HomeHow to Get Rid of AntivirusGT Antivirus Rogue Antispyware? Eliminate and Remove AntivirusGT Antivirus Completely
AntivirusGT Antivirus is not a legitimate and Real Antispyware Program but itself a spyware, more precisely a new kind of rogue antispyware program from the same family of Antivirus 7. The only difference being the core files are modified a little bit and the name is changed to hide it's detection by legitimate Antivirus programs installed on your PC.
This program is distributed with the help of trojans. When the trojan is started, it will automatically download and install AntivirusGT Antivirus onto your computer without your consent and knowledge and configure it to run when you start Windows.
When AntivirusGT Antivirus is started, it will imitate a system scan and detect a lot of various infections that will not be fixed unless you first purchase the program. Important to know, all of these reported infections are fake and don't actually exist on your computer! So you can safely ignore the scan results.
While AntivirusGT Antivirus is running, it will block the ability to run any programs as a method to scare you into thinking that your computer is infected with malware.
AntivirusGT Resident Shield: Virus Detected
Warning! Active virus detected!
Threat Detected: Trojan.Injector.BZ
Infected File: C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
Security advisor: Important updates available
New important updates available:
Virus and spyware database is out of date.
New Important updates:
- antivirus database definitions update
- anti-spyware database definitions update
- critical system vulnerabilities fix
Optional Updates
- resident shield update
- Internet Explorer potential vulnerabilities fix
Last but not least, AntivirusGT Antivirus will hijack Internet Explorer so that it will randomly show a warning page with the "Internet Explorer Warning ' visiting this web site may harm your computer!" header. Of course, all of above warnings and alerts nothing more but a scam and like false scan results should be ignored!
Attention! Your web page request has been cancelled.
This web site refused your connection as it was reported as a malicious request. This can be caused by Viruses, Trojans or Malware installed on your computer.
In order to resend your request to the website, press Resend request (please note, this action may cause a permanent block of your computer by the requested website)
In order to activate your security software, please press Fix Now (recommended)
As you can see, AntivirusGT Antivirus is a scam that designed with one purpose to trick you into purchasing the so-called full version of the program. Do not fall for these virus creators bait into buying the Rogueware! and if you already have, you should contact your credit card company and dispute the charges.
And now coming back on How to Get Rid of AntivirusGT Antivirus, you need a solid program to fix the damages, the rogue has caused. It alters files, folders,permissions and registry keys.
Though some anti-Malware programs like MalwareBytes claim to delete this malicious fake anti-spywares, they cannot correct all the damages it causes
So you need something as good as Reimage, to fix all the damages that was left behind, to delete all the traces completely....to revive your PC from malicious trojans that may still reside and make your PC slow and to stop from getting re-infected.
Reimage is the only repair tool that fixes damaged system files, whereas other regular anti-malware and anti-spyware just deletes the rogues they don't fix the damage left behind
When you try to fix this rogue, by running legitimate antivirus you encounter that app cannot be executed warning, task manager disabled, registry editing disabled etc..
So, in order to get rid of AntivirusGT Antivirus completely, start your PC in safe mode with networking, If you can`t run the IE, then you should repair the proxy settings of Internet Explorer. Run Internet Explorer, Click Tools -> Internet Options. Select Connections Tab and click to Lan Settings button. Uncheck "Use a proxy server" box. Click OK. Click Apply. Click OK. And go to http://reimagepcrepair.com to run a Scan. (Click cached result and refresh if searches are redirected)Reimage is the only PC repair tool, that can correct the damage a virus has caused by replacing the damaged file from fresh 25 million Windows Components Repository bank. (Regular legitimate AntiMalware and AntiSpyware programs just delete the corrupted files)
Reimage not only detects and terminates Adware, Spyware, Trojans, Key-loggers, Identity Theft scripts, Hijackers, Tracking Threats, Rogue Anti-Spyware, Unwanted Software, Phishing and Popups.files- it also fixes ALL the damage they left behind within 30 minutes. It is not just a registry cleaner, anti-spyware, windows repair and an Anti-virus software' it is a full-service, comprehensive "PC-Wash" that retrieves a "Just-Like-New" computer while keeping your personal data secure and protected.
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About the Author:
Tom Parks works for Microsoft. He is currently researching on PC optimization and system security. He is also an avid gamer and owns xbox, PS3, Nintendo Wii, Dsi and PSP