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How do I uninstall "Strongvault Online Backup"?

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who has it locked me i shure hope not i`ll go crazy

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there was a gentleman dow the page with this site on it it will go through and find a bunch of thing that are or have add ware on it if you scroll down the page you will find strongvault all you have to do is high lite it click on it and it will remome it i coped andwill paste it here so if u want to get rid of it here it is.

http://support.microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall

this will take it out of your life forever ok

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THIS WORKS! Thank you manuel Orosco. This Strongvault Online Backup was driving me nuts eating up CPU space and causing my computer problems. Thanks for the tip.

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I can't delete this prog. I alredy tried the control panel and I can't even find it..Does anyone have any tips..I read what was up here but, I don't understant what little man?

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I have tried everything to delete this.Microsoft fix it,many malware programs.By accident I wanted to close unused programs ,so I hit ctry-alt-del,I saw strongvault in there.I right clicked and hit open cantaining folder.Deleted all the files and boom GONE.Hope it helps you.

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Add my pin 2942fd7d

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Wow.. Cliff.. you should do this for a living!! I can't thank you enough... The "fix" you gave was quick, simple, and 100% effective! You rock!
Thanks again.. Hope you stick around here...:)

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I'm in trouble here. The fix it thing is telling me that something is "expired".

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Just found out how to get rid of Strongvault! Microsoft's "Fix-It" works.
Go to   http://support.microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall
Run it. It should find Strongvault among several options. Select for deletion.
After trying all kinds of 'fix' software, this was the only one that worked!
Good Luck!   Cliff Lowe

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This worked! @Cliff Lowe - thank you, thank you, thank you. I had tried endless other ways to get rid of Strongvault, with no luck. I used Microsoft's Fix-It on the link you gave and that nasty little Strongvault seems to be gone. May 2013 shower you with good things ;)

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it works....

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Thank you Cliff! We were contemplating scrubbing the whole computer to get rid of the problem.  I am glad I used Google and typed in "Strongvault" and found that this was a virus and I had to get rid of it for the same reasons everyone else talked about.

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I tried the link you provided but I'm getting a error code 8004FE2C saying the program encounter a problem trying to connect to the server.  Suggestions?  Thank you in advance.

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Thanks everyone for the Strongvault answers.  I agree that it is a virus; it was downloaded along with other spam-generating viral software such as Yontoo when I downloaded a clock app a few weeks ago. One day after downloading this software I started getting bombarded with 20-30 SPAMs a day, everything from free samples of Fabreze to ****.  It also caused Internet Explorer to crash whenever I used it.  I realized this about a week later and uninstalled all the unwanted software through the uninstall section in Control Panel (Windows 7). I uninstalled the Strongvault, but today when I opened Task Manager, I saw Strongvault was running in the background.  I'm going to try the tips mentioned above and let you know how it comes out.

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Andrew Constandache, "As far as [you] can see" in this instance is not far enough. This program installs itself without permission and is set up in such a way that, even after being uninstalling using Windows 7 Uninstall, it leaves behind in the Windows 7 registry and elsewhere enough to permit the program to begin reinstalling itself, which it will do if permitted to. (The only way to stop it is to immediately shutdown your computer and do a forced closedown of it, as it will otherwise hold up the shutdown until it has reinstalled itself. The only thing I have found seems to work - and I stress "seems to" is the "install uninstall" automated fix shown above that appears at http://support.microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall.

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All my answers are written based on tests. I have installed Strongvault Online Backup and then remove it. Yes, the program had problems uninstalling but then I used Windows Installer Cleanup utility and removed its entry then used CCleaner to wipe all the unnecessary registry related to this application and then I completely removed all the files, directories, startup items and the application was completely wiped from my computer.

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Do not follow these instructions if you expect a resolution. This malware is persistent, and after uninstallation you will get "StrongVault Installation Wizard" pop-ups and prompts when you click on folders and/or files in Windows.

To properly remove, download Microsoft FixIt from here:

http://support.microsoft.com/mats/program_install_and_uninstall

Follow the steps, remove it, and it wouldn't hurt to run a spyware check afterwards.

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