How to Remove GubZL Virus Completely

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GubZL is a nasty adware-type parasite. It’s impressively annoying, very stubborn and also dangerous. No threat is to be overlooked. Therefore, the sooner you tackle this program, the better. Adware doesn’t belong on your machine no matter how harmless it appears to be. Nothing about GubZL is harmless. This program was designed solely to cause you a headache. It succeeds. The virus modifies your browsers and injects them with sponsored pop-ups. What it actually does is, GubZL installs a browser extension. Thanks to this add-on, you’re now unable to get rid of advertisements. It is safe to say your entire browsing experience is effectively destroyed. Every single website you visit is now covered with pop-ups. Was your permission remotely required? No, it wasn’t. Adware’s last concern is to help you surf the Internet. It generates pop-ups for one very simple reason. As you could imagine, it has nothing to do with your online shopping experience. Hackers’ aim is a lot more prosaic. By boosting web traffic to some specific pages, crooks make money. They use the pay-per-click mechanism to gain revenue at your expense. You become a sponsor of cyber criminals while keeping the adware on your device. Are you actively trying to support crooks’ malicious business? Probably not. The parasite floods your PC screen with ads. Various pop-ups in various shapes that bring along nothing but trouble. Restrain yourself from clicking any dubious commercial displayed by the adware. Chances are, it leads straight to infections. The problem with sponsored advertisements is that they are unsafe. Hackers are focused on gaining profit which means they have no reason to care for your safety. Some of the GubZL ads are real. However, there’s no doubt others are corrupted and harmful. How can you tell which is which? You can’t. The only way to find out is by clicking the ad open. Make sure you keep in mind how misleading the ads are. Discounts, coupons, product deals and offers, price comparisons, best prices. All of them are equally unreliable and potentially dangerous. As if that wasn’t enough, the virus also redirects you and slows down your PC speed. GubZL could also jeopardize your privacy by stealing personal data. Before you know it, the seemingly harmless adware could cause you serious damage.

How did I get infected with?

If you have the habit to download questionable programs, you should rethink it. There are different types of infections you may accidentally install alongside the safe software. To prevent that, always opt for the Advanced/Custom option in the Setup Wizard. Watch out for any potential intruder that might be attached to the bundle. If you do spot something unreliable, don’t hesitate to deselect it. You will save yourself quite a hassle that way. On the other hand, your distraction could eventually cause you harm. We strongly recommend that you pay attention to what you give green light to. It might turn out that the bundle is full of adware, hijackers, Trojans and ransomware. Be careful and don’t rush the process. Bundled freeware and shareware could be posing a huge threat to your security. Take your time in the installation instead of skipping steps. You might also skip golden opportunities to protect your machine. Another plausible scenario involves spam email-attachments and messages. Delete anything you don’t trust instead of letting loose a dangerous infection. Remember that malware is notoriously sneaky and secretive. Not only does it harass you but it also lands on board behind your back. Also, stay away from unverified websites and third-party pop-up ads.

Why is this dangerous?

GubZL can’t cause you damage itself. That is why it relies on stealth and lies so you can do it. The parasite is trying to trick you into clicking its pop-ups. As mentioned, these commercials are extremely unreliable and untrustworthy. Your browsers are now modified. Once again, GubZL works in silence. Its plugin is compatible with all three of the most commonly used browsers. Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer are now messed up. They redirect you to unknown pages, generate commercials, they crash and freeze. Due to the parasite’s trickery, your sensitive data also gets spied on. That means you could fall victim to identity theft if you’re especially unlucky. To delete this pest of a program for good, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove GubZL virus

The GubZL 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 GubZL 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.

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STEP 1: Track down GubZL in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate GubZL startup location

STEP 3: Delete GubZL traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down GubZL 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 GubZL 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 GubZL 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 GubZL traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the GubZL 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 GubZL

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 GubZL, 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 GubZL 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 GubZL 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.