FCADVICE Removal Instructions and Help

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What is FCADVICE?
 
FCADVICE or FCHELP are part of a direct marketing adware application that probably loaded on your computer with some P2P software.
It installs silently with no license agreement, no entry in Add/Remove Programs or in the Start Menu or elsewhere. 
 
Information from the McAfee database points to possible data being transmitted from the program to the website http://www.fullcontext.net.
 
 
How Do I Know If FCADVICE Is Installed on My Computer? 
 
If you use HijackThis create a logfile, you'll notice the following information pointing to FCADVICE
 
C:\Program Files\FCAdvice\FCAdvice.exe
 
O18 - Filter: text/html - { 994D478A-45D0-4DB4-AE77-288B1E346E99} - C:\Program Files\FCAdvice\FCAdvice.dll
O20 - AppInit_DLLs: Runner.dll
 
The program uses the "AppInit_DLLs" registry key to ensure it is launched everytime the computer boots. The Runner.dll file is placed in the c:\windows\system32  directory.
 
 The program also creates a FCADVICE directory under Program Files on the hard drive with the following files
 
 fcadvice.dll
 fcadvice.exe
 patterns.dat
 uninstall.exe
 
 How Do I Remove FCADVICE?
 
 1) Boot into Safe Mode to ensure nothing is running in the background
 
 2) Run Hijackthis and remove the following items
 
 O18 - Filter: text/html - { 994D478A-45D0-4DB4-AE77-288B1E346E99} - C:\Program Files\FCAdvice\FCAdvice.dll
 O20 - AppInit_DLLs: Runner.dll
 
 3) Open My Computer, Drive C, Program Files
 
 4) Right-click on the FCADVICE folder and delete it
 
 5) Open My Computer, Drive C, Windows, System32 folder
 
 6) Find and delete the Runner.dll file by right-clicking on it and choosing Delete
 
 7) Restart your computer in Normal mode and run Hijackthis again to make sure its gone.