Antivirus Trigger is a spyware program that generates misleading system alerts on an infected computer. The alerts show scan results of your hard drive, with many viruses allegedly found. The messages urge you to pay for the full version of Antivirus Trigger and get rid of the found threats. Antivirus Trigger is not a legitimate anti-virus program, however, and the messages it generates are fake. This is just a scam targeted at inexperienced users. Remove Antivirus Trigger immediately upon detection.

End System Processes1

Press the "Ctrl," "Shift" and "Esc" keys at the same time to start the Task Manager.

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Click the "Processes" tab in the Task Manager's window.

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Select "AntivirusTrigger.exe" from the list of processes and click "End Process."

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Repeat Step 3 for "AnvTrgr.exe" and "AntivirusTriggerBin.exe."

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Close the Task Manager.

Remove Registry Entry1

Go to the "Start" menu, type "Regedit" in the Start Search box and press "Enter" to start the Registry Editor.

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Browse to and delete the following registry entry:HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun "Antivirus Trigger"

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Close the Registry Editor.

Find and Delete Files1

Go to the "Start" menu, type "AntivirusTrigger.exe" in the Start Search box and press "Enter." Delete all search results.

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Repeat Step 1 for "AnvTrgr.exe," "AntivirusTrigger.url," "AntivirusTrigger.lnk," "AntivirusTriggerBin.exe" and "AntivirusTriggerBinWarning.dll."

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Restart your computer.

Tips & WarningsBack up the system registry before removing the registry entry.Remove only the listed registry entry to avoid damage to the operating system. References XP-Vista: Antivirus Trigger Removal Instructions (AntivirusTrigger)

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