How to remove DriverDoc

What is DriverDoc?

DriverDoc is a badware or Potentially Unwanted Program, that claims to boost your computer’s performance by installing new drivers on your PC. Though it will demand payment after scanning your system in order to “help” you with your outdated drivers. Though some of your soft might be up for some driver updating, this application is not going to help you, so don’t buy the full version of this badware. In this article we’ll explain how to remove DriverDoc.

The only and one purpose of such applications is to earn easy money without doing any good to you. Completely opposite, DriverDoc will corrupt your computer’s work as it will generate pop-up ads, slow down your computer’s performance and show you frightening messages. Don’t trust this application, as all of their scary pop-up messages are blind threat. The developers of DriverDoc just want you to pay them for nothing. That’s why we advise you to remove DriverDoc as soon as possible.

How DriverDoc infects your PC?

DriverDoc is usually promoted among a lot of non-reliable websites as a good tool to optimize your PC. When searching how to fix some error, this websites will show up in your web searches. When installing something you’ve just downloaded from the internet, be very careful, check license agreement properly. Always choose Custom or Advances installation type, as it can prevent you from having badware on your computer. Stay sharp, get a proper anti-virus program and you’ll be safe from most of the threats.

There are two most common ways of getting DriverDoc on your computer:

1. Bundling method: this method is the most common in badware distribution. Cyber criminals put in the badware to some free software applications. The user downloads this program and install it, but the malicious program also getting into your computer.
2. Try to avoid visiting suspicious websites, they can infect your PC with DriverDoc easily.

How to remove DriverDoc from your computer?

You may try to use anti-malware tool to remove DriverDoc from your computer with all of its leftovers and register files.

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How to remove DriverDoc manually

Step 1: Remove DriverDoc from Control Panel

In order to get rid of DriverDoc, first thing you need to do is to uninstall malicious program from your computer. When removing DriverDoc, try to find suspicious recently installed programs and delete them too, as it’s pretty common that any malware comes with some other unwanted programs.

Windows XP:

1. Select Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then choose Add or Remove Programs.
4. Search for %HIJACKER%.
5. Click Uninstall.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Select Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Choose Uninstall a Program.
4. Find %HIJACKER% and choose Uninstall.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Select Search.
3. After that choose Apps.
4. Next Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find %HIJACKER%, select it and choose Uninstall.

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, then select Settings at the top.
2. Choose App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, find %HIJACKER% and select it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs. If you still can’t locate any suspicious program or not sure what some application is for, we advise you to use SpyHunter free scanner in order to track down what malicious program is infecting your system.

DriverDoc won’t uninstall

There are a lot of options in any Windows version for removing applications. Still, not all the programs can be completely deleted using these options. Badware or Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) are too stubborn to be removed, more than that, there are created this way, created to be hard to get rid of them. That’s why sometimes you can’t uninstall them using standard Windows options. You’ll probably get this message: “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall DriverDoc. Please, contact your system administrator.” To remove stubborn DriverDoc, use Safe Mode:

For Windows XP, Vista, 7

1. Turn off your PC;
2. Turn it on and immediately press F8 button;
3. You’ll see Advanced Boot Options menu;
4. Select Safe Mode with arrow buttons;
5. In Safe Mode navigate to Control Panel, then choose Uninstall a program and remove “DriverDoc”.

For Windows 8/8.1 and 10

1. Press the Win+R buttons, type msconfig in box and press Enter;
2. Choose Boot tab, and click on Safe Boot check box;
3. Select the type of Safe Mode: Minimal or Network;
4. Press OK and reboot your PC;
5. In Safe Mode navigate to Control Panel, then choose Uninstall a program and remove “DriverDoc”.

You can also perform Clean Boot. You need to turn off all the startup programs that may be the reason why the program won’t uninstall.

1. Press Windows + R;
2. In the Run window type msconfig;
3. Choose Services section;
4. Find Hide all Microsoft services line, tick the box;
5. The click Disable all;
6. Return back to General section;
7. Find the line Selective startup and untick the box Load startup items;
8. Select Apply, then OK;
9. Reboot your PC;
10. Remove DriverDoc from Control Panel.

Remove following registry entries:

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Then remove following files:

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And following folders

%PROGRAMFILES%\DriverDoc\
%PROGRAMFILES%\x86\DriverDoc\