Comments on: Green AV

By: Remove Green AV Security Suite, Green AV SecuritySuite removal

Remove Green AV Security Suite, Green AV SecuritySuite removal — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:36:56 +0000

[...] not trust your computer for Green AV Security Suite! It’s a clone of Green Antivirus 2009 and Green AV malware and it should be eliminated as soon as the first signs of it start to [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:18:45 +0000

When all else fails, try doing a system restore. I was surprised it actually worked!

By: Dragon

Dragon — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:17:20 +0000

OMG! Thanks! I think I got it off!

By: Robert H

Robert H — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:40:24 +0000

OMG i cant seem to find “documents and settings”
is it located on the windows vista?

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Remove Eco Antivirus 2010, EcoAntivirus 2010 removal help — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:10:46 +0000

[...] a fake virus remover distributed on fraudulent websites. It is a copy-paste of Eco Anti Virus and Green AV scams. The fraudulent websites load imitation of system scan and they offer donwloading Eco Anti [...]

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eco-av.com rogue antispyware website — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:51:44 +0000

[...] is a clone template of previously rogue Green Antivirus [...]

By: Remove Eco Antivirus, Eco Anti virus removal help

Remove Eco Antivirus, Eco Anti virus removal help — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:30:39 +0000

[...] Antivirus is a recent clone of Green AV fraud. Eco Anti Virus offers computer protection and boosting system performance but it’s meant [...]

By: Candice

Candice — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:30:41 +0000

I have Windows Vista and it may be under this file:
msra.exe thats the one mine was under!

By: castro

castro — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:12:41 +0000

Hey just go to task manager and wait at applications and when one of it windows appears like security fake page comes up right click it and scrool to go to process and it will take you to process page and the one that is high lighted is the file and just click end process

By: jarvis

jarvis — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:58:35 +0000

mine was in (windows task manager) then (applications).

By: Tata

Tata — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:23:36 +0000

THANK YOU OH SO MUCH!!! i got rid of this within like 15min. i had green av in my computer for almost 2 months now.. now i finally got a way to get rid of it!! thanks to you!! and i’ve noticed an improvement in my computer speed.. it seems faster. and also my internet doesn’t seem to lag like it was with green av in my computer!! =D

By: DAWN

DAWN — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:08:35 +0000

Hi Manuela. In your start menu, click search. Do a search for one of the Green Av process listed here: wtds05.exe, wsav.exe, mwrdll.exe, rwg.exe. I searched for “wtds05″(listed as one of the Green AV processes above.) It came up! I right clicked and clicked properties. This gave me the exact pathway where the Green AV processes were. The pathway was “c:/programdata/gwr/wtds05.exe. I deleted the file wtds05. I then entered the pathfile “c:/programdata/gwr/wtds05.exe” into search. gwr appeared. I right clicked gwr and chose explore. Then I right clicked on each file/folder that appeared and deleted, (mrwdll.exe, rwg, viruses.dat, wsav, wsn, WStech.dll.) When i tried to delete “grw” it said that i needed permission from windows to proceed. I gave it permission, but it said I did not have permission so it appeared I was unable to delete the final file “grw.” I restarted my computer and there is no sign of Green AV!!

By: manuela

manuela — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:35:59 +0000

I can’t find gav or gra or whatever on my windows task manager. what do i do now?! HELPPPPPPPP

By: judy

judy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:09:23 +0000

Thank you SMH and robert it took me a while but i finally found it under rwg.exe also and had the same problem as smh but followed your directions and it WORKED.

By: Luciana

Luciana — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:29:41 +0000

Make sure that all files and registry entries related to Green AV are gone. The alert may be displayed by adware or trojan instead of the original GreenAV infection. Run antispyware tools to delete all the infections.

By: T-T

T-T — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:15:03 +0000

I think i got rid of Green av off of my computer. But when i go to any website, it sometimes says fake “malicious site warning” while browsing the internet. Sorta like Dianes problem. I need help getting rid of this.

Please help if u know how to resolve this problem. Thank you~

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:44:36 +0000

Please help. I did all the steps above and I seemed to get rid of it. I can’t find the icons anywhere. But when I go to websites I still get the infected website warning. So I purchased the anti spyware program above and it still does the same thing. Is there anything else I can do?

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:41:07 +0000

Hi, This is Robert again. It’s been a month now since I deleted green av and It never came back. It feels good to have helped out some people get rid of this green av problem. God Bless

By: Luciana

Luciana — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:32:21 +0000

If you can’t find the malicious files manually, run an antispyware in safe mode, it will do the job for you.

By: brittney

brittney — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:49:31 +0000

i cant find it on here to get it off my laptop someone help me please

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:22:03 +0000

Friend had this on her Windows Vista. The subdirectory was hidden – seemed to take care of things when I ran through all of the steps.

By: SMH

SMH — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:24:43 +0000

I went though the whole nine yards following everything that the website said to do and to no avail I was back to where I started. I went to task manager like Robert said and recognized rwg.exe as something I had to delete earlier. So that was the name of my little bundle of joy I suppose. I located the file and was not able to delete the folder. Imagine me not having permission to my own computer. Anywho I opened the folder and deleted all the files inside of it and emptied the Recycle Bin. I went back to Task Manager and stopped the process. I went back to the folder and was then able to delete it and emptied the Recycle bin again. Thank God and thanks Robert!!!!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:07:57 +0000

Here we go….i have windows vista on a dell laptop. this is EXACTLY what I did using much of the info from this sight. I searched for “wtds05″(listed as one of the Green AV processes above.) It came up! I right clicked it to find the pathway. The pathway was “c:/programdata/gwr/wtds05.exe. I deleted wtds05. I then entered the pathfile into search. gwr appeared. I right clicked and chose explore. Then I right clicked on each file/folder that appeared and deleted, (mrwdll.exe, rwg, viruses.dat, wsav, wsn, WStech.dll.) When i tried to delete “grw” it said that i needed permission from windows to proceed. I gave it permission, but it said I did not have permission so it appeared I was unable to delete the final file “grw.” I restarted my computer and there is no sign of Green AV!! I’ve searched for each of these components and there is no sign of them. Good luck!

By: yaya

yaya — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:07:04 +0000

green av keeps poping up i tryed what robert said but when i go to my task manager then to the processes the website doesnt show cuz cuz i deleted it from the folder but its on mine bottom left colomun where the battery meter is plz i need help what should i do

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:43:20 +0000

This is how I was able to do it. I ran Norton first. Norton identified the names and locations then I ended the process in task manager and manually deleted the folder.

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:40:13 +0000

Mine was gra, not gav.

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:14:06 +0000

Dear Rober, Will you marry me?

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:27:37 +0000

Hi, This is Robert again. To everyone that can’t solve this green av problem. Maybe some computers get hit differently than others and like for diane, maybe the options when right clicking are different just as well. hmn?
I don’t think green av is an actual virus. It seems to be an anoying misleading program. Anyway good luck to all.

By: diane

diane — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:32:48 +0000

I’ve tried the manual guide, but I encounter these problems:
1. the processes “greenav2009.exe” and “gav.exe” don’t exist in my task manager
2. I can get as far as “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\”, but “Green AV” is not an option to uninstall
3. The files “greenav2009.exe” and “gav.exe” don’t exist on my machine (or at least I’ve been unable to find them)

I suspect the files are there but are named something else. Any other tips?

By: Luciana

Luciana — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:54:10 +0000

Boot your computer in safe mode and then use the manual removal guide.

By: diane

diane — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:32:39 +0000

Hi Robert, thanks for your help. I used an antivirus to uninstall most of greenav, but must have some files lingering because I often get a fake “malicious site warning” while browsing the internet.

I’m using Firefox, and I have no gav.exe or greenav.exe processes in my task manager. When I right click on any of the processes, I don’t get the “view file location” option (I get only these options: End Process, End Process Tree, Debug, Set Priority). I thought of searching my system for each process in turn, but at >5min per search, and over 50 apps running, it’s taking forever. Any suggestions?

By: Luciana

Luciana — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:51:32 +0000

Norton may help, but I wouldn’t place bet on that. Antivirus tools are not meant to deal with infections like Green AV, you need anti-spyware for that.

By: Kris10

Kris10 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:58:14 +0000

I have Norton anti virus, will that find the green av files?

By: caroline

caroline — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:54:41 +0000

i coudnt find it at all. its so frustrating.

By: Luciana

Luciana — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:49:35 +0000

Run anti-spyware scan instead of looking for the files manually. This way is easier if you have problems deleting the malware on your own.

By: Lois

Lois — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:17:45 +0000

I am at the process tab in the task manager but I can’t tell which of these programs is the green av file. how do i tell?

By: Sumoth

Sumoth — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:14:21 +0000

I didn’t see gav.exe in the process tab what will I do…Please help

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:10:37 +0000

i dont have any gav.exe anywhere. pls HELP me

By: kathy

kathy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:23:36 +0000

I cannot find the GAV or Greenav anywhere on my computer. If I right click on the processes that aren’t named these, how will I know it is the green av process. Please help

By: Kris10

Kris10 — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:17:01 +0000

I cant locate the green av files to block/delete/remove…. I need help!!

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:42:45 +0000

Hi again. To jennifer, first go to the task manager (ctrl+alt+delete) go to the process tab, right click on the gav.exe then FIRST CLICK FILE LOCATION (important) to find the file location . minimize to tray. Right click again on the gav.exe ON THE PROCESS TAB, click delete. NOW go back to the file location ( maximize to screen) right click on the gav FOLDER ( by back spacing on the file location browser)and click delete. next go to the recycle bin right click on the gav.exe and delete. To Judith, try right clicking on each program on the process tab one by one to find the FILE LOCATION on the file location of that program double click on the program it sent you to to see what pops up. if it’s the green av or green av2009 etc. you found it!! go back to the task manager process tab to delete etc. To callie, all ACTIVE programs should show on the task manager process tab list. try doing what I left judith to do. To jennifer. follow instructions on reply 7 first above then reply 1 second. This green av drove me nuts too. I really want to help. I’ts my duty

By: jon pullen

jon pullen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:09:24 +0000

okay that was dumb Gav.exe we all know is the process but you need to find the files and delete them. What I did was search for green then back tracked the file and deleted the folder all the way file by file. I had problems but found all files I need to delete in the process area. Now I’m safe for the day woot.

By: jon pullen

jon pullen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:06:56 +0000

to Judith I just unistalled this and the proccess is now called GAV.exe show all process and then disable it. I could not find the registry but since I found gav.exe I did see that there so I will get deleted. its now removed even with out reg edit.

By: Luciana

Luciana — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:34:38 +0000

Apparently you hadn’t deleted all the files installed by Green AV. Follow the manual removal guide step by step and make sure you remove each item related to this malware.

By: judith

judith — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:00:31 +0000

yes hello am trying to find it on the process but i can find it there !!!greenav2009.exe
gav.exe help me!!!

By: callie

callie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:16:28 +0000

I removed it from my computer system but it didn’t pop when I log back in. However when I am browsing the web (FireFox) a warning comes up and it directs me to purchase GreenAV. I just don’t get it. It seems like it has hijacked my browser.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:18:46 +0000

OK I tried to follow your directions but when it came to deleting the folder it said “you need permission to perform this action” Ahhhh this is driving me nuts. I’m not a computer genius so this is very difficult! ANy help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Jenn

By: Rober IS Awesome

Rober IS Awesome — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:01:41 +0000

Yes i removed it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank u robert u helped so much may god bless u

By: arciaga arjay

arciaga arjay — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:31:46 +0000

thanks for the help man it worked perfectly

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:47:00 +0000

Renee, you did it!!! I feel good to help someone!!! Now, for the others. The virus alerts are fake you don’t have to buy anything. No need to go to their website. Going to their web site is like going to a drug dealers house to resolve an addiction problem. Now, Before following the instructions left above, Its’s assumed that you allready tried uninstalling the green av program by clicking the start button at your screens lower left, going to programs ( NOT add or remove programs) . right clicking on the folder and deleting it. Now after this you’ll go to the hidden folder that you can’t seem to find. Follow the above instruction I left.