[Solved] how to clean redirector.gvt1.com virus

[reptilezone2002]

hi
i have redirector.gvt1.com virus. fortunately my pi-hole is blocking it. im using vivaldi browser with only popup blocker for chrome, ublock origin for addones.. how can i remove this virus. clamav tells me that my system is clean. but still im geting this blocked on my pi-hole every time i open my browser

so how can i clean it or remove it?

linuxmint 19.1 64bit

[trytip]

um, delete your history and change your homepage

[WharfRat]

According to this site you should be able to open Add-ons and remove it.

[reptilezone2002]

did everything purged & deleted every vivaldi & firefox file i can find ..

now firefox is clear & i reinstall vivaldi.. now i found when ever i searched redirector.gvt1.com appears on the pihole blocked list..
have done a full scan with sophos found no viruses

do i have to format & reinstall mint i have a separate /home partition do i have to format that too

[reptilezone2002]

um, delete your history and change your homepage

did everything purged & deleted every vivaldi & firefox file i can find ..

now firefox is clear & i reinstall vivaldi.. now i found when ever i searched redirector.gvt1.com appears on the pihole blocked list..
have done a full scan with sophos found no viruses

do i have to format & reinstall mint i have a separate /home partition do i have to format that too

[reptilezone2002]

According to this site you should be able to open Add-ons and remove it.

did everything purged & deleted every vivaldi & firefox file i can find ..

now firefox is clear & i reinstall vivaldi.. now i found when ever i searched redirector.gvt1.com appears on the pihole blocked list..
have done a full scan with sophos found no viruses

do i have to format & reinstall mint i have a separate /home partition do i have to format that too

[Pjotr]

Did you also delete the user profiles of Firefox and Vivaldi, in your personal folder? Because apt doesn't do that for you.

[WharfRat]

According to the link I gave you it says

The most likely way that Redirector GVT1.Com Virus ended up in your PC is through some sort of infected executable file you started yourself without realizing what was hiding inside. Please be careful when installing .exe files – if they are obtained from unsafe sources like random mirrors, advertisements, torrents or storage sites these .exe files may be modified to include additional programs inside of them

So I don't understand how it infected a Linux system unless there's a yet unreported Linux variant lurking out there.

Can you provide a screenshot of what you're seeing

[reptilezone2002]

According to the link I gave you it says

The most likely way that Redirector GVT1.Com Virus ended up in your PC is through some sort of infected executable file you started yourself without realizing what was hiding inside. Please be careful when installing .exe files – if they are obtained from unsafe sources like random mirrors, advertisements, torrents or storage sites these .exe files may be modified to include additional programs inside of them

So I don't understand how it infected a Linux system unless there's a yet unreported Linux variant lurking out there.

Can you provide a screenshot of what you're seeing

those are the pihole screenshots. thers no indication of a virus on the browser is behaves normally ah i noticed some thing 192.168.151.1 is my pfsense. it has squidclam installed how can it query for redirector.gvt1.com?

[WharfRat]

I don't use those applications and I see that pi-hole will take some time to install and setup.

The only thing I can say here is if you removed the .mozilla/ folder that should have cleared all FF local storage.

I'll try looking into pi-hole over the next few days and see what kind of results I get.

[reptilezone2002]

I don't use those applications and I see that pi-hole will take some time to install and setup.

The only thing I can say here is if you removed the .mozilla/ folder that should have cleared all FF local storage.

I'll try looking into pi-hole over the next few days and see what kind of results I get.

tx i removed my squid cache & rebuild it its still there when i open vivaldi.. but nothing when open firefox may b ill do a clean install mint tonight without formatting my /home partition but deleting everything exept for default folders in /home partition

[DAMIEN1307]

OP said,

how to clean redirector.gvt1.com virus

who said it is a virus?...DAMIEN

https://www.systemtek.co.uk/2017/08/what-is-gvt1-com/

https://security.stackexchange.com/ques ... a-file-how

[trytip]

to be in the clear i would delete all the browser user folders, if you use pihole i'm sure you know how to find them and also delete everything in the .cache folder. i regularly make a habit of deleting everything in cache anyway it's a good practice

[WharfRat]

tx i removed my squid cache & rebuild it its still there when i open vivaldi.. but nothing when open firefox may b ill do a clean install mint tonight without formatting my /home partition but deleting everything exept for default folders in /home partition

I can't phantom this thing penetrating any system files

[DAMIEN1307]

also to be clear...those 2 links i provided in previous post point to gvt1 as belonging to google video...vivaldi is chromium based, hence a google chrome/chromium influence...you report it to not be, or no longer be in firefox which is mozilla based...read the links... as i again say, "who says this is a virus"?...DAMIEN

[reptilezone2002]

also to be clear...those 2 links i provided in previous post point to gvt1 as belonging to google video...vivaldi is chromium based, hence a google chrome/chromium influence...you report it to not be, or no longer be in firefox which is mozilla based...read the links... as i again say, "who says this is a virus"?...DAMIEN

that explains everything coz i just clean installed mint with full format. the minute i open vivaldi the redirector site gets blocked.. so its a legit site..

tx for all for clearing this .. ill mark this as SOLVED

[DAMIEN1307]

hi reptilezone2002...just as a side note here...i really need to tell you to not rely on Windows crutches known as anti-virus scanners...yes, they are needed in Windows and Mac systems because of their structure, but are not needed in Linux home user systems...they decrease your system security.
Linux is built in such a way as they are NOT necessary, recommended, or required unless your system is being used as a mail server to Windows or Mac OSs etc....i am providing 2 links below for you to read and discover for yourself from one of our members here at Linux Mint Forum by name of pjotr, a very knowledgeable contributor here in the forums...the first is his main opening page, the second is specifically about security and virus scanners...i would bookmark in your browser, the first one for future reference, as it has the table of contents for almost anything you could ask for with linux operating systems...i see you are not a newcomer in the forums as your date of joining shows but i, myself, still find it useful from time to time...DAMIEN

https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/1.html

https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... urity.html

[reptilezone2002]

hi reptilezone2002...just as a side note here...i really need to tell you to not rely on Windows crutches known as anti-virus scanners...yes, they are needed in Windows and Mac systems because of their structure, but are not needed in Linux home user systems...they decrease your system security.
Linux is built in such a way as they are NOT necessary, recommended, or required unless your system is being used as a mail server to Windows or Mac OSs etc....i am providing 2 links below for you to read and discover for yourself from one of our members here at Linux Mint Forum by name of pjotr, a very knowledgeable contributor here in the forums...the first is his main opening page, the second is specifically about security and virus scanners...i would bookmark in your browser, the first one for future reference, as it has the table of contents for almost anything you could ask for with linux operating systems...i see you are not a newcomer in the forums as your date of joining shows but i, myself, still find it useful from time to time...DAMIEN

https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.com/p/1.html

https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... urity.html

ah i know this page i used to do tweeks from this page for my SSD
Tx DAMIEN

[reptilezone2002]

So to confirm what redirector.gvt1.com thing is its not a virus. I asked from the vivaldi team what this is. They told me its better to file a bug report with chromium. A search on the cromium bug report site i found this https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/is ... 20Modified

& A post there said

redirector.gvt1.com is a redirection service used by Google for a variety of purposes, including download of updates, etc.