Antitroy Removal Guide
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DESCRIPTION
Antitroy is the latest in rogue anti-spyware applications. Hailing from the same rogue families’ as these fake security tools, namely: AntiKeep, AntiAdd, RESpyWare, REAnti, KeepCop and LinkSafeness, as like with many of these type of phony software, is able to mislead and ultimately coerce computer users into purchasing its full version of the Antitroy application. The method by which these rogue applications make use of most, in a bid to entice would-be users into falling for their ploy, is via the use of fake system alert messages and falsified system scan results, all of which are seemingly populated and inundated with ‘parasites’ – bearing in mind – these supposed ‘parasites’ will also be fake- and mere tactics employed, to ensure their goal comes to fruition.
In non-techie terms:
Antitroy tends to be installed directly from a malicious affiliated website that is designed to advertise and sell rogue anti-spyware programs. Antitroy may cause damage or modifications to any computer system it has infiltrated. System files or registry entries are at risk, Antitroy has a tendency and capability to alter the way in which a computer system operates. The best thing to do would be to remove this application as soon as there is any suspicion of its presence within a system.
Aliases: Anti troy, rogue.Antitroy, Anti.troy.
Antitroy Removal Guide Automatic Removal Instructions
Antitroy Manual Removal Instructions
This manual removal method is for techie computer users. Antitroy manual removal may be difficult and time consuming to remove. There’s no guarantee that Antitroy will be removed completely. So read the Antitroy removal steps carefully and good luck.
Before you start: Close all programs and Internet browsers. Also back up your computer in case you make a mistake and your computer stops working.
- Uninstall Antitroy Program
Click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Search for and uninstall Antitroy if found. - To stop Antitroy processes (view process removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type taskmgr. The click the Processes tab and you’ll see a list of running processes.
Search and stop these Antitroy processes:
1 AntiTroy.lnk
AntiTroy.lnk
AntiTroy.exe
setup[1].exe
For each unwanted process, right-click on it and then select “End task”. - To Unregister Antitroy DLLs (view DLL removal steps)
Search and unregister these Antitroy DLLs:
There are no dll's.
To locate the Antitroy DLL path, go to Start > Search > All Files or Folders. Type Antitroy and in the Look in: select either My Computer or Local Hard Drives. Click the Search button.
Once you have the Antitroy DLL path, go to Start and then click on Run. In the Run command box, type cmd, and then click on OK.
To locate the exact DLL path, type cd in order to change the current directory. To display the contents of the directory, use the dir command. To remove the DLL file type regsvr32 /u FILENAME.dll (FILENAME is the name of the file that you want to unregister). - To unregister Antitroy registry keys (view registry keys removal steps)
Go to Start > Run > type regedit > press OK.
Edit the value (on the right pane) by right-clicking on it and selecting the Modify option. Select the Delete option.
Search and delete these Antitroy registry keys: - If your homepage has been changed, go to Start > Control Panel > Internet Options > click on the General > click Use Default under Home Page. Add the your desired default homepage, then click Apply > click OK. Open a new web browser to check that you have your desired default homepage.
- Remove Antitroy Directories.
To find Antitroy directories, go to Start > My Computer > Local Disk (C:) > Program Files > Show the contents of this folder.
Search and delete the following Antitroy directories:
There are no directories.
Right-click on the Antitroy folder and select Delete.A message will appear saying ‘Are you sure you want to remove the folder Antitroy and move all its contents to the Recycle Bin?’, click Yes.
Another message will appear saying ‘Renaming, moving or deleting Antitroy could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?’, click Yes. - To remove Antitroy icons on your Desktop, drag and drop them to the Recycle Bin.
You’ve completed the Antitroy manual removal instructions!
I hope this article has helped you solve your Antitroy problems. If you want to contribute to this article, post your comment below.
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