Registry Great
Reported: May 3, 2008
Category: Adware, Threats
Registry Great is a rogue Windows utility appplication that promotes itself to “Repair Registry and Speed up your PC!”
Other Alias: Adware.RegistryGreat
Threat Level: Medium
Systems Affected: Windows - All
Source: Symantec
1. Temporarily Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP). [how to]
2. Update the virus definitions.
3. Uninstall Adware
a) Click Start > Settings > Control Panel or Start > Control Panel (this varies with the operating system).
b) In the Control Panel window, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
c) Click Adware to remove.
d) Click Add/Remove, Change/Remove, or Remove (this varies with the operating system). Follow the prompts.
4. Reboot computer in SafeMode [how to]
5. Run a full system scan and clean/delete all infected file(s)
6. Delete/Modify any values added to the registry. [how to edit registry]
Navigate to and delete the following registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\”RegistryGreat.exe” = “C:\Program Files\Registry Great\RegistryGreat.exe”
Navigate to and delete the following registry subkeys:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RegistryGreat
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Registry Great_is1
7. Exit registry editor and restart the computer.
8. In order to make sure that threat is completely eliminated from your computer, carry out a full scan of your computer using AntiVirus and Antispyware Software. Another way to delete the virus using various Antivirus Program without the need to install can be done with Online Virus Scanner.