Remove GotSmiley. Description and removal instructions

 
Title: GotSmiley

Type: Adware
Severity scale:GotSmiley severity is 22  (22 / 100)
 
GotSmiley is an advertising-supported program that allows to use over one thousand of different icons and emoticons in e-mail messages. The application also downloads from the Internet and runs main components of GAIN adware. GotSmiley must be manually installed. It provides a functional uninstaller. The threat automatically runs on every Windows startup.


GotSmiley properties:
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

Automatic GotSmiley removal:

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GotSmiley manual removal:

Kill processes:
gotsmiley.exe, gsyupdater.exe
Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\GotSmiley
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GSYOutlookAddin.GSYAddinObj
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\GSYOutlookAddin.GSYAddinObj.1
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{6DA65196-9CF9-48C9-9DB2-28742FCC56BE}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{B699B1B8-ADD0-4835-8602-1548200FCDD5}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Gator.com\GotSmiley
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Gator.com\GotSmiley
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Gator.com\AppInfo\GotSmiley
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\GSYOutlookAddin.GSYAddinObj
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\GSYOutlookAddin.GSYAddinObj
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GotSmiley
Delete files:
gotsmiley.exe, gsyupdater.exe, gotsmileyhelper.dll, gsyoutlookaddin.dll, gsysmileylibinfo.dll
Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\GotSmiley
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\GSY_Temp

Other programs to remove GotSmiley:

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• Windows Defender - Review - Download

Information added: 06/10/05
Information updated: 06/10/05

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