Thursday, February 27, 2014

How to Get Rid of GigaClicks Crawler Effectively

What Is GigaClicks Crawler?
GigaClicks Crawler is a nasty browser hijacker which can be installed in your computer together with free programs such as music players, download managers, PDF readers and so forth from unknown internet resources. Therefore, you should pay attention to what you have downloaded and always choose customer installation so that you can deselect options for additional applications which you don't familiar with.

GigaClicks Crawler has the ability to modify your browser settings and will stop you from resetting them. You will be redirected to gigaclicks.net when you open your homepage. Even though this website seems like normal one, you should not keep it longer. If you click any links in that websites, you will be led some malicious pages so that your computer will be in a more dangerous situation. GigaClicks Crawler also lets other useless programs bundle themselves with it so that your PC performance will be dragged down.

With GigaClicks Crawler stays in your computer, your online activities will be recorded by this program. Later it will use your personal information for future marketing or send the information to remote server. Therefore, in order to protect your computer and your confidential information, it's very essential for you to remove GigaClicks Crawler when you notice the first symptom of this foxy hijacker.
GigaClicks Crawler Screenshot
Bad Sides of GigaClicks Crawler
1. It changes browser settings without asking your permission.
2. It replaces your homepage and search provider with gigaclicks.net.
3. It redirects you to unwanted commercial websites randomly.
4. It is designed to display countless ads on your computer screen.
5. It gives other junk applications the right to get inside your system.
6. It makes your computer become huge garbage to contain useless stuffs.
GigaClicks Crawler Removal Tips
Before the removal, please first back up your system! You should be extremely careful when deleting any file, because any mistake may lead to system crashes and other severe consequence.
METHOD 1. Manual Removal
Step One:
Reboot the computer and before Windows interface loads, hit F8 key repeatedly. Choose “Safe Mode with Networking” option, and then press Enter key. System will load files and then get to the desktop in needed option.
 
Step Two:
Open Windows Task Manager and end virus processes. There are three ways to launch the Task Manager
① Press keys Ctrl+Alt+Del.
② Press keys Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
③ Press the Start button→click on the Run option→Type in taskmgr→press OK.
                                              
Step Three:
Click “Start” button and open the “Control Panel”, then double-click “Folder Options”. When the Folder Options window shows up, please click on the “View” tab, tick “Show hidden files and folders” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)” and then press OK. 
                                                
Step Four:
Open Start menu and click on the “Search programs and files” box. Then delete GigaClicks Crawler files: 
%AllUsersProfile%\{random}
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe
%Program Files%\random.exe
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all GigaClicks Crawler registry entries and keys.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Software 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\supWPM 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wpm 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main “Default_Page_URL” =“http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=&from=tugs&uid=”
 
METHOD 2. Automatic Removal
To completely delete GigaClicks Crawler, you need to know that the manual removal above may not be able to remove virus  completely, because the creators of virus are always updating the virus version.Besides,any tiny mistake during the manual removal process may lead to severe consequences. Therefore,to ensure a complete and safe virus removal, it’s recommended that you get rid of virus with Automatic GigaClicks Crawler Removal Tool.                                                                                   


    

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