Gator Removal

Learn how to uninstall and remove Gator spyware in our Gator removal article. Learn about Gator and how to get rid of Gator from your computer. You shall learn about how to successfully remove the Gator Spyware and successfully get rid of it from your system.

Gator uninstall instructions, learn more about this spyware and how to remove Gator in our getting rid of Gator guide .

About Gator

Gator is a program that can help you fill out forms and remembers passwords. It is distributed by the company Claria (previously named Gator Advertising and Information Network), and is one of the earliest and most widespread spyware. Whenever you are online, Gator sends the addresses of every sites you visited to its controlling servers, with a unique user ID. It also periodically displays popup windows ( both Internet Explorer windows and Gator's own non-browser windows) when you are using IE. So if you are concerned about your privacy or annoyed by those ads, it is a good choice to remove it from your computer.

How remove Gator - Gator Removal Instructions

1) Right click on the Gator icon in the System Tray and click on Exit.

2) Click the Windows Start button select Settings and then Control Panel.

3) When the Control Panel window opens, double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon.

4) When the Add/Remove Programs Properties window opens, find the entry 'Gator' or 'Gator eWallet' in the list of installed programs. Select it and then click on the Remove button.

5) Follow the on screen instructions.
Place a check in the box for "Delete User Information" if you want user information removed from the Registry. DO NOT place a check in this box if you want the user data retained for a new install of Gator.

However, if you can't find the removal entry in Add/remove Programs options, you need to remove it manually:

1) Open the registry editor ( click Start > Run, and type 'RegEdit' ), select the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. In the right pane, find the entry 'CMESys' , 'GMT', or 'trickler', right click it and click 'Delete'.

2) Restart Windows.

3) Open the Common Files folder inside Program Files. Delete the 'CMEII' and 'GMT' folders.