Effectively Remove starthelp.exe

Complaints about starthelp.exe:

I have recently been noticing a pop-up on booting my computer that asks if I'd like to install "starthelp.exe".  I never clicked "install", and have restored my computer to about a month ago, in hopes it would make it go away.  Outside of restoring to factory settings, I was wondering if anyone else knows anything about this and the best way to remove it.  Anyone out there think they have an answer? Thanks.

I have Google Chrome, IE8, and now Firefox installed. I can not connect all three and get starthelp.exe at start up. It asks to allow or not. I have read its a virus but how do I get rid of it. I have Norton Internet Security and have disabled all my add-ons. I am running Windows Vista.Thanks for any help,

What does starthelp.exe do in the infected PC?

Starthelp.exe is a notorious and stubborn computer infection which may invade into the target PC without users’ knowledge and permission. Once gets into the PC, starthelp.exe runs in the back ground and starts its malicious tasks. Here are some harmful behaviors of starthelp.exe, just for your reference.

1.The infected PC will run more and more slowly. Users may encounter windows freeze when they are surfing the internet. And sometime the PC shuts down suddenly before they are able to save the editing data. Moreover, if you keep starthelp.exe longer in your PC, you will get system crash in the end.

2.A backdoor may be chiseled up by starthelp.exe to allow other kinds of computer viruses to infiltrate into the PC more easily, such as the Trojan horse, spyware, and adware and browser hijacker. Users may suffer a terrible surfing experience when these computer viruses work together to make a chaos to the target PC.

3.Starthelp.exe may add files to the startup menu to make itself get started automatically when users boot the infected PC. It also deletes some important system files for its own benefit.

4.Although Starthelp.exe claims that it is easy to be installed and uninstalled, however, in reality, it is a stubborn computer infection that can reinstall itself with any left files, thus it is very hard to completely remove Starthelp.exe from control panel.

All in all, Starthelp.exe should not be kept any longer in your PC. Read this passage and get the most effective way to get rid of Starthelp.exe thoroughly and once and for all from your PC.

Method one: Starthelp.exe manual removal guide

Step 1: Launch your PC into Safe Mode with Networking.
Restart your computer. As your computer restarts but before Windows launches, tap "F8" key constantly. Use the arrow keys to highlight the "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then press ENTER.

Step2: Open task manager to stop all the suspicious processes.
Press Window+R keys together. In the dialogue box that pop-up, type into taskmgr and press OK.  Find out all the suspicious processes and delete them.

 

Step 3:  Detect and remove all the following registries:
Open Registry Editor by clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ActiveSetup\Installed Components\random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\ random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” =Random
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\run\Random.exe


Step 4: remove all the infected files
C:\Windows\System32\services.exe
c:\windows\assembly\gac_32\ Starthelp.exe
c:\windows\assembly\gac_64\ Starthelp.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll

If the manual guide is kinda difficult for you, please feel free to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter to drive the self-invited guest away.

Method two: Automatically remove starthelp.exe with Spyhunter antivirus software:

 

Step 1: click the icon below to download automatic removal tool SpyHunter

 

 

Step 2: follow the instructions to install SpyHunter

 

 

Step 3: run SpyHunter to automatically detect and uninstall starthelp.exe

 

Summary: Due to the changeable characters of starthelp.exe, you cannot be too careful to distinguish the harmful files and registries from the system files and registries. If you have spend too much time in manual removing starthelp.exe and still not make any progress, you can download and install Spyhunter antivirus software here to remove starthelp.exe automatically for you.