Learn to Remove Windows Efficiency Console Rogue Antivirus Program

Type: Rogue Antivirus Program

Risk Coefficient: High Level

Targeted OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

Geographical Reason: Globally Distributed
Possible Carriers: Freeware or shareware downloads, corrupt files shared with others, unsafe or hacked web sites, spam email attachments, Trojan horses, and so forth.

Windows Efficiency Console is a fake antivirus program, one member of Rogue.FakeVimes family. It can attack computer system based on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Once installed, this program will run itself automatically at the background when you start your computer. When you enter into your desktop, it will pop up to scan your computer system. After that, it displays false detected results and fake security warnings to ask you to remove those threats on your computer. And it will ask you to buy its entire program version to remove those detected infections. But don’t believe it. This is a malicious scareware created by the cyber criminals to collect money.

Windows Efficiency Console will block you from running some legit applications. This is a tricky virus should be completely removed. When you get this infection, just ignore its warning messages and find someone who is professional on computer to help you. 

You can delete it in two ways. One is to remove it manually and the other is to uninstall it with SpyHunter, an antivirus.

Technical details for removing Windows Efficiency Console manually

To manually get rid of Windows Efficiency Console, it’s to end processes, unregister DLL files, search and uninstall all other files and registry entries.
Step 1: Boot your infected computer into Safe Mode with Networking

(Reboot your infected PC > keep pressing F8 key before Windows start-up screen shows>use the arrow keys to select “Safe Mode with Networking” and press Enter.)

Step 2: Click the “start” button on the lower left corner of your monitor. Find and double click the button “Control Panel”. Find “Program” icon in the control panel, and then double click it. When the windows pop up, find Windows Efficiency Console icon in the list, and then select it to start uninstalling it from your computer by clicking “Remove”.

Step 3: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together and stop Windows Efficiency Console processes in the Windows Task Manager.

Step 4: Open the Registry Editor, search for and delete these Registry Entries created by Windows Efficiency Console.

(Click Start button> click "Run" > Input "regedit" into the Run box and click ok)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\[random]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run\[random]
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\[random]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\svflooje\Enum\[random]

Step 5: Detect and remove Windows Efficiency Console associated files listed below:

%AllUsersProfile%\{random}
C:\WINDOWS\System64/32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system64/32\spoolsv.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe

Details for removing Windows Efficiency Console with SpyHunter

Step 1:Click the following button to download SpyHunter.

Step 2:Click Save to save its application into your computer.

Step 3:Follow the steps in the installation instructions.

Step 4:Click Finish, then it can be installed into your computer successfully.

Step 5:Press Start Scan Your Computer Now to find out dangerous program or software.
Step 6:Tick Select All and then Remove to get rid of all threats.

Video guide for manually removing Windows Efficiency Console

NOTE: Since Windows Efficiency Console can cause so many horrible consequences. Get down to solving it with the guides above. If you don't want to waste your precious time, download SpyHunter to help you.