The appearance of unwanted gjdksleeeee.ru pop-ups in your internet browser means that your computer is infected with an ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware). It makes changes to the system settings and configures itself so as to start automatically each time the PC is turned on. Immediately after startup, the ad-supported software begins to monitor the user’s actions and insert advertisements directly into the open windows of the Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Internet Explorer. So, if you notice that your internet browser has become display this web-page, then you do not need to wait . Perform the guide below and remove gjdksleeeee.ru advertisements ASAP.
The adware can change the settings of the Chrome, FF, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge, but often that a malicious software such as this can also infect all types of browsers by changing their desktop shortcuts. Thus forcing the user each time launch the web-browser to see gjdksleeeee.ru annoying advertisements.
The adware may insert lots of ads directly to the web-sites that you visit, creating a sense that the advertisements has been added by the creators of the web site. Moreover, a legal ads may be replaced on the fake ads, that will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful programs. Moreover, the ad-supported software has the ability to collect tons of personal information about you (your ip address, what is a web page you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the World Wide Web, which links you are clicking), which can later transfer to third parties.
Therefore it’s very important to follow the few simple steps below as soon as possible. The step-by-step guide will assist you to remove adware as well as clean your computer from the gjdksleeeee.ru ads. What is more, the guide below will help you get rid of other dangerous software such as unwanted toolbars and browser hijackers, which could penetrate the computer along with the ad-supported software.
How to manually remove gjdksleeeee.ru pop-up ads
This step-by-step guide will help you remove gjdksleeeee.ru pop-ups. These gjdksleeeee.ru removal steps work for the Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge and IE, as well as every version of Windows operating system. Some of the steps may require you to close the internet browser or reboot your personal computer. So, bookmark or print it for later reference.
- Delete suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
- Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove gjdksleeeee.ru redirect
- Get rid of gjdksleeeee.ru pop-up ads in Mozilla Firefox
- Get rid of gjdksleeeee.ru pop-ups in Chrome
- Remove gjdksleeeee.ru advertisements from Internet Explorer
- Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Delete suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
We recommend that you start the system cleaning process by checking the list of installed software and remove all unknown or suspicious applications. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the malicious programs such as ad-supported software and browser hijackers may be bundled with free applications. Delete the unwanted applications may get rid of the unwanted ads or web browser redirect to unknown or unwanted web pages.
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Next, click “Uninstall a program” It will show a list of all applications. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown software. To quickly find the latest installed software, we recommend sort programs by date of installation in the Control panel.
Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove gjdksleeeee.ru redirect
Click the right mouse button to a desktop shortcut which you use to run your browser. Next, select the “Properties” option. Important: necessary to click on the desktop shortcut for the web-browser which is redirected to the gjdksleeeee.ru or other unwanted site.
Further, necessary to look at the text which is written in the “Target” field. The adware can rewrite the contents of this field, which describes the file to be run when you launch your internet browser. Depending on the web-browser you are using, there should be: Google Chrome: chrome.exe, Opera: opera.exe, Firefox: firefox.exe, Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe. If you are seeing an unknown text similar “http://site.address” that has been added here, then you should delete it, as shown on the image below.
Next, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you launch the internet browser from this desktop shortcut, it does not occur automatically redirect on the gjdksleeeee.ru site or any other unwanted web-sites that is advertised by the ‘ad-supported’ software. Once the step is finished, we recommend to go to the next step.
Get rid of gjdksleeeee.ru pop-up ads in Mozilla Firefox
If the Firefox settings have been changed by the ad supported software, then resetting it to the default state can help you to delete the reroute onto gjdksleeeee.ru ads.
First, launch the Firefox and click button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the web-browser. Next, press the Help button () as shown in the figure below.
In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the browser adress bar and press Enter. It will display the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.
It will show the confirmation prompt, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The FF will begin a process to fix your problems that caused by the ad supported software. When it is finished, press the “Finish” button
Get rid of gjdksleeeee.ru pop-ups in Chrome
Reset Chrome settings is a simple way to remove the malicious and ad-supported extensions, as well as to restore the internet browser’s start page and search provider by default that have been replaced by adware.
- Open the Chrome, then click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
- It will display the Google Chrome main menu. Click the “Settings” menu.
- Next, click the “Show advanced settings” link, that located at the bottom of the Settings page.
- Further, click the “Reset settings” button, which located at the bottom of the Advanced settings page.
- The Google Chrome will open the reset settings dialog box as shown on the image above.
- Confirm the web browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
- To learn more, look the article How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.
Remove gjdksleeeee.ru advertisements from Internet Explorer
To remove the gjdksleeeee.ru advertisements you need to reset the Internet Explorer to the state, that was when the Windows was installed on your computer.
First, run the Internet Explorer, then press ‘gear’ icon . It will open the drop-down menu on the right part of the web browser, then click the “Internet Options” as on the image below.
In the “Internet Options” screen, you need to select the “Advanced” tab and press the “Reset” button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” dialog box as shown below. Next, press the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. After that, click the “Reset” button.
Once the task is done, press “Close” button. Close the IE and reboot your machine for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your browser’s settings to default state and disable ‘ad-supported’ extensions.
Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Once installed, the adware can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you start your computer, it will show gjdksleeeee.ru annoying web site. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all tasks that have been created by adware.
Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard simultaneously. It will show a prompt which called Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and press OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, click “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown on the screen below.
In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be open just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address” or “firefox.exe http://site.address”, then you need delete this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it’s a component of the malicios application, then this task also should be removed.
Further press on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown in the following image.
Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicious applications. Once is done, close the Task Scheduler window.
How to remove gjdksleeeee.ru advertisements automatically
We recommend using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install this tool to detect gjdksleeeee.ru threat and delete it, from the link below. When installed and updated, the free malware remover will automatically scan and detect all threats present on the machine.
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Once installed, the Malwarebytes will try to update itself and when this task is done, click “Scan Now” button for checking your computer for the adware and malware. During the scan it will detect all threats present on your PC. In order to remove all threats, simply click “Quarantine Selected” button.
The Malwarebytes is a free application that you can use to remove all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about the Malwarebytes, we recommend you to read and follow the step-by-step instructions or the video guide below.
Block gjdksleeeee.ru advertisements and other annoying web sites
To increase your security and protect your computer against new annoying ads and malicious pages, you need to use program that blocks access to malicious ads and web-pages. Moreover, the application can block the open of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of web sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.
Download AdGuard program from the following link.
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When the download is done, start the file named adguardInstaller. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as shown on the image below.
Follow the prompts. Once the install is done, you will see a window as shown below.
You can click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will allow you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your PC system, AdGuard will launch automatically and block pop-ups, pages like gjdksleeeee.ru, as well as other dangerous or misleading web sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that is located on your Windows desktop.
Scan your PC system and remove gjdksleeeee.ru ads with AdwCleaner.
This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and get rid of adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software), browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and MS Edge browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (startpage, new tab page and default search engine). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and remove malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the computer.
Download AdwCleaner utility by clicking on the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
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Once the downloading process is finished, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will run the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen like below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to show the application, click Yes button to continue.
Now, press the “Scan” for checking your PC system for the adware which cause a redirect to gjdksleeeee.ru advertisements.
When it has finished scanning, it will display a list of all items detected by this tool as shown below.
You need to click “Clean” button. It will open a prompt, click “OK” to begin the cleaning procedure. When the clean up is complete, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your system. After reboot, the AdwCleaner will show the log file.
All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.
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Now your PC should be free of the gjdksleeeee.ru advertisements. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted ads and annoying malicious web sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your personal computer for new malware and ad-supported software). Probably you are running an older version of Java or Adobe Flash Player. This can be a security risk, so download and install the latest version right now.
If you are still having problems while trying to remove gjdksleeeee.ru advertisements from your computer, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.