Hello!

I've installed a Trial Version of Demon Tools Pro yesterday.

After Setup the program runs fine. Then after I rebooted the installer starts again (?) and that kind of hangs my pc.
I can close it but only if I open up Task Mananger, because I can't use my mouse anymore to klick anything (??) After that I'm usually able to close the Task DemonToolsPro.

I've uninstalled DemonTools after that - I hoped that would work- but.. it didn't the installer stills starts everytime i boot.
then i Uninstalled the SPTD drivers. That didn't work either.

my system also hangs now when i shut down my pc. :-/
I often have to use reset to reboot...


What I've figured out for now. The Installer starts in:
E:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\vashan\Lokale Einstellungen\Temp

however deleting that, didn't do anything. It's just there again after I reboot.


I've opened another thread in the offical DT Forums there are some screenshots and some things I already tried.

Installer starts everytime I boot my pc - THE DAEMON TOOLS FORUM

Can someone please help me?

Thanks
Vashan

Hello Vashan and welcome to PCHF!

You are in capable hands here, this site is staffed by the best techs I have ever known!

I will mark your thread as open to attract the more intelligent among us to come and take a look

Thank you for your patience and I look forward to seeing you around the forum

Go here:

Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

and download the MS Installer Cleanup Utility. Install it, run it and delete the unwanted application.

Please report back...........

thanks for your reply!

I've downloaded the programm and there is no entry of DT in there.

Now that's odd - could it be there as a name you don't recgonise?

Do this:
Download CCleaner from CCleaner - Download
Then install.
I suggest when asked untick all the options apart from the top one

CCleaner:

Under the Cleaner section: select “Run Cleaner”

Under the Registry section: select “Scan for Issues”

(when asked about registry “Backup” save & then accept where it saves it to.)
then “Fix Selected Issues”

Do the Registry option again..(and again until no issues found)

This will clean up a lot of stuff.

Then using the CCleaner Tools option can you see the program to delete?

I know CCleaner, I had it installed and used it frequently. This problem really isn't easy to figure out.
of course, CCleaner didn't fix the problem. That would be too easy...

I searched Registry for some possible entries: Nothing.
MSconfig didn't help - deactivated any process, service that's isn't needed by Windows.

I made a bootlog - still nothing out of ordinary...

How can that damn installer copy itself into my Temp folder and start, without Autostart, a registry entry, a programm entry and without a driver.

Where does it hide?

There must be an entry somewhere.


Anything left to check? I don't know anymore- that's also why I asked here.

okay I was able to solve this myself. i was looking in my Kaspersky Internet Security for suspicious programm acitivity and guess what: I found a very suspicious one. A programm that runs over 600x times and tries to change explorer.exe the programm was called Winscr.exe.
I found it in /Windows/system32/winscr.exe and I was able to delete it.

After that the installer doesn't start anymore - problem solved.

Thanks for the help anyway.