What is Gold-page.com?
Gold-page.com is malicious software, which comes as an extension to the browser without the user’s knowledge. Gold-page.com can hijack popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer. Gold-page.com displays banners and coupons from sites you have visited, it can also show deals of popular advertising sites such as Amazon, eBay and others. According to the developers, Gold-page.com was created in order to let the user find the best offers of online stores. In fact, it’s a lie. The main objective of the developers is to make money. Most of the offers are false. Gold-page.com can change your browser settings and homepage. If Gold-page.com infected your PC, then you can be assured that your personal information is compromised. Gold-page.com analyzes your browsing, and gain access to your personal information and, subsequently, can transfer it to third parties. If you find Gold-page.com, then delete it immediately.
How Gold-page.com gets on your PC?
Penetration of Gold-page.com depends largely on the care of users. Gold-page.com comes bundled with other programs that the user downloads from the free sites. Few are closely watching the installation process, and sometimes do not know that their computer is at risk. Always read the user’s agreement and don’t press “Next” button once. First, make sure that the program is safe. Select advanced installation type. Remember that there are many similar programs in the Internet. Read reviews about the programs, and if your computer is already infected, then use the instructions below.
How to remove Gold-page.com from your computer?
To uninstall Gold-page.com remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.
In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have Gold-page.com in their database. You can try to use them for removing Gold-page.com.
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Alternative Solution:
Norton Antivirus – detects files, registry values and folders of viruses that show the same behavior as Gold-page.com.
You can try both of these products to remove Gold-page.com
Or uninstall Gold-page.com manually.
Step 1: Remove Gold-page.com from Control Panel
Windows XP:
- Click Start.
- Control Panel.
- Then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find Gold-page.com.
- Click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.
Windows 7/Windows Vista:
- Click Start.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find Gold-page.com and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.
Windows 8/Windows 8.1:
- Open the Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find Gold-page.com, select it and click Uninstall.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).
Windows 10:
- Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
- Click on App & features on the left menu.
- On the right side, locate Gold-page.com and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
- Click on Uninstall to confirm.
Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10
Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.
After that remove Gold-page.com from your browser.
Step 2: Remove Gold-page.com from browsers
Google Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome
- Push Alt + F.
- Click Tools.
- Choose Extensions.
- Find Gold-page.com.
- Click the trash can icon to remove it.
Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Open Firefox.
- Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
- Choose Gold-page.com.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.
Internet Explorer:
- Open IE.
- Push Alt + T.
- Click Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable Gold-page.com.
- Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
- Click Remove button.
- If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.
Learn more about removing extensions from IE.
Step 3: Resetting your browser search and homepage settings
Reset browser setting in Google Chrome:- Click the Chrome menu (3 bar button) in the top right corner.
- Choose Settings.
- Click Show advanced settings.
- Go to Reset browser settings section.
- Click Reset browser settings.
- In the dialog that appears, click Reset.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Google Chrome.
Reset browser setting in Mozilla Firefox:- Open Mozilla Firefox.
- Go to Help.
- Go to Troubleshooting information.
- Click Reset Firefox… button.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Mozilla Firefox.
Reset browser setting in Internet Explorer:- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on the cogwheel in the right upper corner.
- Click Internet options.
- Go to Advanced tab.
- Click Reset button.
- Put a tick near Delete personal settings checkbox.
- Click Reset button.
Learn more about resetting browser settings in Internet Explorer.
Step 4: Remove following files and folders of Gold-page.com:
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Written by Rami Douafi