I wrote this article to help you remove GifaPalooza Virus. This GifaPalooza Virus removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

GifaPalooza is a malicious application. Created by Mindspark Interactive Network, this program is classified as a browser hijacker. This sentence alone should be enough for you to understand that GifaPalooza is not safe. It is not useful and helpful either. It is only helpful for the hacker who published it. It serves their malicious purposes. For you, however, GifaPalooza is a plague. It brings along nothing but headaches and unpleasantries. The minute you spot its pesky extension in your browsers, act. Do your best to remove this infection from your system as soon as possible. Do not give it time to get out of control. Because it will, eventually. And then you will face much more difficulties trying to remove it.

Take actions against it while it is not too late. The more time GifaPalooza spends on board, the more problems it throws at you. These problems become more and more severe as time passes as well. Do not put up with the hijacker`s shenanigans. They do not only concern your browsing. This pest also exposes your privacy at risk. It starts spying on your sensitive data from the moment it enters. Not only that, though. It also records it and then shares it with the cybercriminals who are behind it. Thus, they can use your personal details for whatever they see fit. Does this sound like a good idea to you? Absolutely not! Hackers are the last people who should have this kind of access. So, don’t let them. Cut GifaPalooza`s stay short and save yourself tons of issues. If you don`t, you will regret it sooner rather than later. Make the right choice. GifaPalooza has no place in your system. It has to go. Now!

Aside from the privacy risk, it puts you at, GifaPalooza also makes a complete mess of your online experience. It injects all of your browsers with tons of highly unreliable ads. Your whole screen is covered with coupons, deals, offers, in texts, best prices, comparisons, etc. and etc. Do not click on any of them as if you happen to click on a corrupted one (there are many of those) you automatically download more malware and you worsen your predicament.

Also, the hijacker replaces your search engine and homepage with its own shady domain. Now, every time you want to go online, you are forced to use the GifaPalooza engine which, if it is not obvious by now, cannot be trusted to provide safe and accurate search results. In fact, it mostly provides sponsored links which if you click on, crooks gain pay-per-click revenue and you end up visiting a dodgy site, which is probably fool of infections. Delete the pesky hijacker before it floods your PC with more cyber threats and before it steals all your personal details. Use our removal guide below to help you do that manually.

How did GifaPalooza manage to enter your PC without being detected? One of the most popular and commonly used methods is freeware bundling. Be extra careful when you install free programs from unverified sources. Always read the Terms and Conditions before you accept them. Also, opt for the Custom settings instead of the Standard ones, as they allow you to check the entire bundle program by program. This way you will be able to see if there are some extras which you do not wish to install. If there are, deselect them immediately. Such “bonuses” are usually malicious and you do not need them on board. The Standard settings are less time-consuming but with them, these apps get installed automatically. So, you will spend a little more time but you will be able to protect your computer. Choose safety over speed.

GifaPalooza Virus Removal

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you know how to do this, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.

For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.‌

Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.

While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.

Please, follow the steps precisely to remove GifaPalooza Virus from the browser:

Remove From Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.

Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.

Remove From Chrome:

Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).

Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.

Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.

Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.

Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.

Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.

Go in the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

Still can not remove GifaPalooza Virus from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.