AntiTroy is a harmful security tool for Windows that presently categorized as rogue program because of the deceiving method it applies to promote itself. AntiTroy will redirect Internet browser of a victim to a fake online antivirus website and produce fake warning messages to be able to convince its visitors that AntiTroy is required for threat removal. AntiTroy’s download and installation on computer can bring additional harm when it begins to alter the registry to load itself on Windows start up. AntiTroy will then, disable installed antivirus program and prevent removal by disabling Task Manager, Registry Editor and Folder Options of the infected computer.
What are the Symptoms of AntiTroy Virus Infection?
AntiTroy will run a fabricated computer virus scan and tries to deceive you with the fake results.
It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run “[random numbers].exe”
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run “AntiTroy”
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AntiTroy
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\AntiTroy
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Uninstall\AntiTroy
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run “AntiTroy.exe”
AntiTroy virus will drop the following malicious files:
- %Program Files%\AntiTroy Software\AntiTroy\AntiTroy.exe
- %Program Files%\AntiTroy Software\AntiTroy\main_config.xml
- %Program Files%\AntiTroy Software\AntiTroy\uninstall.exe
- %WINDOWS%\1009stea525z1.dll
- %WINDOWS%\1018zhr5at19497.ocx
- %WINDOWS%\101z5hie92236.ocx
- %WINDOWS%\system32\1853worz2f19.bin
- %WINDOWS%\system32\18f0addwaze5917.ocx
- %WINDOWS%\system32\194z45py6b9.ocx
- %WINDOWS%\system32\[random numbers].exe
How to Remove AntiTroy Manually
1. Restart your computer in SafeMode
– After Power-On the computer, just before Windows start, press F8
– From the selections, Select SafeMode
2. Remove Registry entries that the AntiTroy Virus added. You MUST BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST.
– Click Start > Run
– Type in the field, regedit
– Navigate and look for the registry entries mentioned above and delete if necessary
3. Delete malicious files that the threat added:
– Base on the given location above, browse and delete the file
– If no location is given, click Start>Search> and search for the files.
– If cannot be deleted, press Ctrl+Alt+Del to access Task Manager, see if the file is running in the process. If it is, select the file and click End Process. Perform file delete again.
4. Scan computer with Antivirus Program
– Update antivirus program
– Scan computer and delete all detected threats.
How to Easily Remove AntiTroy Virus
1. Download and run Removal Tool to remove AntiTroy
