Gstatic virus - How to remove

Can Gstatic be described as a computer virus? Well, the answer is not straight and needs further explanation. First of all, let’s learn about the origins of this occurrence – there might various reasons why you are experiencing pop-ups or redirects that include Gstatic name.

You should know that gstatic is a legitimate Google service. They use it to deliver off-loaded static content, such as images, CSS and JavaScript code to users. This method allows loading the content faster – since most of the web browsers can only establish two connections to a singular web server, gstatic serves as an additional domain and helps to load various attributes from multiple sources at the same time. In addition to that, the bandwidth usage can be decreased significantly by disabling cookies and loading static content from a server that is near to the receiver.

It’s actually a common practice for various websites to host static files in separate domains that helps to overpass loading cookies multiple times. Yimg.com is employed by Yahoo, ytimg.com by YouTube and images-amazon.com by Amazon. The problem is that various cybercriminals also take advantage of this feature and use legitimate domains to deliver advertisements and even malicious or possibly unwanted software to computers.

As we have mentioned there might be several reasons why you are experiencing pop-ups or notifications about Gstatic and it can be that you are dealing with some kind of security issue. We are here to help you find out more about it and provide possible solution methods to this particular problem.

Anti-Malware Software Considers Gstatic To Be Malicious

One of the reasons why a lot of users are concerned about gstatic is notifications delivered by anti-malware applications like MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. Since there is a possible threat regarding this domain, anti-malware and anti-virus programs make sure to include it in the list of threats. So every time some content is loaded from this domain, you get a notification that the website you about to visit might be dangerous and you should think twice before doing that.

Some cybercriminals can employ this domain to deliver malicious or unwanted content right to you. Excessive advertisements can be loaded onto your computer using gstatic domain and that’s why this legitimate service can be dangerous.

It’s also worth mentioning that not all anti-malware tools consider gstatic domain to be dangerous – some of them won’t notify you about it. It’s up to you to decide whether it’s good or bad because you might be not stopped from accessing malicious content, but on the other side, you won’t be annoyed by constant notifications.

How To Tell If Gstatic Content Is Malicious

Even though it can be rather difficult to determine if there are some kind of problems with the security of your computer or web browser, there are some common indicators that can tell you about the content delivered by Gstatic being malicious:

Symptom	Description
Repetitive ads	If you constantly see advertisements from Gstatic, it might be an indicator that your computer is infected with adware
Strange Offers	Most of the time malicious advertisements consist of strange, inadequate offers or suggestions
Difficult to close	Advertisements delivered by malware usually are designed to make users click on them and might be difficult to close
Redirects and pop-ups	Advertisement is opened on a new tab or even window? That’s a clear sign of malicious activity
Same advertisement on different websites	If you encounter the exact same advertisement on different websites, it might be a sign of an adware

What Is The Cause of Gstatic Virus

In case you are experiencing malicious content delivered by gstatic, it’s most likely because of the adware infection that is active on your computer. However, there is also a chance that you just happened to visit a website that displays those ads.

If the adware is active on your system, you might experience other symptoms as well:

• slower work of your computer;
• implementation of other unwanted software;
• personal data gathering;
• redirects to other websites.

The first thing you should do in this situation – open the extension list on the web browser you are using and see if there are some extensions that you are not familiar with. It doesn’t necessarily have to be named as “gstatic” or similar – the name can be completely random. You see, most adware infections are operating as browser extensions and that is why you can identify it there easily.

How To Eliminate Gstatic pop-ups

Removal of infection that causes gstatic pop-ups and other advertisements is complicated because we don’t know the name of the virus. There are a lot of adware infections that can be delivering advertisements through Gstatic domains – Clksite.com, Cobalten.com, FastDataX and so on.

That’s why we suggest to scan your computer with anti-malware software and let it do the job. Use Spyhunter – either one of those applications should be able to immediately detect and remove any malicious files and applications that are related to Gstatic.

On the other hand, you can use another technique, which is designed for more advanced users. Use one of those anti-malware programs to detect the malware on your computer, but instead of automatically removing it, follow the instructions provided below.

Automatic Malware removal tools

How to remove Gstatic virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Gstatic 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 Gstatic virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Gstatic 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.