Gifables virus - How to remove

Gifables is considered to be adware/browser hijacker. Either way, it is not an application you would want to keep installed on your computer. It can cause you some cyber security problems thus we recommend to eliminate it as soon as possible.

If you have recently discovered that your computer is infected with this virus but don’t know how to eliminate the infection – you have come to the right place. In this article we will provide you with detailed instructions how to eliminate Gifables either manually or automatically, so just keep reading this article.

Since it’s much easier and less time consuming to do it automatically, we recommend to go for this removal method. All you have to do is to download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these applications should immediately detect and remove the infection in no time. If your computer is infected with other similar viruses, it will detect and remove them too.

However, if for some reasons you don’t feel like downloading any additional anti-malware software, you can remove Gifables manually by your own. This process might be complicated so we have created a step-by-step removal guide to assist you – it can be found below this article.

To learn more about specific features of Gifables please continue reading this article. If you have some questions regarding this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all.

About Gifables browser hijacker

It operates as browser add-on that can be added to all most common web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or even Safari. That means Apple users can get infected as well. If you download it bundled with other application, it might infect all browsers it would find on computer, however from maker website it affects the one you download the extension with.

This add-on promises to provide you with the ability to share gifs faster using Giphy – a fully legitimate animated gif creation and listing/search engine. This website is highly popular, however Gifables toolbar has little to do with it except couple links and a banner below. On would expect that the search would help searching gifs, but that new tab search is just a generic myway search box.

While the functionality of this tool is highly questionable, it haas some side effects that you should know about. First of all, it will flood all those web browsers with ads in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual ads. New tab or even window with ads on it can be opened at any time as well.

During the install, you will be asked to switch your default browser search to ASK search engine. While it is legitimate search, they pay out for people switching to ask.com and that attracts hijackers. Gifable makers try to earn extra from this.

Another unwanted feature of Gifables is data collection It might collect your personal information, such as your browsing history, search queries, most visited websites or even your IP and email addresses. They adjust those adds according to collected data and make them even more relevant and attractive to you, so chances that you will click on one of them rise. And that’s the main goal of cyber criminals since they get paid for every click you make.

We highly recommend to keep your computer secured with reliable anti-malware application to avoid infections like this in the future.

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Manual removal of Gifables hijacker

How to remove Gifables.com using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Gifables virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Gifables.com . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Gifables virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Gifables.com from macOS

Delete Gifables virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Gifables.com app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Gifables virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Gifables virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Gifables virus from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Gifables virus related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Gifables.com, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Gifables virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Gifables virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Gifables virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Gifables.com and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Gifables virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

Manual removal