How to remove GSafe?

GSafe has been confirmed to be a nasty adware or potential unwanted program (PUP) which could distribute a mass of advertising information and sponsor links in the form of popping-up windows in the targeted system without authorization. Ads by GSafe show up all the time no matter people are surfing the web, editing Microsoft documents, or operating the PC for other tasks. People may be redirected to strange web pages once they click these ads from GSafe.

As a new type of adware, GSafe has the function to keep track of browser history and collect search terms. Therefore, the pop-up advertisements of GSafe always display as a box that is filled with various coupons and links according to users’ search query. You can never think that these pop-up ads from GSafe are so match to your interests and will help you enjoy a better online shopping. Actually, your personal data have been leaked to the business merchants and have been used in commercial promotion.

Damages Caused by GSafe:

GSafe comes with free downloads from the Internet;
GSafe malicious files and registry entries to target system, taking a large space of CPU usage;
GSafe changes the start-up items to allow itself being activated with system booting;
GSafe corrupts system files and programs files;
GSafe open back doors on the infected computer;
GSafe connects your computer to a remote server, helping hackers taking control of your PC.
In this post, I offer two effective methods (Manual removal guide and Automatic removal instruction) to get rid of GSafe completely, choose the one you like to remove GSafe from your PC once and for all.

Solution One: GSafe manual removal instruction:

1. Restart the computer and put it in Safe mode with Networking.

Restart the computer and start hitting F8 key repeatedly when PC is booting up again; if successfully, Safe mode options will show up on the screen for you to select. Please use arrow keys to highlight Safe mode with Networking option and hit enter key. System will be loading files into this mode afterward.

2. End all the harmful running processes
Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.

Stop all the running processes of GSafe.

3. Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by GSafe.
For windows XP: click Start menu; click Run; type: msconfig in the Run box; click Ok to open the System Configuration Utility; Disable all possible startup items generated.
For Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu; type msconfig in the search bar; open System Configuration Utility; Disable all possible startup items generated.

4. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files about GSafe
Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

Clean all the malicious files about GSafe as below.
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\[random].exe
%System Root%\Samples
%User Profile%\Local Settings\Temp
%AppData%\.exe
%CommonAppData%\.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\.exe
%temp%\.exe
C:\Program Files\
5. Remove all the malicious registry entries as follows:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )

Find out all harmful registry entries as follows and delete all of them.
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\MSASCui.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe
Solution Two: GSafe automatic removal instruction:

SpyHunter is designed as a simple way for the average computer user to protect their PC from online threats. It is automatically configured to give you the best protection. It provides reliable protection against all kinds of malicious threats including spyware, adware, hijackers, rootkits, and more. You can follow the instructions provided below to download and install SpyHunter successfully, and enjoy the immediate and ongoing protection.

1. Download SpyHunter by clicking the following download link:
2. Double-click on the downloaded file. If asked to allow program to make changes to this computer, click “Yes” button.
3. In this step, please accept the Licence Agreement and click “Next >” button.
4. After the definition database is downloaded, system scan will automatically start.