The following instructions have been created to help you to get rid of "Fraud.VirusTrigger" manually.
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
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Threat Details:
Categories:
Desktop:
Important: There are more desktop links that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Start Menu:
Important: There are more start menu items that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Quicklaunch area:
Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
Use this guide at your own risk; software should usually be better suited to remove malware, since it is able to look deeper.
If this guide was helpful to you, please consider donating towards this site.
Threat Details:
Categories:
- malware
- rogue
Fraud.VirusTrigger pretends to be a security software. When it is installed on the computer it shows a lot of harmless cookies, browser helper objects and autorun entries as high risk spyware problems installed by itself. When the user wants to fix these intended false positives he has to purchase a license. It also displays pop ups showing warnings that the computer is attacked by a backdoor trojan.
Removal Instructions:Desktop:
Important: There are more desktop links that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Start Menu:
Important: There are more start menu items that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Quicklaunch area:
Please remove the following items from your start quick launch area text to the "Start" button in the taskbar at the bottom.
To check where they are pointing to, right-click them and choose "Properties" from the context menu appearing.
- Quicklaunch symbols named "AntivirusTrigger 2.1.lnk" and pointing to "<insert link destination here>".
Autorun:
Please use Spybot-S&D, RunAlyzer or msconfig.exe to remove the following autorun entries.
- Entries named "VirusTriggerBin" and pointing to "*".
- Entries named "VirTrigger" and pointing to "?<$PROGRAMFILES>\VirTrigger\VirTrigger.exe?".
You can try to uninstall products with the names listed below; for items identified by other properties or to avoid malware getting active again on uninstallation, use Spybot-S&D or RunAlyzer to locate and get rid of these entries.
- Products that have a key or property named "VirusTriggerBin".
- Products that have a key or property named "VirTrigger".
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these files.
- The file at "<$PROGRAMS>\VirusTrigger 2.1\VirusTrigger 2.1.lnk".
- The file at "<$DESKTOP>\AntivirusTrigger 2.1.lnk".
- The file at "<$STARTMENU>\AntivirusTrigger 2.1.lnk".
- The file at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\VirTrigger\VirTriggerWarning.dll".
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify files!
Important: There are more files that cannot be safely described in simple words. Please use Spybot-S&D to remove them.
Folders:
Please use Windows Explorer or another file manager of your choice to locate and delete these folders.
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\VirusTriggerBin".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\VirusTriggerBin".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\VirusTrigger 2.1".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMS>\AntivirusTrigger 2.1".
- The directory at "<$PROGRAMFILES>\VirTrigger".
You will have to use a global search for files without a name specified. Be extra careful, because just the name might not be enough to identify folders!
Registry:
You can use regedit.exe (included in Windows) to locate and delete these registry entries.
- Delete the registry key "{096CBA44-4A4C-49f7-8903-1E75550ABCB7}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- Delete the registry key "{EE8A3F7B-E4AB-5C41-4926-3FAED82759F5}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "VirusTriggerBinWarning.WarningBHO", plus associated values.
- A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "VirusTriggerBinWarning.WarningBHO.1", plus associated values.
- Delete the registry key "VirusTriggerBin" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\".
- Delete the registry key "{096CBA44-4A4C-49f7-8903-1E75550ABCB7}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
- Delete the registry key "VirusTriggerBin" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\".
- Delete the registry key "VirusTriggerBin" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
- Delete the registry value "{01CA66946DFB2E129}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Licenses\".
- Delete the registry value "{I1CA66946DFB2E129}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Licenses\".
- Delete the registry key "{22C447D3-73A8-E1C7-C391-21BE4338CEBC}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- Delete the registry key "VirTrigger" at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\".
- Delete the registry value "{028E93FDA93971003}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Licenses\".
- Delete the registry value "{I28E93FDA93971003}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Licenses\".
- Delete the registry key "VirTrigger" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\".
- Delete the registry key "{0088C75C-6361-4dfb-B2CF-576CACFA3C55}" at "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\".
- A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "VirTriggerWarning.WarningBHO", plus associated values.
- A key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ named "VirTriggerWarning.WarningBHO.1", plus associated values.
- Delete the registry key "{0088C75C-6361-4dfb-B2CF-576CACFA3C55}" at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\".
Final Words:
If neither Spybot-S&D nor self help did resolve the issue or you would prefer one on one help,
- Please read these instructions before requesting assistance,
- Then start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forum where a volunteer analyst will advise you as soon as available.