Ghost Antivirus (GhostAntivirus, GhostAV) removal guide.
Ghost Antivirus (GhostAV) is a rogue anti-spyware from the same family as General Antivirus and Internet Antivirus Pro. Ghost Antivirus is advertised through several methods – fake online anti-malware scanners that show to you infection alerts and as result you should to download Ghost Antivirus. Another method is through the use of Trojans that display fake alerts and automatically install Ghost Antivirus onto your computer (without your permission).
When Ghost Antivirus is installed, your system will be set to start it automatically when the computer loads. The next step: Ghost Antivirus will scan your computer and display a variety of infections that cannot be removed until you purchase a license of the software.
These infections, though, are all fake and are scripted to be shown no matter how clean your computer is in order to scare you into purchasing the software.
You can get rid of Ghost Antivirus using Trojan Remover.
Ghost Antivirus automatical remover:
As you might have foreseen, Ghost Antivirus is not a lonely walker in the empty space. In contrary, it has multiple ties with other rogues so that complex malware removal is the best way to get rid of Ghost Antivirus. In addition, if you remove Ghost Antivirus automatically, you get life-time protection from malware aggression:
The screenshot above displaying all the threats that Loaris Trojan Remover found. Please note that the infections found on your computer may be different than what is shown here.
Ghost Antivirus manual removal guide:
Delete Ghost Antivirus files:
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\ghostav.exe%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\register.ico
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\unins000.dat
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\uninst.ico
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\web.ico
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\working.log
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\lib\ghost.sql
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\lib\infected.wav
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\lib\listing.cfg
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\lib\version.db
%programfiles%\ghost antivirus\lib\wmilib.dll
%commondesktop%\ghost antivirus.lnk
%programs%\ghost antivirus\ghost antivirus home page.lnk
%programs%\ghost antivirus\ghost antivirus.lnk
%programs%\ghost antivirus\purchase license.lnk
%appdata%\ghost antivirus\settings.ini
%appdata%\ghost antivirus\uill.ini
%appdata%\ghost antivirus\unins000.exe
%appdata%\ghost antivirus\uninstall ghost antivirus.lnk
%appdata%\ghost antivirus\lib\links.txt
%appdata%\ghost antivirus\lib\properties
%appdata%\ghost antivirus\lib\times.conf
%appdata%\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\ghost antivirus.lnk
%appdata%\microsoft\internet explorer\igsh.png
%appdata%\microsoft\internet explorer\imsh.png
%appdata%\microsoft\internet explorer\ipsh.png
%appdata%\microsoft\windows\pguard.ini
%appdata%\microsoft\windows\services.exe
Delete Ghost Antivirus registry entries:
hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Ghost Antivirus_is1hklm\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe
hkcu\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run!Ghost Antivirus
hkcu\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce!3P_UDEC
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