Gotrovi.com Search Redirects - How to remove

Gotrovi.com is a website that’s used by various browser extensions to take over people’s web search. While Gotrovi.com can’t search the internet itself, it can track people and redirect them to other search sites. It’s not all that malicious, but it can very extremely distressing. After all, these Gotrovi.com redirects start out of the blue and they happen despite the user’s efforts to change search preferences in the browser. The solution is simple – find and delete the extension using Gotrovi.com.

About Gotrovi.com:

Type of threat	Search hijacker, adware.
What is Gotrovi.com	It’s a search hijacker and spyware associated with Grilime.com, it causes the browser to open Bing when delivering web search results.
Why it is installed	Browser extensions hijack their users’ searches with Gotrovi.com in order to monetize them.
How to remove Gotrovi.com	Find and delete malicious programs and browser hijackers with automatic tools (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, others) and manually, if needed, fix browser settings.

What is Gotrovi.com?

Gotrovi.com is a Conduit-like or Qxsearch-like search engine that redirects search queries to Bing.com. It appears unexpectedly – people don’t install it on purpose.

It’s just a website. It has no identity, branding, not even privacy policy or terms of service. It’s meant to be invisible. The less noticeable it is, the more likely that people will leave it alone and let it continue fleecing off of them.

Problems caused by Gotrovi.com

You may notice Gotrovi.com or Grilime.com in your address bar. Just briefly, before another site (often Bing.com) is loaded. This could happen consistently every time you search from your address bar. Or it could happen only every other search.

You may get more ads with your search results. Your browser may load unexpected sites.

Gotrovi.com does two things:

• It tracks user data.
• It controls which sites open when the user searches the internet.

Hijacker and spyware

Gotrovi.com takes in your search queries and then sends them off to another site, such as Bing.com. The displayed search results are not by Gotrovi.com, as it can’t search the web.

What Gotrovi.com does is collect data about its users:

• Their device information.
• Their location and language.
• Search history and browsing history.
• Actions on the search results page.

This data is very useful for advertisers who want to know what people search for, but can’t because encryption is used by most major websites and it hides that sort of information from outsiders (What is HTTPS?). Gotrovi.com can insert itself between a user and the web, reading what they search for and compiling a profile for advertisers.

It’s worth noting that Gotrovi.com is associated with the Grilime.com site, which used to be an advertising site. It was a monetization tool for websites, browser extensions, and desktop apps. It used to host various ads. Now, it promotes Gotrovi.com.

Installed with a browser extension

Gotrovi.com comes with a browser add-on that, once installed, changes the settings of a browser in a way that allows Gotrovi.com to subtly take control over the victim’s web search. This extension could be anything. It could even be an older add-on that you’ve had installed for a while.

Extensions are powerful. They can open and close tabs in your browser. They can read your data. They can add and remove content in your webpages.

Many browser extensions only use their access for good – to deliver their features. But when an add-on becomes popular enough, its author may want to make some money from it.

One way to do that is to hijack the user’s search settings or to replace every search tab with an affiliate tab. The extension continues to deliver its features, but now it’s also making money.

This is how Gotrovi.com spreads and this is also why it’s so important to only install extensions that you trust.

How to remove Gotrovi.com

You need to find the offending extension and remove it.

You can use anti-malware tools, such as Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and others. But they don’t always detect threats as mild as Gotrovi.com. You might need to find it manually.

Disable all of your browser add-ons one-by-one and keep checking your search. When Gotrovi.com stops showing up, you must have found the extension. Remove it (you may need to disable syncing for extensions in your profile settings) and look for a safer and more reliable alternative.

Also, it’s advisable to remove or disable all the add-ons that you don’t use regularly. Even those extensions that don’t replace your search engine with Gotrovi.com may be doing something shady, like collecting and selling your browsing history.

After getting rid of the Gotrovi.com hijacker, go into your search engine and new tab page settings. Check if everything is how you like it. If needed, change those settings.

Automatic Malware removal tools

How to remove Gotrovi.com

TopHow To remove Gotrovi.com Search Redirects 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 Gotrovi.com Search Redirects, 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 Gotrovi.com Search Redirects 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 Gotrovi.com Search Redirects, 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 Gotrovi.com Search Redirects 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 Gotrovi.com Search Redirects 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 Gotrovi.com Search Redirects, 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.