Air Globe virus. How to remove it?


What is Air Globe?

Air Globe is an advertising application which purpose is to display unwanted content and open pop-up windows:
Pop-up window by Air Globe virus
Air Globe belongs to BrowseFox family of virus programs and can be named by different malware scanners also as:
  • Adware.BrowseFox (Gridinsoft Trojan Killer) 
  • Win.Adware.Browsefox
  • Trojan.Siggen6
  • Trojan.BPlug
  • Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
  • ADWARE/BrowseFox
  • MSIL/BrowseFox
  • Trojan.Yontoo

How to figure out that your computer is infected with Air Globe?

Here are some symptoms that indicate that your computer is infected with Air Globe virus:
  • you see a lot of advertising in your browsers;
  • diffirent pop-up windows appear when you clicking on the elements of web pages;
  • at least one of the following folders is present on your computer: 
    • C:\Program Files\Air Globe
  • at least one of the following registry items is present on your computer:
    • HKCU\Software\Air Globe
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Air Globe
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Air Globe
    • HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\util Air Glob
    • HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\update Air Glob
  • at least one of the following files is running on your computer:
    • 45e43145d77e4e5eb7ef6236a72c137864.dll
    • {6493c517-5773-4c5d-bef4-5b60c3b0cf82}w64.sys
    • {45e43145-d77e-4e5e-b7ef-6236a72c1378}w64.sys
    • airglobebho.dll
    • airglobe.browseradapter.exe
    • airglobe.browseradapter.dll
    • airglobe.browseradapter64.exe
    • airglobe.gcupdate.dll
    • airglobe.purbrowse64.exe
    • airglobe.purbrowseg.dll
    • airglobeuninstall.exe
    • airglobeuntemp.exe
    • updateairglobe.exe
    • utilairglobe.exe
  • at least one file with the following services is installed on your computer:
    • update Air Glob
    • util Air Glob
  • at least one file with the following MD5 hashes is present on your computer:
    • 5015A3BDBCF90F1F8B5CCFABD59778E5
    • 26B90E5A823CDF12995A0A089A3E7931
    • 0A43FFD804E818A4AC4537B17102013F
    • DC113E8F1429E7D77F9CBA3D14003045
    • E7CC6AA99B75BDAC97E81385684D32F2
    • B1FEE676ED80F6B510DCDF63562CA487
    • 461F2CF08587E0DDBF196D7B71D15E64
    • 39730538E4BF329EC59567279F492BB9
    • C21492690E0B3A740E3D49C1CA1B9194
    • 0B23CDC90A3769106C9B91AA74C24941
    • 93958AF164CDA6B07DB760003976765B
    • 67AF51DF50963A8E1DC5D06A8FDDCFE2
    • 5B028E6942AB8453223BEC1648491A44
    • E957F6754FD03BE1F02464BEFF911163
    • 7474293CFBC333DEF907E5F37EB7CCEB
    • DA64EEF2967390F62FC9FCE371B9BE02
    • 06E058114C1A796B74F1983249EE57E0
    • 978F5AFB9F8022966C45ED5BE8C618DE

    How to get rid of Air Globe?

    Follow this guide to remove Air Globe from your computer completely.

    Step 1.  Try to remove Air Globe using tools of Windows operating system.

    If you have installed Windows 8, press Start button on the screen or Windows button on your keyboard, start typing "programs and features" and choose "Programs and Features" in the appeared menu:
    Programs and Features
    If you are using Windows 7, press Start button and choose "Control panel": 
    Windows 7 start menu

    Look for Air Globe in the list of installed programs, select it and press Uninstall button:
    Example of the list of installed programs
    Now reboot your computer and check the result. If the advertising is still present, please move to the next step.

    Step 2. Remove Air Globe completely using Gridinsoft Trojan Killer tool

    Gridinsoft Trojan Killer is a powerful all-in-one tool aimed to kill diffirent kinds of malware. It has no analogues on the quality of malware and browser hijackers removal. Gridinsoft Trojan Killer also has professional support team that can resolve your problem remotely even though Trojan Killer didn't find any threat on your PC.
    Please, follow the guide below to remove Air Globe malware from your computer.
    • Close all your programs and browsers
    • Install Gridinsoft Trojan Killer and run it by double-clicking on the icon on your desktop 
      Trojan Killer icon on the desktop
    • Run Standart scan using Scan tab of your Trojan Killer
      Scan tab of Trojan Killer
    • After the scanning completed mark all items as Move to quarantine and press Apply button to remove all dangerous items from your computer. Reboot your PC if Trojan Killer asks about it:
      Scan results
    • Now you have to clean all your browsers. Go to Tools tab and press Reset browser settings button:
      Tools tab of Trojan Killer
    • Mark all your browsers as shown below and press Reset button:
      Resetting browser settings
    • Reboot your PC and check the result
    Now your computer should be cleaned of Air Globe virus. If you still notice any signs of Air Globe, please send your request to the Trojan Killer Support. Specialists from Gridinsoft will help you to remove any kind of threats.

    Please, notice that Trojan Killer Support service is able for registred users only. 

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