Remove Ghost Antivirus

January 18th, 2010 | by Alex |

Ghost Antivirus Descriptions:

Ghost Antivirus is a rogue anti-spyware application created by the hackers in order to make the computer users life more difficult. You should keep in mind that there is a legitimate application with the same name. Don’t mix the rogueware with the real program.

Ghost Antivirus comes from the same family as Internet Antivirus Pro. Do not trust it. This fake software will make your computer work slower and you will be spammed with different warnings about the infection of your PC.

Do not install the fake Ghost Antivirus. Here is the full removal instructions.

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Manual Ghost Antivirus Removal Instructions:

Stop These Ghost Antivirus Processes:
(Learn how to do this)unins000.exe
services.exe
GhostAV.exe

Find and Delete These Ghost Antivirus Files:
(Learn how to do this)
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Ghost Antivirus.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Ghost Antivirus\
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Ghost Antivirus\Ghost Antivirus Home Page.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Ghost Antivirus\Ghost Antivirus.lnk
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Ghost Antivirus\Purchase License.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Ghost Antivirus\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Ghost Antivirus\settings.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Ghost Antivirus\uill.ini
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Ghost Antivirus\unins000.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Ghost Antivirus\Uninstall Ghost Antivirus.lnk
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Ghost Antivirus\lib\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Ghost Antivirus\lib\links.txt
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Ghost Antivirus\lib\properties
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Ghost Antivirus\lib\times.conf
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Ghost Antivirus.lnk
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iGSh.png
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iMSh.png
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\iPSh.png
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\pguard.ini
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\services.exe
<random path>\<random>onin.exe
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\GhostAV.exe
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\register.ico
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\unins000.dat
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\uninst.ico
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\web.ico
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\working.log
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\Languages\
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\lib\
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\lib\ghost.sql
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\lib\Infected.wav
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\lib\listing.cfg
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\lib\version.db
c:\Program Files\Ghost Antivirus\lib\WMILib.dll
c:\WINDOWS\system32\<random>.dll
c:\WINDOWS\system32\<random>.dll

Remove These Ghost Antivirus Registry Values:
(Learn how to do this)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\FTP “SearchDir” = “c:\program files\Ghost Antivirus\”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\Run “<random>onin”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “Ghost Antivirus”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “3P_UDEC”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Ghost Antivirus_is1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent “URIAPRO[1.1.3.9]”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe “Debugger” = “?”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe “RealDebugger” = “?”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “RealLogonType” = “1″

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