I am running Widows 10 on a 32 bit machine.Defender picked up this Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock and have tried to eradicate it all to no avail.Like others after cleaning it with Defender it immediately returns.I have tried running Malwarebytes and Microsofts Cleaning Tool but this virus is still screwing up my machine.I cannot try HitmanPro as I do not have a key and the free trial option does not show as they correctly determined I have a business domain and they want payment! Sorry, get rid of the Trojan then I’ll contribute.Can anyone please help me?

Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock

Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock is a severely dangerous Worm infection varied from the notorious Worm:Win32/Gamarue.gen!lnk.  It will infiltrate your system without your knowledge when you visit porn website or a compromised website, and open unsafe email attachments.. It executes commands to run malicious tasks at the background as soon as it infiltrates your computer. It will serious put your PC in a very dangerous situation if you do not get rid of it in time. Once Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock runs harmful Windows services on your PC, it is able to connect remote server and help other threats attack your computer and make bigger troubles. Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock is used to help spammers or spam advertisers get web traffic by injecting codes on web browser, harassing you with annoying ads and spam popups and redirects you to harmful sites. What’s worse, Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock can communicate with hackers to collect your personal and confidential data without your consent. If Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock stays on your PC too long, it also seriously blunts your PC’s operating speed and even make it crash frequently, degrading your PC completely. For safety of everything on your PC, get rid of Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock immediately with the clear removal guide below.

Steps for Removing Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock Virus

Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock Manual Steps (Experienced and skilled computer users can use this advanced Manual Removal method )

Step One. End malicious process related with Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock

Step Two. Remove unwanted plug-in related with Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock from Chrome, Firefox, IE and Microsoft Edge browser.

Step Three. Uninstall all Potentially Unwanted Programs related with Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock

Step Four. Find and delete all harmful registry files generated by Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock

Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock Automatic Steps (Good and easy for most of PC users to delete Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock )

Step One. Install SpyHunter to remove Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock virus and other hidden threats.

Step Two. Install RegHunter to fix all damaged registry files and make up the security exploits.

(Optional Step). Clean up all malicious codes and cookies of Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock from Chrome, Firefox, IE and Microsoft Edge.

Manual Steps (Experienced and skilled computer users can use this advanced Manual Removal method )

Step One. End malicious process related with Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock.

1. Open Windows Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys together:

2. Find out the process related with Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock and click End Process:

Step Two. Remove unwanted plug-in related with Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock from Chrome, Firefox, IE and Microsoft Edge browser.

On Chrome

1. Click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Click Tools.
3. Select Extensions.
4. Click the trash can icon to delete Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock extension.
5. Make sure to remove all extensions you do not know or need.
6. A confirmation dialog appears, click Remove.

On Firefox

1. Click the menu button and choose Add-ons. The Add-ons Manager tab will open.
2. In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Extensions panel.
3. Make sure to remove all extensions you do not know or need.
4. Click Disable or Remove button of Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock.
5. Click Restart now if it pops up.

On Internet Explorer

1. Open the IE, click the Tools button , and then click Manage add-ons.
2. Click Toolbars and Extensions on left side of the window., and then select Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock
3. Make sure to remove all BHO’s you do not know or need.
4. If the add-on can be deleted, you’ll see the Remove option. Click Remove and then click Close. Otherwise click Disable button.

On Microsoft Edge
(Microsoft Edge browser still does not have extensions settings. Now we only need to reset search engine and homepage to keep web browser hijacker away from the browser)

1. Reset your default search engine to remove search engine hijacker virus.

Select More (…) on the address bar, then Settings:

Click View advanced settings:

Click <Add new> under “Search in the address bar with”, then input the search engine you like:

Now select the search engine you like and click Add as default:

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2. Reset your homepage page on Microsoft Edge to remove homepage redirect virus.

Select More (…) on the address bar, then Settings:

Under Open with, select A specific page or pages:

select Custom to enter the URL of page you want to set as homepage:

Step Three. Uninstall all Potentially Unwanted Programs related with Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock

1. Open Control Panel window.

Win 10 user – Right-click on the Windows Start button and choose “Control Panel” from the pop-up menu.

Win 8 user – Open the Settings Charm Bar by pressing Windows key + I key on your keyboard at the same time, then click on the Control Panel option

Win 7 / Vista / XP user – Click on the Start button to open your Start Menu, then Click Control Panel

2. In Control Panel, click on Uninstall a program under the Programs category

3. In the Programs and Features window, click Installed On to display the latest programs, scroll through the list to seek and uninstall Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock and other unwanted and unfamiliar programs that look suspicious.

Step Four. Find and delete all harmful registry files generated by Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock

1. Call out the Run window by pressing Windows + R keys together, and then type regedit and hit Enter key :

2. Find out and remove all harmful registry files related with Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock virus listed below:

(You may not be able to find out all files listed below as the virus keeps changing its files with name and path.)

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Muvic_RASAPI32

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Muvic_RASMANCS

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain “Default_Page_URL”

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[adware name]

Automatic Steps (Good and easy for most of PC users to delete Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock )

Step One. Install SpyHunter to remove Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock virus and other hidden threats.

1. Click the blue button below to open of SpyHunter.

(Notes – SpyHunter’s free version can only help you detect malware or virus. If you want to remove the malware threats detected by SpyHunter, you will need to buy license of SpyHunter. If you do not need it any more, please follow instructions on SpyHunter uninstall)

2. On the page, please click Download Free Scanner to download SpyHunter safely and quickly.

Tips: After SpyHunter is downloaded, your Chrome /Firefox /IE may display such fake security warning ” This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep Download_Spyhunter-Installer.exe anyway?”, which is generated by virus to cheat you, please just ignore the fake warning and click “Keep” button.

3. Once downloaded, please double-click SpyHunter-Installer.exe to start the installation of SpyHunter.

4. When SpyHunter is installed, it will be run automatically, then click Scan Computer Now to detect Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock related threats:

5. Once SpyHunter completes the scan, please click Fix Threats to get rid of Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock.

Step Two. Install RegHunter to fix all damaged registry files and make up the security exploits.

1. Click the green button below to open of RegHunter:

(Notes – RegHunter’s free version can only help you scan Registry errors or system errors. If you want to fix the errors detected by RegHunter, you will need to buy license of RegHunter. If you do not need it any more, please follow instructions on RegHunter uninstall)

2. On the page, please click Free PC Diagnosis to download RegHunter safely and quickly.

Tips: After RegHunter is downloaded, your Chrome /Firefox /IE may display such fake security warning “This type of file can harm your computer. Do you want to keep Download_Reghunter-Installer.exe anyway?”, which is generated by virus to cheat you, please just ignore the fake warning and click “Keep” button.

3. Once downloaded, then double-click RegHunter-Installer.exe to start the installation of RegHunter.

4. When RegHunter is installed, it will be run automatically, then click Scan for Registry Errors Now! to detect files corrupted by Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock:

5. Once RegHunter completes the scan, please click Repair All Errors to solve security bugs related with Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock.

(Optional Step). Clean up all malicious codes and cookies of Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock from Chrome, Firefox, IE and Microsoft Edge.

– Clean up cache and cookies by resetting Chrome

1. Open Chrome, then click “Customize and control Google Chrome” button, and then click on Settings

2. Under the Chrome Settings page, scroll down to the bottom, then click on Show advanced settings button

3. After clicking on Show advanced settings button, scroll down to the bottom and click on Reset browser settings button

4. A message box will pop up to inform that your browser settings will be restored to their original defaults, click Reset button when it appears:

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– – Clean up cache and cookies by resetting Firefox

1. Open Firefox, then click on Firefox button, then Click on Help button, then Click on Troubleshooting Information

2. At the Troubleshooting Information page, click on Reset Firefox

3. A message box will pop up to let you confirm that you want to reset Firefox to its initial state, click Reset Firefox button when it appears:

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– – Clean up cache and cookies by resetting IE

1. Open Internet Explorer, then click on Tools, then click on Internet Options

2. On the Internet Options window: click on Advanced tab, then click Reset button

3. A message box will pop up to let you confirm that you want to reset all Internet Explorer Settings, click Reset button when it appears:

4. When the resetting process is done, you’ll see this message box, click Close

5. You’ll need to restart your Internet Explorer to complete the resetting process.

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– Clean up cache and cookies on Microsoft Edge
1. Select More (…) on the address bar, then Settings:

2. click “Choose what to clear”:

3. Check the first three options and then click Clear:

If you have done each step above accurately, you can get rid of Worm:Win32/Gamarue.lnk!plock virus completely. Hope you can solve the issue and get your healthy computer back. Good luck 🙂