Gikayo.org virus - How to remove

Gikayo.org is suspicious and malicious application that can attack your system. It is listed as web browser hijacker, so once installed on your computer it will make some unwanted changes that will affect the way you browse the Internet. You are most likely to waste your time or even get into some more severe cyber security troubles due to this infection, so it is obvious that Gikayo should be removed from the computer. Now if you do not know how to do that – don’t worry, we will guide you through this process right now.

Firstly, you have to decide whether you wish to eliminate this infection manually or automatically. Each of these methods are different and have their own pros and cons, so choose wisely. Removing infection automatically is faster and easier, but requires installation of additional anti-malware software, while removing manually is a little bit more complex and requires some knowledge in this field, but allows you to eliminate the infection without any additional tools.

If automatic removal looks like more convenient method to you, 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 them should be able to immediately detect and eliminate the infection. It should also protect your computer from viruses like this in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed.

In case you decided to perform this removal manually – scroll down below the article and take a look at our step-by-step Gikayo.org manual removal guide. We have developed it to assist you through this complicated process of virus removal so just do your best to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to remove it by yourself.

If you have bumped into some difficulties during the removal, feel free to ask us for help in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all. To learn more about specific features of Gikayo.org virus please continue reading the article.

About Gikayo.org virus

Removing Gikayo.org virus is a must because it can cause you various cyber security problems. It pretends to be a legitimate search engine and if the computer is infected with it, both homepage and default search engine on all of web browsers will be set to www.Gikayo.org.

We do not recommend to use this website because if you try to search for something there, you will notice a lot of sponsored results that usually are not even relevant to your search queries, so you will waste your time this way. In addition to that, it might be dangerous to click on those results and we do not recommend to do that.

If it happens so that you click on a sponsored result displayed by Gikayo.org you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money.

This infection is operating as browser add-on and is completely compatible with all most common web browsers out there, including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and even Safari. That means Apple users are vulnerable as well.

Even though Gikayo.org is listed as browser hijacker, it also has some features of adware infection, so if your computer is infected with it, you can experience various additional ads while browsing the Internet. Ads delivered by Gikayo.org can come in all kinds of different forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. New tab or even window with ads on it can be opened at any time as well.

Manual removal of Gikayo.org virus

How to remove Gikayo using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Gikayo.org 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 Gikayo . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Gikayo.org 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 Gikayo from macOS

Delete Gikayo.org virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Gikayo 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.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Gikayo.org virus and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

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

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

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

TopRemoving Gikayo.org virus from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Gikayo. Click on the trash bin icon next to Gikayo.org virus or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

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

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

TopRemoving Gikayo.org virus from Firefox

• 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 Gikayo 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Gikayo.org virus, 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.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

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

How to remove Gikayo.org virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

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

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Gikayo. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Gikayo.org virus or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Gikayo from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Gikayo.org virus. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

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

• Click on the 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