The cause of unwanted globalfindclick.com pop-up ads on your screen is adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software). Technically, the ad supported software, that displays lots of pop-ups or redirects on an annoying web-page, is not a virus. It’s is created to make a money. Once started, the adware injects a small code within the content of web sites that you visit. The malicous code may pop-up a new web-browser window with globalfindclick.com site or insert lots of advertising links directly into the pages you’re viewing.
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Most often, the adware affects the most common internet browsers such as the Firefox, Google Chrome, IE and Edge. But such the dangerous software as well may infect another web browsers by changing its shortcuts (adding an argument like ‘http://site.address’ into Target field of a web-browser’s shortcut). So every time you start the browser, it’ll reroute to the annoying globalfindclick.com page. Even if you setup a new start page, an annoying web page will be the first thing you see when you open the Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox and Edge.
The ‘ad-supported’ software is the part of the software that is used as an online promotional tool. It is created with the sole purpose to show dozens of ads, and thus to promote the goods and services in an open browser window. So, the globalfindclick.com is just one of the many pages of the so-called ‘ad-support’ type. It’s designed to fill the web browser’s constant stream of ads, or redirect the internet browser to not expected and intrusive advertising web-sites. Moreover, the adware can substitute the legitimate advertisements on misleading or even banners that can offer to visit malicious sites. The reason is simple, many advertisers agree on any ways to attract users to their web pages, so the creators of ‘ad-supported’ software, often forcing users to click on an advertising link. For each click on a link, the authors of the ‘ad-supported’ software receive income. It is the so-called ‘Pay-Per-Click’ method.
So, obviously, you need to remove the ad supported software as soon as possible. Use the free steps below. This guide will help you clean your computer and thereby get rid of the globalfindclick.com annoying advertisements.
How does globalfindclick.com ads get installed onto computer
The ad supported software usually come bundled with other free software that you download off of the Internet. Once started, it’ll infect your computer and configure your browser’s to show a huge number of the globalfindclick.com unwanted advertisements without your permission. To avoid infection, in the Setup wizard, you should be be proactive and carefully read the ‘Terms of use’, the ‘license agreement’ and other installation screens, as well as to always choose the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ install mode, when installing anything downloaded from the Internet.
How to manually remove globalfindclick.com redirect
The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually delete globalfindclick.com from the Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Uninstall suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
- Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove globalfindclick.com redirect
- Get rid of globalfindclick.com from Firefox
- Remove globalfindclick.com redirect from Chrome
- Remove globalfindclick.com ads from Internet Explorer
- Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Delete suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
First, you should try to identify and uninstall the application that causes the appearance of unwanted ads and internet browser redirect to unwanted web-sites, using the ‘Uninstall a program’ which is located in the ‘Control panel’.
Windows 8, 8.1, 10
, then click Search 
. Type ‘Control panel’and press Enter as shown in the figure below. 
When the ‘Control Panel’ opens, press the ‘Uninstall a program’ under Programs category as shown on the screen below. 
You will see the ‘Uninstall a program’ panel as shown on the screen below. 
Very carefully look around the entire list of installed programs. Most likely, one or more of them are responsible for the browser redirect to annoying globalfindclick.com advertisements. If you have many programs installed, you can help simplify the search of malicious applications by sort the list by date of installation. Once you have found a suspicious, unwanted or unused application, right click to it and press ‘Uninstall’.
Windows XP, Vista, 7
When the Windows ‘Control Panel’ opens, you need to press ‘Uninstall a program’ under ‘Programs’ as shown in the following image. 
You will see a list of applications installed on your computer. We recommend to sort the list by date of installation to quickly find the software that were installed last. Most likely they responsibility for the appearance of annoying popup ads and web-browser redirect. If you are in doubt, you can always check the application by doing a search for her name in Google, Yahoo or Bing. When the application, you need to delete, is found, simply click on its name, and then click ‘Uninstall’ as on the image below. 
Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove globalfindclick.com redirect
Now you need to clean up the internet browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the browser, and not on any unknown file. Right click to a desktop shortcut for your web browser. Choose the “Properties” option.
It will show the Properties window. Select the “Shortcut” tab here, after that, look at the “Target” field. The adware can modify it. If you are seeing something similar “…exe http://web.site.address” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the web browser you are using:
- Google Chrome: chrome.exe
- Opera: opera.exe
- Firefox: firefox.exe
- Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe
Look at the example on the screen below.
Once is finished, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Please repeat this step for web browser shortcuts which redirects to an annoying pages. When you have completed, go to next step.
Get rid of globalfindclick.com from Firefox
If the FF settings have been changed by the ad-supported software, then resetting it to the default state can help you to get rid of the redirect onto globalfindclick.com page.
First, run the Mozilla Firefox and click 
button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the browser. Next, press the Help button (
) as shown on the image below.
In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the web-browser address bar and press Enter. It will open the “Troubleshooting Information” page as on the image below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.
It will show the confirmation dialog box, press the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will begin a process to fix your problems that caused by the adware. When it is finished, click the “Finish” button
Remove globalfindclick.com redirect from Chrome
Reset Google Chrome settings is a easy way to remove the malicious and ad-supported extensions, as well as to restore the browser’s home page, newtab page and search provider by default that have been changed by adware.
- Open the Google 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, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
- Further, click the “Reset settings” button, that located at the bottom of the Advanced settings page.
- The Chrome will display the reset settings dialog box as on the image above.
- Confirm the internet browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
- To learn more, look the blog post How to reset Chrome settings to default.
Remove globalfindclick.com ads from Internet Explorer
To remove the globalfindclick.com advertisements you need to reset the Internet Explorer to the state, that was when the Windows was installed on your computer.
First, start the Internet Explorer, then click ‘gear’ icon 
. It will open the drop-down menu on the right part of the browser, then click the “Internet Options” as shown in the figure below.
In the “Internet Options” screen, you need to select the “Advanced” tab and click the “Reset” button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will display the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” dialog box as shown in the following image. Next, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. After that, click the “Reset” button.
When the procedure is finished, click “Close” button. Close the Internet Explorer and restart your system for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your internet browser’s settings to default state and disable ‘ad-supported’ extensions.
Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Once installed, the ad-supported software can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you open your computer, it will open globalfindclick.com unwanted web site. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and delete all tasks that have been created by adware.
Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard at the same time. It will open a prompt which titled as Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, click “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown on the screen below.
Task scheduler, list of tasks
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 such as “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address” or “firefox.exe http://site.address”, then you need get rid of this task. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it’s a component of the adware, then this task also should be removed.
Further click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as on the image below.
Task scheduler, delete a task
Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by malicios program. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.
Remove globalfindclick.com pop-up ads with Malwarebytes
Get rid of globalfindclick.com redirect manually is difficult and often the ‘ad-supported’ software is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your machine. The Malwarebytes is a reputable malware removal application. It can automatically detect and delete the ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware) of the your PC. Moreover, this free program will help you to remove web-browser hijackers, malware and toolbars that your system may be infected too. You can follow the instructions below to remove the globalfindclick.com unwanted completely.
Download Malwarebytes Free from the link below.
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Update: April 15, 2020
Once downloaded, close all software and windows on your machine. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup like below.
When the install begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Malwarebytes on your computer.
When installation is finished, you will see window as shown below.
Now click on the “Scan Now” button . This will begin scanning the whole personal computer to find out ‘ad-supported’ software which causes the redirect to globalfindclick.com page. This process can take some time, so please be patient.
Once the scanning is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected” button. The Malwarebytes will start removing the adware related files, folders, registry keys. When the disinfection is complete, you may be prompted to restart the system.
The following video explains the step-by-step instructions above on how to remove ad-supported software with Malwarebytes Anti-malware.
How to stop globalfindclick.com redirect
To increase your security and protect your PC system against new annoying ads and malicious sites, you need to use an application that blocks access to malicious advertisements and web pages. Moreover, the program can block the display of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web-sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.
- Download AdGuard program by clicking on the following link.
Adguard download
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Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018
- After the download is done, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” window. Follow the prompts.
- Once the installation is done, click “Skip” to close it and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see a quick tutorial which will help 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 launch your machine, AdGuard will run automatically and block advertisements, globalfindclick.com redirects, as well as other malicious 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, which is located on your Windows desktop.
Scan your personal computer and delete globalfindclick.com ads with AdwCleaner.
This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and remove adware, browser hijackers, malware and unwanted toolbars in Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge internet browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (homepage, new tab 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 tool from the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
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Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024
After the download is done, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will launch the AdwCleaner utility and you will see a screen as shown below. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to display the application, click Yes button to continue.
Now, click the “Scan” for scanning your PC system for the ad-supported software which cause a redirect to globalfindclick.com advertisements.
Once the scan is done, it will open a list of all items detected by this tool as on the image below.
You need to click “Clean” button. It will display a dialog box, press “OK” to begin the cleaning procedure. Once the clean-up is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your computer. After restart, the AdwCleaner will display the log file.
All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.
Finish words
Now your PC system should be clean of the globalfindclick.com pop-up ads. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted advertisements and unwanted dangerous 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 get rid of globalfindclick.com advertisements from your machine, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.
