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Recently, a number of computer users are being infected by an application referred to as the Green AV virus. For those who want to know what is “green av” , this article aims to provide details about this program. It also gives information on Green AV removal.


What is Green AV?
Green AV Virus, also called Green Antivirus 2009 or green-av, is a kind of rogue antivirus program that tells users that it gives a portion of every Green AV software sold to environmental causes. While the prospect of doing something good for the environment by purchasing the green a v is good and enticing, it is not recommended that you buy the green av program. It is unfortunate but this Green AV software is a bogus antivirus application and users who purchase this AV Green virus are at risk of exposing their credit card information to the fraudster developers of windows green av.

Green AV Causes Unsolicited Pop Ups and Warnings
The green av antivirus will cause a stream of pop ups in the computer that result in slower computer performance. These green virus 2009 pop ups often show bogus scans and alerts and urging the user to buy the av green software. The Green av virus windows can also be very annoying to users who may be disturbed by the av green virus pop ups and warnings. If your PC is infected with the green-av malware, you can prevent further damage to your computer by removing green av ASAP.

How do I Remove Green AV?

Green AV removal can be done without having to purchase the fake green av spyware antivirus application. Thanks to Milton for providing a working solution to manually remove green av virus.

How to Remove Green AV Manually:

Log into Windows Safe Mode. To get to safe mode reboot your computer and start pressing the F8 key repeatedly until the Safe Mode options screen appears. You want Safe Mode which is the first option, not Safe Mode with Networking.

If any user id’s how up select the Administrator, if not don’t worry about it. Once safe mode is up Click on My Computer and open your C: drive. Click on Tools/Folder Options/View. Then click on Show Hidden Files and Folders.

Green AV is normally located by navigating to the following directories: C:\Program Files\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\GAV\gav.exe
1. Delete gav.exe which is the executable module for the virus
2. Delete mgrdll.exe this is the messenger for gav that keeps sending you the messges and popups
3. Delete the folder GAV (just hit your back arrow one time to get back to folder Application Data then you will be able to see and delete folder GAV
4. Right Click on your Recycle Bin and select Empty Recycle Bin or Double Click on your Recycle Bin and select Empty Recycle Bin

Now reboot your system and you should be rid of the pesky virus

Green AV Remove Option:

One of the free tools that you can use as a green AV remover is Malwarebytes. More information on how to use this application as a green av removal tool can be found in this link:

Malwarebites:
malware removal free tool

Comments below also provide other options in removing the Green AV virus.

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40 Responses to “Green AV Virus Removal”

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    Grecia Says:

    Thank you Milton for your detailed explanation how to get rid of the Green AV virus. That worked for me perfectly. I really appreciate your time in publishing here these steps!

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    marie72 Says:

    JUST GO TO FILE HIPPO and download AD-AWARE
    it is free and works great!

  6. 35
    WALVIA Says:

    Thank you for your help! Great work.

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    oscar Says:

    Ok,I found the new file named gwr,but i cant delete one of the files,named rwg,that is located inside gwr.

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    Mariah Says:

    They changed the names of the files so they are harder to find. the files name is now gwr and all the files in there are the ones you are suppose to delete.

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