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Spyware

A community portal about Spyware with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Spyware is computer software that collects personal information about users without their informed consent. The term, coined in 1995 but not... [more]

A community portal about Spyware with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Spyware is computer software that collects personal information about users without their informed consent. The term, coined in 1995 but not widely used for another five years, is often used interchangeably with adware and malware.

Remove Antivirus Trigger - Antivirus Trigger Removal Instructions

Antivirus Trigger is one of latest threats in the web. Antivirus Trigger is a clone of famous scamware Virus Trigger. Nothing new, just a name. Antivirus Trigger uses Zlob or Vundo Trojan while getting on your system, so it means that penetration will be undetected. Usually you have opportunity to “get” that Trojan while installing video codec needed to watch certain online videos. Once Antivirus Trigger is in your computer it’ll generate fake security alerts, and if you click on them you will be brought to website that promote Antivirus Trigger scam. If you install Antivirus Trigger it’ll automatically run spyware scan and it’ll list a lot of threats that cannot be removed until you purchase “licensed” version of Antivirus Trigger. Also AntivirusTrigger identify legitimate programs as malware. In addition Antivirus Trigger can seriously slow your computer.


Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Unknown
Threat Level: Critical

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Antivirus Trigger Automatical Removal Tool

How to remove Antivirus Trigger manually:
It's possible to remove Antivirus Trigger manually , but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.

The files to be deleted:

* AntivirusTriggerBinWarning.dll
* AntivirusTriggerBinWarning.dll
* AntivirusTrigger.exe
* AntivirusTriggerBin.exe

Remove registry entries:

* HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “AntivirusTrigger”
* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Antivirus Trigger


Please be careful because manual removal of Antivirus Trigger may seriously damage operational system and sensitive data. Also there is a big possibility of incomplete removal, because some files could be hidden and program could re-install itself after you delete files and registry entries. So we strongly recommend you to use automatical removal tool.
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