Please follow these steps to remove residual BestCrypt modules manually:
1. Make sure BestCrypt is not listed at Control Panel --> Programs --> Uninstall a program. If it does, select BestCrypt, click Uninstall and reboot your PC after the process is finished.
2. Open "Device Manager": press 'Win'+R, type 'devmgmt.msc' and click 'OK'.
- if "BestCrypt bus controllers" entry exists - it means that BestCrypt driver was not uninstalled properly. Uninstall it manually as follows:
- expand the entry, right-click on the "BestCrypt bus controller for ..." subitem and run "Uninstall" command;
3. Delete all files from the Jetico home folder (default paths are C:\Program Files (x86)\Jetico\BestCrypt for 64-bit architecture systems and C:\Program Files\Jetico\BestCrypt for 32-bit architecture systems)
4. Delete these driver files from C:\Windows\System32\drivers\ :
-bcbus.sys
-bcfnt.sys
-bcswap.sys
-fsh.sys
-BC_*.sys - algorithm drivers
-moh.sys
-mhk.sys
-MftWipeFilter.sys
5. Open Windows Registry Editor: press 'Win'+R, type 'regedit' and click 'OK', then delete the following registry keys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Jetico
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Jetico
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BestCrypt
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\bcbus
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\bcfnt
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\*** - algorithms
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\bcswap
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\fsh
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\moh
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\mhk
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\MftWipeFilter
6. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs and delete Jetico entries highlighted on the screenshots below:
7. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\ and modify following entries:
Important note!
These registry keys contain "Upper Filters" subkeys that must be processes carefully (click 'Modify'):
a. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
"UpperFilter" subkey contains two names - "bcfnt" and "PartMgr" and maybe some other names
You should delete "bcfnt" but leave the others intact.
b. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96F-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
"UpperFilter" subkey contains - "mouclass" and "moh" and maybe some other names
You should delete "moh" but leave the others intact.
c. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
"UpperFilter" subkey contains - "kbdclass" and "mhk" and maybe some other names
You should delete "mhk" but leave the others intact.
8. Reboot.
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