Remove ClickTheButton. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: ClickTheButton

Type: Adware
Severity scale:ClickTheButton severity is 20  (20 / 100)
 
ClickTheButton is an adware program that displays unexpected commercial advertisements every time the user visits a known shopping site. ClickTheButton usually is installed by some adware parasites or ad-supported applications. The threat automatically runs on every Windows startup.


ClickTheButton properties:
• Connects itself to the internet
• Hides from the user
• Stays resident in background

Automatic ClickTheButton removal:

remover for ClickTheButton

ClickTheButton manual removal:

Kill processes:
ctbclick.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CTB_BrandedClient
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ClickTheButton
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CtbClient.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CtbSession.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CtbShopper.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CtbXML.[X]
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20AF9F6E-50E7-4E9B-9DCD-9EDDA5E1D018}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{32FCEA3A-3931-48D3-B06F-7A008FD0B81C}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5B4F7B80-AC0C-45F4-8A2F-BF00E1FAD467}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{69F34149-9C9A-433C-BBDC-F483BE3D3565}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8FBFAA1A-8B61-4693-ABA2-026842F3D460}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{97EC710E-2EA9-45CF-A253-693445945505}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{AB4DD0F0-38DA-4F48-AAFE-7DE7323BB6B2}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B498E721-147C-4813-AC3F-C18CC92C3E39}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B4B04258-F478-4046-8861-0DE3865C7882}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C4FCF5FA-2618-40C0-A059-9DA094FC5535}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{CCB29DF8-7279-41EE-B2E0-082E3A5DA1EC}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{DD19FDC4-7795-41FE-B969-DE4714AF077D}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{DF271F00-8CD8-493E-B64E-2065673641CB}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EAFDF6E6-B123-420C-B951-790E5C1C0840}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{E8722799-E8F8-4229-B349-FCBF9F50FB01}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{F6400E73-4948-4C87-B086-41611E6618E5}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{141D6993-F82F-429E-9C21-124A4737A142}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{5AE40EA3-1FE8-4941-8F76-F58DA5C73430}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{A79A9676-5EF0-4BF4-A481-DDA77872C7CB}
Delete files:
ctbclick.exe, ctbhooks.dll
Delete directories:
C:Program FilesClickTheButton
C:WindowsCTB3_Shared
C:WinntCTB3_Shared
Misc:
[XVS] is the version number or name.

File ctbhooks.dll can be found in C:\Windows\System, C:\Windows\System32 or C:\Winnt\System32 folder.

Other programs to remove ClickTheButton:

• SUPERAntiSpyware - Review - Download
• CounterSpy - Review - Download
• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 19/03/04
Information updated: 01/09/05

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