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The appearance of the Gvt1.com website indicates trouble. Your computer is no longer free of infections. A sneaky adware parasite lurks in the shadows of your OS and wreaks advertising havoc. Brace yourself! The intruder is a menace. It follows instructions to bombard you with ads. It inserts various banners on every website you load. You will notice that even web pages that used to be ad-free get heavy on coupons and discounts. No ad-blocking app is powerful enough to shield you from the ads. Notifications pop up out of the blue. Random text turns into hyperlinks. Questionable websites load in new tabs and windows. You can barely get any work done. Dozens and dozens of ads interrupt your every online activity. Do not put up with this situation. As soon as the Gvt1.com ads pop up, take action. That’s your best course of action. Delays lead to regrets. You are dealing with an aggressive adware menace. It gets more and more intrusive with each passing day. Its numerous ads overload your browser and make it prone to freezing and crashes. You face an avalanche of issues. Spare yourself many future headaches. Remove the intruder before it gets out of control. The sooner you clean your OS, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The Gvt1.com website pops up by courtesy of adware. As for the parasite, it sneaks into your computer through trickery. Don’t imagine ingenious cyber attacks, though. The adware has other plans. It sneaks into your PC when you let your guard down. The thing about adware is that these parasites need you, the user, to approve their installation. That’s the case with the menace behind the Gvt1.com ads. This parasite is bound to seek your consent. And it does! It always asks. But it does so in the sneakiest way possible. The adware preys on your naivety. It hides in the fine print and steals your approval. Don’t make its job easier. Choose caution over carelessness. Even a little extra attention can spare you an avalanche of problems. Download software and updates from reliable (preferably official) sources only. And forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” setup strategy. More often than not, the apps we download off the Web come bundled with bonus software. If you rush, if you don’t pay attention to the red flags, you are likely to install parasites. Don’t rely on luck! When available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Deselect all unwanted bonuses. And before you hit that “Accept” button, go through the terms and condition. If you can’t read the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Don’t hesitate to opt out of the installation if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

There is no such thing as safe adware. These parasites have no filters nor security mechanisms. They are published to generate revenue for their unethical owners. That’s the case with the parasite behind the Gvt1.com ads. This menace sneaks into your computer and floods you with countless unreliable ads. Click nothing! These “great deals” arise unwarranted expectations at best. At worst, they redirect traffic to scam and malicious websites. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! You can notice the full extent of the corruption only when you examine the ads closely. Everything “Powered by Gvt1.com” is related to your recent online activities, isn’t it? That’s because you are under surveillance. The adware studies your habits and uses the collected information to turn you into an easy target. Do you think that ends well? This parasite spies on you from day one. It knows which websites you visit, which links you follow, which videos you watch. The Incognito mode of your browser can’t hide you! The adware knows your every online step. And if you are out of luck, some pieces of data, your search queries, for example, may leak confidential details. Don’t risk it! Removal of the adware. Find where the intruder hides and delete it upon detection!

How to Remove Gvt1.com virus

The Gvt1.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 Gvt1.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 Gvt1.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Gvt1.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Gvt1.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Gvt1.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 Gvt1.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 Gvt1.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 Gvt1.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Gvt1.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 Gvt1.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 Gvt1.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 Gvt1.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 Gvt1.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.