(Solved!) Here is how to manually remove "UPGRADE.INI" virus: "UPGRADE.INI" Removal Guide

Be careful! Full path on computer: %COMMON APPDATA%\APPLE\TEMP\UPGRADE.INI

What is UPGRADE.INI?

How UPGRADE.INI got on your computer?

Phishing is the most common way for malware to infect computers.
It could be a fake email message that appears to be originated from Microsoft Customer Service, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, or even your bank or insurance company.
Fake emails that appear to come from the police, the FBI and other government entities were also reported.

UPGRADE.INI could also infect your computer by exploiting a security vulnerability of your Web browser or one of its plugins.
If this is the case, UPGRADE.INI would be injected into a Web page, and could get to your PC when you visited a malicious or hacked Web site.

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UPGRADE.INI can be distributed with legitimate software that is repackaged by the scammers.
It could be downloaded from warez Web sites or download archives.

How do you know you have UPGRADE.INI on my computer?

UPGRADE.INI works in background. It does not appear as a window, does not have a shortcut.
UPGRADE.INI hides its existence from your eyes.

You have 2 ways to remove UPGRADE.INI:

1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

1. You know only one virus name: "UPGRADE.INI", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
   The UnHackMe program detects this threat and all others.
2. UnHackMe is quite fast! You need only 5 minutes to check your PC.
3. UnHackMe uses the special features to remove hard in removal viruses. If you remove a virus manually, it can prevent deleting using a self-protecting module. If you even delete the virus, it may recreate himself by a stealthy module.
4. UnHackMe is small and compatible with any antivirus.
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Here’s how to remove UPGRADE.INI virus automatically:

STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 3: Remove UPGRADE.INI virus (3 minutes)

So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
That is why I strongly advise you to use UnHackMe for remove UPGRADE.INI redirect or other unwanted software.

How to remove UPGRADE.INI manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

You can see UPGRADE.INI at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to UPGRADE.INI in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove UPGRADE.INI virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove UPGRADE.INI virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains UPGRADE.INI in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.

Delete any task related to UPGRADE.INI. Disable unknown tasks with random names.

STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from UPGRADE.INI virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.

Remove UPGRADE.INI virus from Windows registry

Find and delete all keys/values contains UPGRADE.INI.

STEP 7: Remove UPGRADE.INI from Google Chrome.

STEP 8: Remove UPGRADE.INI from Internet Explorer.

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

STEP 9: Remove UPGRADE.INI from Mozilla Firefox.

Change Firefox Home Page

STEP 10: And at the end, clear your basket, temporal files, browser's cache.

But if you miss any of these steps and only one part of virus remains – it will come back again immediately or after reboot.

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Click Remove button or False Positive.

Enjoy!

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