How to Remove Greatwork.info Redirect

Greatwork.info is a supposed legitimate search engine. ‘Supposed’ is the key word there. The site only gives off the appearance of reliable and legitimate. But appearances can be deceiving. The page is no more than a means used against you by cyber criminals. Think of it as the face a cyber threat. The website acts as a front, behind which lurks a browser hijacker. The infection uses it as a shield to hide behind, and wreak havoc. And, the tool does flood you with grievances. It throws you into a whirl of headaches and issues. The list is extensive, and it worsens with time. Redirects to Greatwork.info and other third-party websites. A bombardment of pop-up advertisement. Slower computer performance. Frequent system crashes. Unwanted and unapproved reshuffles. A malware risk. But no issue is greater than the privacy threat. The hijacker behind Greatwork.info jeopardizes your private life. It keeps track of your online activities, and records them until it has enough. When it determines it has gathered sufficient data, it sends it. To whom? Well, to the unknown, malicious people who unleashed it onto web users. The cyber criminals behind the hijacker then have your data in their disposal. Are you okay with them having access to your personal and financial details? Or, would you avoid that grave threat? Protect yourself and your PC from the dreaded influences of the infection. Accept the display of Greatwork.info as the warning it is, and act on it. The site is a harbinger of troubles to come. Don’t discard it. Do your best to find where on your system, the hijacker lurks. And, get rid of it ASAP. Your future self will thank you for it. It’s the best course of action you can take.

How did I get infected with?

Greatwork.info takes over your screen after a hijacker invasion. Although, invasion is not a hundred per cent accurate. Only because, you allow the program’s installment. Odds are, you don’t realize you’re doing it. But you do. So, you do take part of the blame fr your current predicament. Definitely, not all of it. Yes, the hijacker does technically seek your permission for admission. But it does it in the most covert way possible. It may sound confusing, but it’s pretty simple. The hijacker’s installment relies on you being careless enough to allow it. So, it turns to trickery and subtlety to seek access. The tool hides behind freeware or corrupted links. Or, spam email attachments. It can even pretend to be a false system or program update. Like, Java or Adobe Flash Player. Here’s where your due diligence saves the day. If you give into distraction and naivety, it’s more than likely the tool gains entry. But if you’re vigilant and thorough, you’ll catch it in the act of sneaking in. And, deny it access. Always take the time to read the terms and conditions when installing tools or updates. Caution leads to a better path than carelessness. The latter is often a one-way street to infections.

Why is this dangerous?

After your carelessness leads to the hijacker’s install, prepare for problems. They follow its installment, and take place not long after. Your grievances tend to begin with your browsing. All of a sudden, it becomes a mess. Your entire experience turns hellish. The infection intrudes incessantly. You cannot even touch your browsing without it interfering. For one thing, the Greatwork.info site is your online shadow. It shows up when you surf the web, open a new tab, all the time. Not to mention, it takes over for your default homepage and search engine. Did you want Greatwork.info to replace your preferred ones? No. Did you approve the switch? No. And, yet, there it is. Hijackers can do that. They can force changes on you whether you like or consent to them. Possibly the scariest scenario is if the tool decides to install more malware. Technically it can flood your PC with infections. So much so that your system gives up, and displays The Blue Screen of Death. But, that’s a minor, minuscule possibility. It’s rather unlikely to occur. We mention it because a threat that’s ‘unlikely’ is not quite the same as it being ‘non-existent.’ You decide if it’s worth the risk. Ask yourself, what do you have to gain with the hijacker on your system? And, what do you have to lose? You’d fin that one of those has quite the lengthy answer. Do yourself a favor, and get rid of the hijacker ASAP. It does not deserve a place on your computer. Protect its well-being, and keep your privacy private. Don’t allow strangers access to your personal and financial data. Locate the infection’s hiding place, and delete it when you do.

How to Remove Greatwork.info virus

The Greatwork.info 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 Greatwork.info 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.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Greatwork.info in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Greatwork.info startup location

STEP 3: Delete Greatwork.info traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Greatwork.info 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 Greatwork.info 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 Greatwork.info 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 Greatwork.info traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Greatwork.info 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 Greatwork.info

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 Greatwork.info, 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 Greatwork.info 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 Greatwork.info 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.