How to Effectively Remove GigaClicks Crawler From Your PC?

“Does anyone know how to uninstall GigaClicks Crawler? It keeps telling me I don’t have access to contact administrator. This is my laptop so I am the admin. But why I’m not allowed to remove it? Any help will be appreciated.”

What is GigaClicks Crawler?

GigaClicks Crawler is considered as an adware program or potentially unwanted program, which can display many advertisements on the target computers. Usually, it gets into your PC via downloads from the Internet silently without permission. If you don’t pay attention to the installation process of some free programs, this threat can find the change to enter the PC. Though this program claims that it is capable of utilizing unused computer power and broadband connection to crawl the web, its creator aims to increase web traffic.

Once installed on the PC, it adds a registry entry so that the program can run automatically Windows starts. You may find your network connection doesn’t work properly due to this PUP. It can consume a lot of system resources in the background and lead to very slow PC performance. You Internet browser may be hijacked by this adware and redirects you to specific websites. When you surf the Internet, it will track your Internet browsing by recording the pages you visit, your IP address, and many other activities or information. If such data is sent to third parties, lot of advertisements based on your needs may be sent to your PC. Cyber criminals may make use of your confidential information to perform many evil actions. You may have to face privacy issues and identity theft and so on.

For the sake of your computer security, please remove GigaClicks Crawler as soon as possible. If you cannot uninstall it successfully, follow the steps below to deal with the threat step by step.

How to get rid of GigaClicks Crawler manually?

Step1: Find the files / folder of the PUP and ‘take ownership’ in the properties / security tab.

If you are told that you don’t have access to contact administrator when uninstalling the PUP, you can go to my computer, go to C drive and then program files (You may have an x86 or something try there too). Then look for gigaclicks crawler folder. After you find it, right click on the folder, go to properties, go to the security tab, click on edit and click on your name. Click the full control box and click apply and then click OK.

Now right click on the folder and click Delete. Click yes and then yes again to authenticate deletion. Restart your computer.

Step2: Uninstall the adware program from Control Panel.

Windows 8

Press the Windows Key or hover the cursor in the bottom left of the screen to access the Start menu.

Search for the adware program and right click on its icon. A check-mark will appear in the right corner to indicate an application has been selected. Click Uninstall on the toolbar that appears at the bottom of the screen.

Then Programs and Features window will open. Press Uninstall button to remove the unwanted program from your PC.

Windows XP

Click Start, go to Control Panel and open Add/Remove Programs.

In the Currently installed programs, choose the program related to Search Deals and click Remove button to get rid of it.

Windows 7

Click Start, go to Control Panel, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.

Highlight the software associated with the adware and uninstall it.

Step2. Delete unwanted plug-ins/add-ons from IE/Firefox/Chrome.

Internet Explorer

Open IE, click Tools and click Manager Add-ons. From the Toolbars and Extensions tab, select the unwanted add-ons and click on Disable.

Mozilla Firefox

Open Firefox, click on Tools and click on Add-on Manager. Select add-ons strange to you and click Remove to get rid of them.

Google Chrome

Open Chrome, click 3-bars and click Tools. Click “Extensions” and choose unnecessary add-on and click the trash box ext to it to remove it.

How to automatically remove GigaClicks Crawler?

If the manual removal mentioned above doesn’t work, you can uninstall GigaClicks Crawler by using a malware removal tool instead. A professional malware removal tool enables you to delete the adware fully and repair the affected web browsers effectively within minutes. By using this tool, you can easily find and get rid of the malicious and stubborn programs that cannot be deleted successfully.

Follow the steps below and your computer problem will be resolved soon.

Download and install a malware removal tool on your PC.

Run it to scan your computer.

Choose the programs or files related to the malware/adware and click Delete or Uninstall button.

After the potentially unwanted program is removed, restart your computer and everything will be ok soon.