VuuPC by ClickMeIn Ltd. is a tool to get a remote access to your PC from any internet computer or mobile. Please find below a few facts about VuuPC we would like to pay your attention to. This program can be distributed by bundling to free software using pay-per-install marketing method; so it may sneak to your PC as a part of another installation without you noticing this.
A lot of confidential information is collected by VuuPC if it is installed on your PC. Quote from VuuPC Privacy Policy:
“VuuPC® gathers information about you, including (but not limited to) information in the following categories:
a) Identification data (e.g. name, address, telephone number, mobile number, email address);
b) Electronic identification data (e.g. IP addresses, cookies, tracking GUID files, crash data);
c) Banking and payment information (credit card information, account number);
d) Information about your usage of and interaction with the VuuPC® software on each PC of yours, including platform, device and connection information, device capability, processing time, UI usage, bandwidth, frame-per-second, statistics on page views, and traffic to and from our websites, browser type, usage statistics and the like…”
During installation, 2 scheduled tasks are assigned on your PC by VuuPC (to avoid any UAC prompts and user’s interaction):
The program adds itself to the Exceptions list of your Windows firewall (also, without any notification):
Services related to VuuPC automatically launch with every Windows start slowing down its booting time:
If you try to download the program from its home page using Chrome browser, it usually blocks the setup considering it as a malicious one:
If you want to remove VuuPC from your PC, please find below step-by-step instructions.
Note. This is a self-help guide. Use it at your own risk. This article is provided "as is" and to be used for information purposes.
1. Before you start, please make sure you are logged as a system administrator. Also, please save a copy of your important documents/files on an external hard drive.
2. Find a white ‘V’ icon in your system tray (next to the clock) -> right click on it and exit the program.
3. From your desktop, click on Windows Start button and choose Control Panel option (Windows 8 users: right-click on ‘Windows Start’ icon (by default, it is located in the left bottom corner of your screen), and choose Control Panel from the context menu):
- Click ‘Programs and Features’ (Windows Vista, 7 and 8)/‘Add or Remove Programs’ (Windows XP),
- Please find ‘VuuPC, You’re Always a Click Away!’ (it can be also called ‘Remote Desktop Access (VuuPC)’),
- Right-click on it, choose ‘Uninstall’ and follow the removal prompts.
4. Please make sure that hidden files in your Windows Explorer are visible: Start –> Control Panel (Appearance and Personalization) –> Folder Options –> ‘View’ tab –> find ‘Hidden files and folders’ and check a box ‘Show hidden files, folders, and drives’.
5. Follow this path - C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Temp (XP users: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER_NAME\Local Settings\Temp) -> highlight all the files/folders here -> press ‘Shift’+’Delete’ and click ‘Yes’ to completely clean this folder (Note. If you receive messages that some files cannot be removed, just skip the file in question).
6. Please find the directories below and make sure that all the VuuPC traces are removed:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VuuPC
C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\VOPackage
C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\VuuPCBaseSetup.exe (XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\VuuPCBaseSetup.exe )
7. Optional: If you want to restrict remote access to your PC:
• go to Start -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> click on ‘Change settings’ link -> find a ‘Remote’ tab -> in the ‘Remote Assistance’ section, uncheck an option ‘Allow Remote Assistance connections to this computer’ -> click on ‘Apply’ -> OK (to uncheck this feature on XP, please right click on ‘My Computer’ icon on your desktop -> choose ‘Properties’ -> ‘Remote connections’ tab).
8. Now, please install Ad-Aware to make sure you don’t have any infections on your machine:
• Click here to download Ad-Aware, and follow installation instructions from Ad-Aware User Guide (‘Installation and Uninstallation’ -> ‘Ad-Aware Install’ section).
• Perform a full scan of your PC with Ad-Aware (following Ad-Aware User guide: ‘Scanning System’ -> ‘Running a scan’ section).
• Restart your PC.
9. If you continue facing issues with VuuPC, please remove its traces from your registry. Before you start, please make sure you understand how important this part of your PC is. You cannot restore data from here once you delete something (‘Ctrl+Z’ never works in Registry Editor). And if you delete an incorrect component by mistake, it may damage your OS and make it unusable.
• To open the Registry, press ‘Win+R’ keys on your keyboard -> in the opened window type regedit and press ‘Enter’.
• Highlight main registry section called ‘Computer’ -> press Ctrl+F keys on your keyboard -> make sure Keys, Values, Data check-boxes in the ‘Find’ window are checked -> type VuuPC in the search field and click OK. Search results will highlight a key/value/data that contains VuuPC components. If you find the exact match with the name of program you want to remove, right click on the element in question and choose ‘Delete’ from the context menu.
• Use F3 key to continue the search and to find all the necessary files.
• Exit the registry editor.
• Reboot your PC.
Lastly, it is recommended to always keep your antivirus program up-to-date with a real-time protection turned on, and perform weekly full scans to stay protected at all times.