How to Uninstall SpywareBlaster

SpywareBlaster is a utility to prevent the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, dialers, browser hijackers, and other potentially unwanted programs. You want to unintall them somehow, however! This article tells you how to unintall it completely. To unintall programs easily, quickly and completely, you can use Perfect Unintaller. Click here to  get a free scan.

Method one to unintall SpywareBlaster

Step 1: Shut down SpywareBlaster

- Open SpywareBlaster and select “Disable All Protection”

- Close SpywareBlaster

- Close the AutoUpdate program, if open. To check, use CTRL-ATL-DELETE:

• Hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and at the same time hit the DELETE key once to open the Windows Task Manager
• Click on the “Processes” tab in the Windows Task Manager (you can sort the list alphabetically by clicking on the “Image Name” header)
• Look for a program called sbautoupdate.exe
• If you find sbautoupdate.exe, click on it and then on “End Process“
• If you also see a program called spywareblaster.exe, use “End Process” on it too

Step 2: Uninstall SpywareBlaster

- Open the Control Panel (click on START in the lower left corner of your screen, then on CONTROL PANEL)

- Open ADD /REMOVE PROGRAMS

- Search for the SpywareBlaster entry and select REMOVE – this should uninstall it

- Reboot.

Note: If you can close down SpywareBlaster but the uninstaller is unable to do its job (perhaps due to previous incomplete uninstalls), you may need to download and install SpywareBlaster over-the-top of your old installation. This will give you a good copy of the uninstaller, and you should then be able to follow the steps above and uninstall completely.

Method two to Uninstall SpywareBlaster

Step 1: Turn off Protection and Purge Selected Items

- Open SpywareBlaster. Click Start, then All Programs, then SpywareBlaster.

- Under Quick Task, click the Disable All Protection link.

- Exit SpywareBlaster by clicking the X (Close) button in the upper right corner.

Step 2: Delete Scheduled Tasks

NOTE: If  SpywareBlaster was set to check your computer on a weekly or monthly basis, you will delete these tasks.

NOTE: Please close any open programs at this time.

- Click on the Start button and then choose Control Panel.

- Open the Scheduled Tasks control panel. If you don’t see it, click the Switch to Classic View link on the left. Then open the Scheduled Tasks control panel.

- Right Click on SpywareBlaster and choose Delete. Click Yes.

- Close the Scheduled Tasks control panel.

Step 3: Remove with Add/Remove Control Panel

- If needed, click on the Start button and then choose Control Panel.

- Open the Add or Remove Programs control panel. Wait for the list of installed software to appear.

- Scroll down in the list of programs and select SpywareBlaster vX.X (where X.X is the version number of the currently installed program).

- Click Remove. In the warning message that asks “Are you sure you want to completely remove SpywareBlaster … “, click Yes.

Step 4: Delete Program Files folder and Configuration folder

NOTE: To complete the removal of these programs, you need to delete SpywareBlaster folder.

- After the computer has restarted, open My Computer. Open the Local Disk (C:). Open the Program Files folder. NOTE: If you see a blue screen that states “These files are hidden.”, click the Show the contents of this folder link. You will then see the folders in the Program Files folder.

- From the View menu choose Details (if not already selected).

-  Right Click on the SpywareBlaster folder and choose Delete. Click Yes.