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Crvlck.com Removal

Edmend Stewart

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In this article we are going to try and help you remove Crvlck.com. Our instructions cover all Windows versions as well as most browsers – Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer etc.

The reason you’ve sought out this page is most likely due to the incredible amount of advertising that’s been going on within your browser. You’ve been harassed by endless streams of banners, popups, box messages and your eyes have been irritated by the amount of odd, out-of-place-looking hyperlinks in blog posts or news articles. We can understand this might be driving you mad by now and you’re desperately in search of a way to remove the cause of the oh so many ads and in fact make them go away. Our removal guide is here to help you do just that, but first you might like to learn a little bit more about the program that has infected your system, bringing about the advertising terror that’s been plaguing you lately.

What’s causing all this?

The program you are dealing with and the very one responsible for the wall of adverts on your screen is called Crvlck.com. It’s a member of the Browser redirect family and is a fairly common nuisance on the web. Every user has at least once had to do with this kind of software and had to endure its awful features. Apart from the visual pollution, depending on how long this program has been active on your PC, you may also have come to experience a massive slow-down of your computer, as well as browser and even system crashes. Unfortunately, this is as typical a symptom of programs such as Crvlck.com like any other, due to the amount of resources used by the pesky software. But let’s get to the bottom of what Browser redirect really is.

It operates based on the Pay-per-click scheme, which is a popular online business model. Thanks to this strategy, Browser redirect developers can make money off every click that lands on any of the generated ads. This is also the main reason for their obstructive placement on a given website – so you can’t avoid them. However, they want to maximize the chance of landing a click and this cannot be achieved simply by counting on by chance clicks. Therefore, to ensure you want to interact with a given ad, they try and find out what topics are most appealing to you, where you interests lie, etc. Actually, the program does this itself. It gathers all your browsing-related information, analyzes it and then coordinates its ad campaign with the collected data. So don’t be surprised if you all of a sudden notice a suspicious correlation between some of the ads you’ve been seeing and your recent search queries. The only downside to this kind of behavior on Crvlck.com’s part is that the information it’s harvested can later be sold by the developers to third parties. As a matter of fact, many users consider this to be a violation of their privacy and this is hardly over exaggerated, as your personal details are exposed to people you know nothing about. Who knows what they might want to use them for.

So, is Crvlck.com harmful?

Technically speaking, no, it isn’t. It’s often mistaken for a virus, but that’s not what it is. It doesn’t aim to harm your system or take advantage of you, as is the goal of real viruses, such as Trojan horses or ransomware. Nevertheless, as pointed out above, there are some troubling aspects to the way Browser redirect operates and that places it in the potentially unwanted program (PUP) category. There is actually one more thing to consider regarding the numerous ads you see on your screen. Some of them could potentially be fake and lead you to dangerous or even illegal webpages. Chances of this happening to you are pretty slim, but the possibility does exist anyway. So, with this in mind, you ought to be extremely careful, when maneuvering past these intrusive advertisements. You never know what a chance click on the wrong banner might end up in. For this reason it’s best to simply remove the invasive program and save yourself a lot of potential headache, using the simple instructions below. If you happen to encounter any difficulties or have trouble understanding how something is done, please leave us a comment at the bottom of this page and we will be sure to get back to you as soon as possible.

Crvlck.com Removal

Many types of malware will restrict your access to their core files. It is highly recommended that you reboot your PC in safe mode before attempting to use this guide.

WARNING! If you are using Windows 8,0 or later and/or your operating system is installed on a fast SSD drive this may fail to work. In this case click here to see how to start your PC in Safe Mode.

#1: Uninstall the malicious program from your control panel

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Enter control panel to look for any suspicious programs, which may have installed on your PC. To do that:

  1. Navigate to your Desktop
  2. Press simultaneously the Win button together with the R button (Win+R)
  3. In the Run window that just opened type appwiz.cpl

  1. Go through the list of programs and find Crvlck.com or anything else that may seem suspicious. Right-click on it and choose the uninstallation option

WARNING! Carefully read any confirmation messages that may be created in the process. Sometimes you may get offers to download more Browser redirect applications and this can be linked to either the Yes or the No answer depending on the wording!

Go through the list of programs again and check online for any potentially unwanted programs. We have an article that covers this awesome free software that makes sure that your computer is free from bloatware and programs that you don’t need.

#2: Remove Crvlck.com From Chrome

Now we’ll remove the extensions that the malware has attached to your browser.

  1. Open your Google Chrome browser.
  2. Type chrome://extensions/  in the URL address bar and press Enter.
  3. Click on “Developer Mode” on the top right and look for the extension installed by Crvlck.com and anything that might be related to it. Copy their IDs (the string of letters), then remove them by clicking on the trash bin icon.

  1. Type Regedit in the Windows Start Menu and press Enter. Go in : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Chrome\Extensions and delete the entries corresponding to the suspicious IDs you recorded.

#3: Remove Crvlck.com From Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser.
  2. Type “about:support” in the URL address bar and press Enter.
  3. Click on the “Refresh Firefox” button on the right and confirm.

#4 Remove Crvlck.com From Internet Explorer

  1. Open your Internet Explorer internet browser.
  2. Click on the Gear icon on the up right, then on manage add-ons.
  3. Go through the list disable any suspicious extensions.

#5 Remove any leftover parasitic processes

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From the task manager:

  1. Use Ctrl + Shift + Esc and open the Task manager, then click on the Processes
  2. Go through the list of processes and look for unknown or otherwise suspicious entries.
  3. If you see anything suspicious right click on the process and shoes Open File Location, then terminate the process and delete any files you find in the directory.

WARNING! If the directory you open from this menu has no files inside of it it’s probably because the malware has hidden them. You need to reveal hidden files and folders in order to be able to see them. Click here if you don’t know how to do that.


From the start menu:

  1. Press simultaneously the Win button together with the R button (Win+R)
  2. In the Run window that just opened type msconfig
  3. Click on the Startup tab.

This menu controls which programs are loaded when windows starts after a reboot. Disable anything that seems suspicious. Optionally you can also disable any program that you don’t need and also has a high impact on your startup time.

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