Remove Ads by GearScroll Virus Efficiently

GearScroll pops up when you open your browser? Don’t believe in GearScroll. It is a malicious program. Read this removal guide below to get rid of it from your browser completely.

What is GearScroll?

GearScroll virus is a risky adware that can be installed to your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome without your permission. The program changes your default search and replaces your homepage with GearScroll or other websites despite which one used to be your start page before. Although GearScroll doesn’t harm your system, it is very annoying application that interferes into your browsing experience.

 

Usually, GearScroll is installed to computers bundled with free software from the Internet. Most likely, it has managed to be installed to one or all of your browsers while you were downloading some video recording tools, music players, PDF creators, etc. GearScroll virus is very irritating because it causes troubles when you browse the Internet. If you are infected by it, you will see that the program includes tons of sponsored websites to your search results. In fact it promotes these pages therefore they will not only appear on the list of your search results but you will also be redirected to these pages while browsing the Internet. Beware that GearScroll virus can also collect information about your browsing habits and later use this information to display targeted advertisements too. Remove GearScroll virus from your computer as soon as you detect it on your system.  

GearScroll is really hazardous

a.     GearScroll virus is able to attack various browsers

b.     GearScroll virus breaks into your PC when you visit some malicious sites

c.      GearScroll virus can take over your browser without approval

d.     GearScroll virus generates many ads during your online activities

e.      GearScroll virus affects your browsing activities by redirecting your target websites

The reason why your security tool cannot detect GearScroll

It is very sure that some antivirus programs cannot detect all PC threats completely. And GearScroll should be one of the threats that are hard to remove. Commonly, it uses root kit technology to hide deep inside the system and changes its location all the time. Thus, many security tools cannot find out its location exactly, not to mention to remove it. In such situation, you should get rid of GearScroll with professional removal tool.

Get Rid of GearScroll Step by Step

Step1. Remove its program from the PC

Open the control panel>find Uninstall a program>uninstall GearScroll

Step2. Delete all add-ons about GearScroll from the browsers

Google Chrome

Click “customize and control”>settings>basic options>use google.com as the homepage and make Google as your search engine at “Manage Search”

Internet Explore

Click Tools>select “Manage Add-ons”>”search providers”>set Yahoo or other reputable search engine as your default one>go to “search results”>remove its add-ons

Mozilla Firefox

Click “Remove”>Manage Search Engine…”>select “search results”>click the removal button

Step3. Remove all files that are associated with GearScroll

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random.dll

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random.exe

Step4. Remove GearScroll’s registry entries

Go to start menu>run>type regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes "DefaultScope" = 

Attention: the manual removal guide requires you to have some knowledge about computers. If you are an inexperienced computer user, you may operate mistakenly. Every wrong step will result in system programs. So you must be careful when remove GearScroll. Fortunately, there is an automatic tool for you to delete GearScroll virus automatically to avoid additional damage. Download it now.