Gossiper Toolbar. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Gossiper?
Developed by Client Connect Limited, Gossiper is an untrustworthy toolbar, which is closely related to Trovi and Conduit viruses. At the first glimpse, the toolbar does not differ from other toolbars since it displays bookmarks to most popular websites, news portals, social networks websites and so on. However, this toolbar has been categorized as a browser hijacker and a potentially unwanted program (PUP) because it tends to promote Trovi Search and set it as a default start page and search provider. Therefore, wherever you get an offer to install Gossiper Toolbar, make sure that you do not accept it.
In most of the cases, this toolbar spreads as an ‘additional component’ attached to other freewares and sharewares. Such distribution method is not fair what so ever because it have already tricked thousands of people into installing potentially unwanted programs without realizing that. As soon as Gossiper toolbar infiltrates the system, you may notice not only a new toolbar installed on each of your web browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari), but also replace your default start page, search provider and a new tab with trovi.com. If you are in this situation right now, the only thing that we can recommend you is to remove Gossipier virus and all programs that are related to it. That’s because such browser’s modifications are initiated with an intention to present you with sponsored links and advertisements. Be careful because suspicious or even malicious may be promoted in the priority of the search results; thus, for preventing Gossiper redirects to unsafe websites, avoid all content brought to you via this search. By the way, it has been found that the toolbar may also be used for tracking users, accumulating data kept on their PCs, and transmitting it to other third parties. Even more, it may diminish your PC’s performance, increase security vulnerabilities, install updates without permission asked and engage in other suspicious activities. Therefore, as soon as Gossiper toolbar and trovi.com search show up within your web browser, remove them from the system without any delay. For that, we recommend using Reimage (Windows OS) or Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus (Mac OS X).
How can Gossiper hijack my computer?
Gossiper can infiltrate your computer via another freeware, for example, download manager, PDF creator, media player, game, and so on. That’s because its developers apply ‘bundling’ distribution method for spreading this toolbar without asking for users’ permission. It has been noticed that this toolbar tends to spread not only with Trovi, but also with other potentially unwanted programs, such as System Speed Up, YTDownloader, GoingGo and many others. If you do not want to end up with all aforementioned programs on your computer, you have to check every freeware and decompose software packages. In order to to that, you should always select Advanced or Custom installation option and follow the entire installation process step-by-step. If you find any additional tools set by default, make sure that you deselect them and only then finish the installation process.
How to remove GoingGo virus?
You can remove Gossiper Toolbar automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareWebroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus, Malwarebytes Anti Malware. We recommend these applications because they can easily delete potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.
Manual Gossiper Toolbar Removal Guide:
Eliminate Gossiper Toolbar from Windows systems
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Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
- Uninstall Gossiper Toolbar and related programs
Here, look for Gossiper Toolbar or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
- Remove Gossiper Toolbar from Windows shortcuts
Right click on the shortcut of Mozilla Firefox and select Properties. -
Go to Shortcut tab and look at the Target field. Delete malicious URL that is related to your virus.
Repeat steps that are given above with all browsers' shortcuts, including Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Make sure you check all locations of these shortcuts, including Desktop, Start Menu and taskbar.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariRemove Gossiper Toolbar from Mac OS X system
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Gossiper Toolbar or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Uninstall Gossiper Toolbar from Internet Explorer (IE)
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Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Gossiper Toolbar and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
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When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Gossiper Toolbar removal.
Erase Gossiper Toolbar from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
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Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
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Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
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Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
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Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
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When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.
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Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
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Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Gossiper Toolbar should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariDelete Gossiper Toolbar from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions. -
Here, select Gossiper Toolbar and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the menu (top right corner), choose Options → General. - Here, delete malicious URL and enter preferable website or click Restore to default.
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Click OK to save these changes.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Gossiper Toolbar removal.
Get rid of Gossiper Toolbar from Google Chrome
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select Gossiper Toolbar and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
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Change your homepage and default search engine if it was altered by your virus
Click on menu icon and choose Settings. -
Here, look for the Open a specific page or set of pages under On startup option and click on Set pages.
- Now you should see another window. Here, delete malicious search sites and enter the one that you want to use as your homepage.
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Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
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When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
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Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Gossiper Toolbar removal.
Eliminate Gossiper Toolbar from Safari
- Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences. -
Here, select Extensions and look for Gossiper Toolbar or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Open your Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu section. Here, select Preferences as it was displayed previously and select General. -
Here, look at the Homepage field. If it was altered by Gossiper Toolbar, remove unwanted link and enter the one that you want to use for your searches. Remember to include the "http://" before typing in the address of the page.
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Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari.... -
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Gossiper Toolbar removal process.