Driver Tonic - can't get rid of it

Question

When I updated my Acrobat Reader a while back, somehow a program called "Driver Tonic" got installed. I have tried all the uninstalling processes I can find. It just will NOT go away. It keeps interrupting everything I do and suggests I upgrade to the real product so it might actually do something besides pester me. I even got to C:/program files/Driver Tonic but the *.exe files are somehow blocked so I cannot open or delete or do anything to them.

I get a message that the program cannot be accessed because it is being used in an open program. Task Master cannot find it.

It says I need permission from my Administrator. This is my laptop. I am my own Administrator.

Anyone have a successful strategy to wipe this thing away?

Dov Isaacs · Answer

This software you refer to, Driver Tonic, has absolutely nothing to do with Adobe Acrobat Reader, its installer, or any Adobe updaters. I strongly suspect that your system got hijacked by some malware around the same time Acrobat Reader got updated. You may need to boot into Windows Safe Mode or even into a command line mode to delete this crud. Sincerely wishing you good luck in getting rid of that malware. Hopefully, it doesn't do further damage to your system.

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