Frsk Description:

Free History Cleaner claims to protect your privacy. Unfortunately, when testing the product 2003-11-19, it installed MapiSvc Adware and Winpup Adware without mentioning them in the EULA. Free History Cleaner's uninstaller did not work at all, when testing the 2.62 and 2.72 version of the software. The uninstaller in version 2.80 worked somewhat better but left behind fhccall.exe. fhccall.exe will continue to run on the system, starting each time a user logs on. The purpose of fhccall.exe is currently unknown, but the following URLS found inside the binary file indicated strongly indicates that it is an automatic updater of the software, downloading executables over the insecure http protocol, which can be a security risk.

Files: FreeHistoryCleaner.exe, fhcprogress.exe, fhccall.exe

Frsk Automatic Removal:

Using Spyware Doctor to detect and remove Frsk AUTOMATICALLY!

Frsk Manual Removal:

Follow these steps to remove Frsk from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

1. Kill these running processes with Task Manager:
   profilepath+\dp-b23011805.exe
   systemroot+\frsk.exe
   systemroot+\savestartdate.exe
   
2. Remove AutoRun Reference: Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. If you find the value , delete it and reboot the machine immediately.
   
3. Remove these registry items (if present) with RegEdit:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\frsk
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run\savedate
   
4. Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
   profilepath+\dp-b23011805.exe
   systemroot+\frsk.exe
   systemroot+\savestartdate.exe
   
5. After following the instructions above, you will still need to restore your original settings and prevent this from happening again. Here's how.

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