Description: Antivirus GT is a rogue antivirus program that uses advanced hijacking methods to enter a user’s system and to push that user in to paying for the full version of the rogue application. Antivirus GT uses a Trojan that gets installed when the user visits malicious websites to exploit security loopholes in the user’s system which then installs Antivirus GT on the system. Once installed, Antivirus GT will go on to perform a large number of fake scans on the system, reporting to the user that their computer is infected with an almost infinite number of non-existent viruses. It also displays fake warning pop-ups from the Windows taskbar. Antivirus GT installs a Browser Helper Object that redirects the user’s web browser to a website which promotes Antivirus GT whenever the user attempts to surf the internet. All this activity is aimed at directing the user to purchase the ‘full’ version of Antivirus GT under the claim that the currently installed ‘trial’ version is not sufficient to remove the detected fake ‘viruses’. However, neither the ‘full’ version nor the ‘trial’ version is capable of properly detecting or removing viruses from any computer.
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As soon as you detect a copy of this malicious application on your computer, you should initiate Antivirus GT removal. In order to delete Antivirus GT, you need to stop its processes, unregister its DLL files, remove its files and folders, and delete its registry entries.
Antivirus GT Manual Removal Procedures
The first step you need to take in order to remove Antivirus GT is to stop the following processes from executing:
- antivirus GT.exe
- avgt.exe
The next step in Antivirus GT removal is to delete the following files and folders:
Windows XP:
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AVGT\
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AVGT\AntivirusGT.lnk
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AVGT\Uninstall.lnk
- c:\Program Files\AVGT\
- c:\Program Files\AVGT\antivirusGT.exe
- %UserProfile%\Desktop\AntivirusGT.lnk
- C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Local Settings\Temp\MicrosoftExtensions.dll
Windows Vista/7:
- c:\Users\%USERNAME%\My Documents\AVGT\
- c:\ Users\%USERNAME%\My Documents \AVGT\AntivirusGT.lnk
- c:\ Users\%USERNAME%\My Documents \AVGT\Uninstall.lnk
- c:\Program Files\AVGT\
- c:\Program Files\AVGT\antivirusGT.exe
- %UserProfile%\Desktop\AntivirusGT.lnk
- C:\ Users\%USERNAME%\My Documents \Local Settings\Temp\MicrosoftExtensions.dll
Antivirus GT Registry Removal Procedures
File deletion alone is not sufficient to completely remove Antivirus GT from your computer. In order to ensure complete Antivirus GT removal, it is necessary to delete the following keys and settings from the Windows Registry:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EVA246
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinFD
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3304F17F-732C-4AC6-BF67-DBDC8B88C11F}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{3304F17F-732C-4AC6-BF67-DBDC8B88C11F}
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "AVGT"
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform "WinNT-EVI 05.07.2010"
Now it is safe to say that you have removed Antivirus GT from your computer. To be 100% sure you got all the traces and to check to see if you are infected with anything else you should run a full scan with Spyware Doctor with Antivirus. This security client should detect anything left over and from there you can manually remove what it finds or if your looking for a good client you can just make a purchase and hit the remove button.
Antivirus GT Directories:
XP
- c:\Users\%USERNAME%\My Documents\AVGT\
- c:\Program Files\AVGT\
Vista / Windows 7
- c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AVGT\
- c:\Program Files\AVGT\
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