What is TortoiseOverlay.dll?

TortoiseOverlay.dll is usually located in the 'c:\documents and settings\%USERNAME%\application data\tortoise\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected TortoiseOverlay.dll.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

VirusTotal report

39 of the 63 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the TortoiseOverlay.dll file. That's a 62% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Ad-Aware	Application.Generic.1695392
AegisLab	Generic7.Btqd!c
AhnLab-V3	PUP/Win32.Agent.C2007658
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Win32.Agent
Arcabit	Application.Generic.D19DEA0
Avast	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVG	Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Avira	ADWARE/Agent.mysge
AVware	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
BitDefender	Application.Generic.1695392
CAT-QuickHeal	Trojan.Agent
Comodo	ApplicUnwnt
Cyren	W32/Application.WZFW-8868
Emsisoft	Application.Generic.1695392 (B)
Endgame	malicious (moderate confidence)
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Adware.Agent.NRL
F-Secure	Application.Generic.1695392
Fortinet	Riskware/Agent
GData	Application.Generic.1695392
Jiangmin	Trojan.Agent.axej
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 004fff0f1 )
K7GW	Adware ( 004fff0f1 )
Kaspersky	Trojan.Win32.Agent.iklj
MAX	malware (ai score=77)
McAfee	Artemis!69109E1960F7
McAfee-GW-Edition	Artemis
MicroWorld-eScan	Application.Generic.1695392
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Agent.eqsrdp
Paloalto	generic.ml
Panda	Trj/GdSda.A
Sophos	Generic PUA PG (PUA)
Symantec	Trojan.Gen.2
TrendMicro	TROJ_GEN.R0ADC0OG417
TrendMicro-HouseCall	TROJ_GEN.R0ADC0OG417
VIPRE	Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Webroot	PUA.Gen
Yandex	PUA.Agent!
Zillya	Trojan.Agent.Win32.806301
ZoneAlarm	Trojan.Win32.Agent.iklj

TortoiseOverlay.dll removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove TortoiseOverlay.dll with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the TortoiseOverlay.dll file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that TortoiseOverlay.dll has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.

   
3. When the scan is finished, locate TortoiseOverlay.dll in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the TortoiseOverlay.dll file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate TortoiseOverlay.dll in the scan result.

   

   

   c:\documents and settings\%USE..E%\application data\tortoise\TortoiseOverlay.dll

   
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the TortoiseOverlay.dll file.

   
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If TortoiseOverlay.dll still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If TortoiseOverlay.dll is gone from the scan result you're done.
7. If TortoiseOverlay.dll still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
8. Restart your computer.
9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that TortoiseOverlay.dll no longer appear in the scan result.

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