How to remove System Assistant

What is System Assistant

System Assistant is promoted as a complex tool for keeping your system safe and clean. However, a recent investigation determined that it is a potentially unwanted program that falsifies the list of problems to convince users to buy their software. After running a scan, the program will generate random numbers of detected junk files, privacy items, malware, and other threats which is a pure trick. In fact, your computer may be totally clean and contain no issues that could endanger your privacy. If you decided to purchase the Premium version, the app will simply clear the list of fake issues and say that your computer is safe. Thus, System Assistant does not protect from actual threats and does not optimize your PC. Additionally, there is a probability that the System Assistant collects personal data and sells it to third-parties for generating profit apart from the main activity.

How System Assistant infected your computer

Potentially Unwanted Software infect computers without users’ consent. To do so, cybercriminals exploit multiple methods to stealthily promote their programs. One of them is known as bundling. By integrating third-parties software alongside freeware, they hide additional offers under “Advanced” or “Custom” sections. Statistics show that most users tend to skip these options and end up getting infected as a result. To enforce the protection against unwanted software, you should be equipped with decent anti-malware software. We recommend using SpyHunter 5 that will easily detect such threats like System Assistant and remove them in a couple of clicks. More detailed instructions on how to get rid of System Assistant are listed in the article below.

Remove System Assistant manually for free

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

Remove System Assistant from Control Panel

To start removing System Assistant 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 and Windows 8.

Remove System Assistant from Windows XP:

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

Remove System Assistant from Windows 7:

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

Remove System Assistant 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 System Assistant, click Uninstall.

Remove System Assistant from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall System Assistant 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 System Assistant 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 System Assistant in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall System Assistant

In some cases, System Assistant won’t uninstall and gives you message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall System Assistant. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing System Assistant 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 System Assistant 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 System Assistant

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

System Assistant files:

SANotifications.exe
SystemAssistant.exe
System Assistant.lnk
unins000.exe

System Assistant folders:

C:\ProgramData\System Assistant
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\System Assistant
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Assistant
C:\Program Files (x86)\System Assistant

System Assistant registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\System Assistant_is1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\System Assistant


How to block ads and pop-ups, offering to download System Assistant

As System Assistant is mostly distributed via special ads and pop-ups promising to fix windows errors or remove viruses, a good way to avoid installation of System Assistant 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 System Assistant from browsers. Download free trial here:

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