creader.exe - Dangerous
creader.exe
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Manual removal instructions:
Creader.exe is a part of PerformanceOptimizer software.
PerformanceOptimizer is a misleading application that reports false errors on the computer.
Related files:
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Performance Optimizer\Documentation\Documentation.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Performance Optimizer\Documentation\ReadMe.doc.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Performance Optimizer\Performance Optimizer Home Page.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Performance Optimizer\Performance Optimizer.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Performance Optimizer\Sellmosoft Home Page.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Performance Optimizer\Uninstall Performance Optimizer.lnk
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\creader.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\inst.imd
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\pcid.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\PerfOpt.chm
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\PerfOpt.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Performance Optimizer Home Page.url
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\PoChk.exe
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\ReadMe.doc
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Sellmosoft Home Page.url
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\sload.sbd
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data001.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data003.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data006.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data007.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data009.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data011.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data013.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data016.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data017.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data020.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data023.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data027.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data030.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data031.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data033.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data040.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\Tweaks\data042.reg
%ProgramFiles%\Performanceoptimizer (Free)\uninstpo.exe
Kill the process creader.exe and remove creader.exe from Windows startup.