How to remove Ardamax Keylogger

What is Ardamax Keylogger

Ardamax Keylogger is a legitimate keylogger designed to capture computer activity by wrapping it into a log file. To simplify, keyloggers are commonly used as a part of parental supervision to remotely track the children’s interaction with a PC. They allow monitoring various actions that are being processed on the keyboard and sending it to the observer. Ardamax Keylogger can be downloaded from the official website. Unfortunately, most cybercriminals tend to abuse these kinds of tools for evil purposes like gathering passwords, credentials and basically everything happening in the system without the user’s consent. This data can, therefore, be sold to third-parties organizations for revenue purposes. Such manipulations can subsequently suggest a massive identity threat for the person being unknowingly controlled. To evade confidential information loss, we strongly recommend deleting Ardamax Keylogger from your computer by following the steps in the article below.

How Ardamax Keylogger infected your computer

Ardamax Keylogger and other Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUAs) can sneak into your computer via bundling methods. Bundling is one of the most misused methods to infiltrate systems without the user’s permission. Cybercriminals tend to put unwanted applications as additional offers alongside repacked software. Unfortunately, due to the fact that careless users often neglect to check all the installation steps, they thereby miss “Advanced/Custom” sections that can possibly contain malicious software. Extortionists do not notify users about the presence of appended programs, hence forcing them into the unintended installation. Sometimes frauds make unwanted software totally invisible so that inexperienced users could not check it. Either way, the attendance of Ardamax Keylogger or any other suspicious software can cause irreversible information leaks and has to be removed momentarily by following the guide down below.

Remove Ardamax Keylogger manually for free

Here is a manual step-by-step tutorial for full Ardamax Keylogger removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of Ardamax Keylogger installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Remove Ardamax Keylogger from Control Panel

To start removing Ardamax Keylogger you should remove it using Control Panel. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

Remove Ardamax Keylogger from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find Ardamax Keylogger.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Ardamax Keylogger from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find Ardamax Keylogger and click Uninstall.

Remove Ardamax Keylogger from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find Ardamax Keylogger, click Uninstall.

Remove Ardamax Keylogger from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Ardamax Keylogger from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate Ardamax Keylogger in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate Ardamax Keylogger in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall Ardamax Keylogger

In some cases, Ardamax Keylogger won’t uninstall and gives you message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Ardamax Keylogger. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing Ardamax Keylogger folder and files. This happens, because file wtc.exe or service does not allow you to do it. In this case I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Ardamax Keylogger in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove Ardamax Keylogger

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Ardamax Keylogger files:

akl.exe
akv.exe
nsk.exe
il.dll
kh.dll
akv.ini
settings.ini
TND.exe
tnd.006
tnd.007
tnd.003
tnd.004
tnd.chm
tnd.005
wgv.exe
wgv.006
wgv.007
wgv.003
wgv.004
wgv.chm
wgv.002
akl.001
akl.002
il.dll
kh.dll


Ardamax Keylogger folders:

C:\Program Files (x86)\ckm
C:\Programs\ardamax keylogger
C:\Program Files (x86)\fkg
C:\Program Files\NSK

Ardamax Keylogger registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Ardamax Keylogger
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\NSK
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ardamax Keylogger Lite
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\App Paths\akl.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Ardamax Keylogger

How to block ads and pop-ups, offering to download Ardamax Keylogger

Ardamax Keylogger is mostly distributed via special ads and pop-ups, promoting the ability to spy on a partner, friend, or child. A good way to avoid the installation of Ardamax Keylogger is to block such ads in browsers. There are a couple of programs that have such functions. We recommend you to use AdGuard to remove ads by Ardamax Keylogger from browsers. Download free trial here:

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Get best anti-keylogger to protect from apps, like Ardamax Keylogger, in the future

Keyloggers use various tricks to avoid detection by security software. Many legitimate tracking programs, like Ardamax Keylogger, are not detected by classic antiviruses or whitelisted. However, there is special software called “anti-keyloggers”, that uses heuristic and behavioral detection technology to catch and remove keyloggers, spyware, tracking cookies, and other similar apps. Among the best is Zemana AntiLogger. Download it here:

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