-gZoAGWl5z9A7IBDmZvcmRicmFrZXMuY29tyAEC2gEWaHR0cDovL2ZvcmRicmFrZXMuY29tL4ACAagDAw&gclid=CJu2m5HWnI8CFSUYagodtkXDew&ciNum=11

Reviews
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136191/article.html



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You can do an online scan for viruses and spyware for free from the major vendors. Some of these require Internet Explorer to run because of Active-X

Trend-Micro
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Computer Associates
http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/pestscan/
Panda Software
http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/solutions/activescan/
Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/?langid=ie&venid=sym
Mcafee Free Scan
http://us.mcafee.com/root/catalog.asp?catid=free
Kaspersky Scanner
http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Microsoft Protection Scanner
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/howsafe.htm?s_cid=mscom_msrt
F-Secure
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/olsbeta.shtml
BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html
NOD32
http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/index.php


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Its good to run two anti-spywares even if some extra resources are taken.

SuperAntiSpyware does an excellent job. AVG's full version gets great reviews.



Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware

Microsoft Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

AVG
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-spyware-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

Spyware Terminator 2
http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/

SuperAntispyware
http://superantispyware.com/


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Anti-Spyware for a cost.
Personally I bought Webroot's Spysweeper, their product is great and well worth the money. Watch Best Buy ads because sometimes it goes on sale for $10 to $15.

Webroot Spysweeper
http://www.webroot.com/consumer/compare/freeware.html?rc=4929
PCTools Spyware Doctor
http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/

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There are free anti-virus scanners availble. They work well. I like AVG and PCTools anti-viruses the best of the free anti-virus programs.
If you are not willing to spend money it is good to have some kind of anti-virus software

avg
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

avast
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Avira AntiVir
http://www.free-av.com/

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For a Cost
This is my recommendation for anti-virus. Free are good, but they are not as accurate as the top paid anti-virus software

Top-Tier
Kaspersky
http://www.kasepersky.com

Nod32
http://www.eset.com/

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Super Antivirus Spyware

Answer 4

Super Spyware

Answer 5

It could be that you downloaded the Free Trial software and not the Free version of Superantispyware. I think your trial period has ended and that's why it is not updating and therefore ineffective...

It is possible also that you just downloaded a 'rogue' (illegitimate) program that claims to be a 'SUPER' antispyware. There are many, many poor anti-spyware programs touting 'Names' which are very similar to a very legitimate programs.. like this::

IE Defender --Windows Defender

Which one is the real thing?

The legitimate program is Windows Defender- the other is 'rogue-ware'...
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-Uninstalling SUPERAntiSpyware-
http://www.superantispyware.com/WebHelp/SUPERAntiSpyware.htm

To uninstall SUPERAntiSpyware please visit the Control Panel and select the Add/Remove Programs option. Locate SUPERAntiSpyware in the list of software and click the Remove button.

SUPERAntiSpyware will be completely removed from your system.


Hope this helps.
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Use protection,
your computer will thank you.

Answer 6

You should load Windows in safe mode by pressing F8. However, Windows cant delete files or a program that are “live”. This means the program or some elements of it are actually running. The program or one its services may be running silently in the background or being shared with another application. To disconnect all applications associated with the program, Press Crtl-Alt-Delete time to pull up the task manager. You will need to disable all the services associated with the program. Here is how:

1. Open your "Start"menu.
2. Click “Run”
3. In the command screen type "msconfig.exe"
4. In the "system configuration utility",click "service"
5. Uncheck all executable(.exe) files associated with the program you want to remove.
6. Click "OK"

Then use add and remove to take out the program. If this doesn't work clean your registry.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

Sure.

Go to your task manager and click ctrl alt del
then disable the program and try deleting it then.

Also the easy way is to go to Safe Mode.
Then delete it from C:/Program Files/

Should work then, otherwise get a Add/Remove Programs software from Download.com

Answer 10

I am surprised that SuperAntiSpyware is causing you problems. However, in your notification area (near the clock) you should see a yellow bug. Right click on this and quit. You should now be able to delete.

wdw

Answer 11

Richard Reynolds and David Roberts asked the same question. You should read the answers side by side.