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Guce.advertising.com is a page that’s a harbinger of bad news. Its display on your screen, is a sign that your PC is no longer free of threats. It now harbors a dangerous and damaging infection. One that’s part of the adware family. Adware applications are malicious, meddlesome, and menacing. They use trickery to sneak into your system, undetected. Then, spread corruption and mess everything up. The more you extend their stay, the worse your situation gets. They wreak utter havoc, and deteriorate your system’s performance. And, they don’t stop there. They also place your privacy in jeopardy. The adware, using Guce.advertising.com as a front, is no exception. As soon as it invades, it starts to spy on you. It keeps track of everything you do, while browsing. And, it doesn’t only observe. The tool also keeps a thorough record of it all. Let that sink in. The cyber menace has access to your every move, every keystroke. It knows of all the pages you visit, links and ads you click, and all the data you input. It has a record of your passwords, logins, credit card and bank account details. And, what do you suppose it does with that information? Well, when it deems it has gathered enough, it sends it. That’s right. It exposes your stolen data to the cyber criminals behind it. Don’t allow that scenario to unfold! Keep your personal and financial information out of their reach! Don’t prolong the tool’s stay past the point of discovery. After you spot Guce.advertising.com on your screen, take notice and take action. Locate the infection’s exact hiding place, and delete it ASAP.

How did I get infected with?

Adware applications are masterful at sneaking in, undetected. And, so is the one, behind Guce.advertising.com. The tool manages to gain your approval on its entry, while keeping you clueless. How? Well, it’s rather simple. Let’s explain. No adware can enter your PC without an exchange taking place. The program has to ask whether you permit its admission. And, only if you do, can it continue. So, to void rejection, it resorts to all manner of trickery. Yes, it still does ask for your consent. But it does it in the sneakiest way possible. Freeware, fake updates, corrupted links, spam emails. The adware has its pick. But regardless of the method, it chooses, its attempts prove futile without you. You provide the key ingredient to its successful and covert invasion. Your carelessness. The infection preys on it. It relies on you to rush, and leave your fate to chance. To give into gullibility and distraction, and skip doing due diligence. Your carelessness eases its covert invasion. Don’t oblige! Take the opposite approach and, instead, be extra thorough. Remember that caution helps you to catch threats in the act. And, deny them access. The lack thereof does not. Make the right choice, and choose caution over carelessness.

Why is this dangerous?

Once the adware invades, brace yourself. You’re in for a whirl of trouble. The infection wastes no time. It spreads its clutches throughout. And, it doesn’t take long before you notice the effects of its influences. You first become aware of its touch, when you browse. Every time, you so much as touch your browser, you get interrupted. The adware doesn’t miss a chance to force the Guce.advertising.com page on you. You start to see it, everywhere. No matter what you do, it’s there. Open a new tab? Guce.advertising.com is there to greet you. Type a search? Guce.advertising.com shows up among the suggested results. The adware seizes every chance to display it. ‘Waiting for Guce.advertising.com.’ ‘Connecting to Guce.advertising.com.’ ‘Looking for Guce.advertising.com.’ And, many more variations take over your screen, on a daily basis. Also, every ad that gets forced on your screen, reads ‘Powered by Guce.advertising.com.’ Banner, in-text, and pop-up ‘Ads by Guce.advertising.com.‘ The infection turns the page into the bane of your browsing. And, all that intrusion isn’t only a severe annoyance. It also has consequences. The continuous interference causes lagging and system crashes. Add to all that, the security hazard, and it’s apparent. The adware has no place on your PC. And, you’d do best to remove it at once. The sooner it leaves your computer, the better.

How to Remove Guce.advertising.com virus

The Guce.advertising.com infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Guce.advertising.com infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Track down Guce.advertising.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Guce.advertising.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Guce.advertising.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Guce.advertising.com in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Guce.advertising.com startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Guce.advertising.com virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Guce.advertising.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Guce.advertising.com by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Guce.advertising.com

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Guce.advertising.com, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Guce.advertising.com argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Guce.advertising.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.