Goojile.info - How to remove

Goojile.info virus, instead of introducing a proper interface, reroutes people to Nova.rambler.ru which immediately announces “Empty search query. Try again?”. We have discussed Nova.rambler.ru in our previous article and we had to indicate some troublesome features of this searching tool. The link of Goojile.info is seen only for a couple of seconds before the redirection is fully done.

Goojile.info browser hijacker is involved with scammers: do not keep it

This website has been created almost 6 months ago and its servers are located in Russia. Created on 24 of January, the domain was registered under Afilias Global Registry Services company and even included an owners’ email address of [email protected]. However, another analysis indicated that Maranta Services is the company that administers the domain. The admin of this website is indicated to be Roger Alberto Santamaria Del Cid from Panama. We have found some evidence to suggest that this person has been noticed to control such companies like Perfect Money, Loyalty AG that both appear to be involved in scams.

In addition to that, the website contains a search box and a couple of advertisements from different websites. At the time of our visit, we encountered Host-express.pro, Adspert.de, Contextoria.com and M-filatov.ru: all of them displayed content in the Russian language. While these services might not be malware-laden, we presume that definitely not all promoted partners will be interested only in genuine services. The main infected countries are Hungary, Argentina and Brazil.

Goojile.info is yet another malicious application that can attack your computer. In case when you open your web browser www.goojile.info appears instead of your regular homepage, that’s a clear sign that your computer is infected with this browser hijacker. First of all you should remove it from your computer right now, because even though it is not very dangerous, it can cause you some cyber security damage and that’s very dangerous.

If you have no previous experience in removing viruses like Goojile.info we recommend to do it automatically – it is very easy and fast. All you have to do is to download reliable anti-malware application and scan your computer with it. We suggest to use Spyhunter – either one of these applications should detect and eliminate the threat in no time. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed.

As we have mentioned above, Goojile.info is listed as browser hijacker. That means once inside of your system it will make some changes to your web browsers. Settings like homepage or default search engine will be changed without asking you for permission to do so.

Goojile.info tries to create an image of legitimate search engine but it is not true. Even its name is referring to Google, so people would think that it’s same search engine. However, it is not and you should not use it. It will display results that are not relevant to your search queries and even some sponsored content from Google Adwords that are not relevant to you as well. See the picture below.

Moreover, Goojile.info has some attributes of adware. Once inside it will flood your web browsers with various ads that can be displayed in all kinds of 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.

Usually ads displayed by Goojile.info appear when you are visiting e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon. You will be offered to purchase some goods or services at very appealing price rate. Do not fall for that trick – most of the time those offers are fake, they are just trying to win your attention and make you click on one of those ads this way. And we don’t recommend to do that. If it happens so that you click on the ad displayed by Goojile.info 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.

Goojile.info might also collect your personal information, such as browsing history, search queries, most visited websites or even your IP and email address. They adjust those ads according to collected data and make them even more relevant and attractive to you this way, so chances that you will click on one of them rise. And that’s the main goal of Goojile.info because they get paid for every click you make.

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How to remove Goojile.info using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Goojile.info from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Goojile.info 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 Goojile.info 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 Goojile.info, 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 Goojile.info 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 Goojile.info 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 Goojile.info, 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 Goojile.info 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 Goojile.info, 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 Goojile.info from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Goojile.info 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 Goojile.info, 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.

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