Remove Giant Galaxy Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Giant Galaxy is the newest member of the Super Web LLC family which is a large group of adware programs that have been circulating the web for a while. Same as the other members of this group, Giant Galaxy has no particular functionality, so you should not expect that it will do anything beneficial for you. On the contrary, as a typical adware program Giant Galaxy will flood your browser with countless ads that will slow you down while you are on the web and will turn your browsing sessions into a nightmare. You will soon realize that closing Giant Galaxy ads will not be a solution to the problem, and in order to make them stop appearing you should delete the program associated with them. Note that whatever you do, you should not click any ads displayed by Giant Galaxy because you might end up acquiring more malware. Remove Giant Galaxy from your PC now before you have more serious issues to worry about.

How did I get infected with?

Usually, the applications from the Super Web group are provided with homepages and Giant Galaxy makes no exception. The program is represented at giantgalaxy.net, which is a fictitious website that contains no particular information about the application and has a broken download button. This leads to the conclusion that Giant Galaxy is not distributed officially, which is another typical feature of the Super Web applications. They are most often distributed bundled with freeware, so if you want to keep Giant Galaxy and other similar programs away from your PC, you should refrain from downloading software from unknown sources because it will install adware and other infections on your system. It is good to remember that and be more careful while you are on the Internet because there are many threats that just wait for you to make a wrong move to infiltrate your PC and cause damage to it.

Why are these ads dangerous?

The main reason why you should beware of Giant Galaxy ads is the third-party links that they contain. The Giant Galaxy program has been developed to serve as a tool that will make its creators richer. Third-party sponsors support Super Web, and Giant Galaxy in particular, financially in exchange for having their content promoted. This happens using ads, so all the ads that you will be presented with by Giant Galaxy will actually advertise third-party products and services. It might not seem so by the way the ads look, but you should know better than to trust them. Interacting with ads by Giant Galaxy can only result in putting your virtual security at risk because you might be taken to compromised websites the only purpose of which is to spread malware. It is up to you to prevent that from happening, so do your best to avoid Giant Galaxy ads. In fact, a much better way to ensure you will not be clicking any Giant Galaxy ads is to delete the adware program. This way you will also free your PC from the infection and will be able to browse the web freely again.

How Can I Remove Giant Galaxy Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Giant Galaxy 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: Uninstall Giant Galaxy from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Giant Galaxy from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Giant Galaxy from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Giant Galaxy from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Giant Galaxy program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Giant Galaxy from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
• Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
• If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
• go to settings – Add person

• choose a preferred name.

• then go back and remove person 1
• Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

• Open Firefox
• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable and remove any unknown add on
• Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

Remove from Internet Explorer

• Open IE
• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Go to Toolbars and Extensions
• Disable any suspicious extension.
• If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
• On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
• Click on Internet options

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

• Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

• Close IE

Permanently Remove Giant Galaxy Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any registry leftovers or temporary files.