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

Gifables is a malicious program which does not belong on your machine. It is a browser hijacker. Have you dealt with such a pest before? If not, prepare yourself. This infection is incredibly annoying as well as dangerous. There is a silver lining, though. Hijackers are not that hard to remove provided that you take immediate measures. However, if you ignore the threat Gifables poses, things will get ugly.

The longer the infection stays on board, the more problematic it will become and it will eventually get out of control. Then, it may be too late for you to fix it. The hijacker only brings you trouble. They start as minor but as time passes, they grow in both severity and numbers. That’s why it is crucial that you act promptly. As soon as you spot the pest on your computer, delete it immediately. Otherwise, you risk being exposed to both malware and security risk.

Once Gifables enter your machine, problems start pouring. For starters, you open your browser one day only to find that your previous homepage and search engine have been replaced with some new suspicious domain. You didn’t agree to that switch, did you? But the hijacker doesn’t need your permission to make changes. It is able to act as it sees fit. Now, your browsing experience changes significantly and not for the better. Every time you surf the web you get interrupted. The pest redirects you to countless shady pages all the time. It also bombards you with numerous commercials on daily basis. Every page you visit is heavy on banners, coupons, deals, offers, etc. and etc.

Do you know why you are flooded with advertisements? Because every time you click on one, crooks make money. They rely on the pay-per-click mechanism to earn effortless profits which come at your expense. Each of your clicks fills their pockets and exposes you to more infections. How so? Well, nothing the hijacker generates can or should be trusted. In fact, a single click on the wrong ad is all it takes for you to compromise your machine even more. What is worse, there are some perfectly safe links and ads on your screen but there is no way of telling which is which without clicking. But clicking is too much of a risk.

You already have an infection on board and the last thing you need is more malware on your underperforming computer. Because of Gifables, your PC is slow as a snail. It crashes more often. Your browsers freeze. Do what`s best for you and delete this parasite now. It does nothing but ruining your online activities, exposing you to infections and jeopardizing your privacy. Use our removal guide below and get rid of it once and for all. This is the best course of action you can take.

How did Gifables enter in the first place? Hijackers are incredibly sneaky infections. Since they need your approval on their installment, they have to ask for it. However, don’t think that they do so straightforwardly. Oh, no. They ask for permission in the sneakiest way possible by relying on the old but gold means of infiltration. These include freeware bundles, spam emails, corrupted links, fake program updates, third-party ads, unverified download sources, etc.

However, there is one more thing the pest cannot succeed without – your carelessness. This is what it needs the most. If you grant it, you are making crooks` job much easier. If you are vigilant, on the other hand, you have a real chance to spot and prevent an intruder from entering. Be more cautious. Don’t open emails from people you don’t know. Stay away from shady sites/torrents. Don’t click on every ad you see without thinking twice about it. When installing a program/update, always read the Terms and Conditions so you would know what you are agreeing to. Remember, negligence leads to infections. Vigilance keeps you safe.

Gifables 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 Gifables 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 Gifables Virus from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.