Remove Ads by Gem Grab Adware Completely

"I somehow downloaded Ads by Gem Grab on my laptop, Windows 8 and I don’t know how to uninstall it. How can I remove it effectively? Could anyone help please? Thanks."
Are you still annoyed with the pop-ups frequently delivered by Gem Grab like a computer user complained above? How much do you know about Gem Grab and in what way can you delete it effectively? Here, this post will show you some information about Gem Grab as well as offer you tips to remove it.

What Gem Grab is

Gem Grab is commonly regarded as a kind of adware program and also viewed as an browser extension installed on your Internet browser. Generally speaking, when you download the free soft wares from the Internet, you may accidentally download Gem Grab as well for it is usually bundled with the free applications provided on the Internet. Gem Grab itself actually is less dangerous than other malware because it does not do harm to other computers. You may even think it is useful to you and you can take advantage of it but on the contrary, it is not. It seems that Gem Grab is helpful, but once installed your computer it will:

(1) frequently pop up various advertisements.

(2) offer you unsafe links to unknown websites

(3) make your PC slower and slower, etc.

Your computer will be installed with other malware for Gem Grab makes some system bugs and holes in your PC. Thus, your searching activities may be collected and your personal data will not be safe any more. So it is advised that you get rid of Gem Grab in time. If you want to remove Gem Grab from your PC and have no idea about how to deal with it, just follow the tips listed below to eliminate it effectively.

Solution One Remove Gem Grab manually

Note

The Gem Grab manual removal is not suggested for inexperienced users because it requires sufficient skills to edit registry entries and system files, and any wrong operations will lead to unexpected problems. So if you are not skilled in removing the ads manually, come to next solution please.

Solution Two Remove Gem Grab with SpyHunter Effectively

Solution One

Step 1 Stop the process from Task Manager

For Windows XP users:

(1) Click Start and Click Run.

(2) Enter “taskmgr” in pop-up box and click “OK”.

(3) In“Windows Task Manager”,click “Processes”.

(4)Find out the unwanted programs and remove them. 

For Windows 7 users:

（1） Press “Window”key and“R”at the same time and enter“taskmgr” in the open box then“OK”.

(2)Find out the unwanted programs and remove them.  

Step 2 Uninstall unwanted program from Control Panel

(Go to the “Start” menu, select “Control Panel”. Locate “Programs”. If there is anything related to Gem Grab on the list of your Programs, then select it and uninstall it.)

Step 3 Check your browser and then disable/remove relevant add-ons 

Google Chrome :

(1) Click on Customize icon (Wrench or 3 bar icon) -> Select Settings -> Go to Extensions tab;

(2). Locate Gem Grab and select it -> click Trash button to remove this extension.

Mozilla Firefox :

(1）Click on the orange Firefox button on the upper left corner of the browser -> hit Add-ons;

（2） Go to Extensions tab ->select Gem Grab->Click Remove;

Internet Explorer :

（1） Click on the Tools -> select Manage Add-ons;

（2）Go to Toolbars and Extensions tab ->right click on Gem Grab-> select Disable in the drop-down menu;

Step 4 Disable suspicious entries created by Gem Grab

Click Start menu>click Run;>type “regedit” in the Run box>click OK to open Registry Editor> Delete all entries generated by Gem Grab

HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXPLORER\BROWSER HELPER OBJECTS\{RANDOM}PUP.Optional.Ads by Nosibays.A HKCU\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\EXT\SETTINGS\{RANDOM}HKCU\SOFTWARE\INSTALLEDBROWSEREXTENSIONS\

SolutionTwo

Remove Ads by Gem Grab Spy Hunter

(1)Click the Download Button to obtain Spyhunter.

(2) When the download is finished, double click Spyhunter-Installer.exe then follow its installation instructions.

(3) when Spyhunter is successfully installed, click Start New Scan button to detect Gem Grab and other related programs.

(4) Remove all the detected potentially harmful programs by clicking Fix Threats button.

Summary:

Gem Grab removal should be done speedily so as to prevent unnecessary troubles. If you have no experience to handle with Ads manual removal, you are strongly suggested to erase Gem Grab with security tool – SpyHunter.