Remove GOsavy ads from Chrome/FF/IE

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Many commercial advertisements will start showing up on your screen if the adware application GOsavy gets installed on your PC. Judging by its name, the program is supposed to help users save money on their online purchases, and for this reason it is targeted at those who prefer to do their shopping online. GOsavy ads may be of all kinds, but you should mainly expect to see coupons and offers for a majority of web stores. Since GOsavy is categorized as adware, there is a great chance that the ads it displays will promote unreliable content. This is why you should avoid clicking them and should remove the program causing them to appear.

How did I get infected with?

Being infected with adware is not a rare thing and it could happen to anyone because these infections use various distribution methods which are quite deceptive. For example, GOsavy could have entered your system as an additional program together with a free application you have downloaded from an unknown website. Although the setup wizard provides information about additionally installed programs, most users hurry through the installation steps and skip this information. This way they also miss the opportunity to decline the setup of additional applications, and that is how they end up with  GOsavy and other adware on their system.

Why are these ads dangerous?

You will surely find GOsavy ads to be really annoying because they will not appear on online shopping websites only, but on every single web page you access. The ads will take up quite a lot of space on your screen, so your web activity will surely be disrupted. You might be tempted by some of the offers presented to you because they are likely to be really attractive. Still, no matter how appealing an ad might look, you should not click it because you will be redirected to a dubious third-party website. For instance, you could be sent to a fake web store where all the products you see are non-existing. Thus, if you decide to purchase an item, you will not receive anything and you will share your credit card details with strangers who might have malicious intentions. To keep your PC clean and your sensitive data protected, stay away from GOsavy ads and delete the program as soon as possible.

How Can I Remove GOsavy Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the GOsavy 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 GOsavy from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete GOsavy from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove GOsavy from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall GOsavy from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the GOsavy 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 GOsavy 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 GOsavy 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.