Should I remove GigaClicks Crawler?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
87% remove it13% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #18,642
United States Rank #12,123
Reach 0.0125%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 12.47 days
368.01 days >
Average installed length: 193.36 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
29.0.0.76 |
3.25% |
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26.0.0.72 |
0.41% |
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22.0.0.67 |
1.22% |
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19.0.0.62 |
11.38% |
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17.0.0.60 |
0.41% |
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4.0.35.0 |
0.81% |
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4.0.0.45 |
16.26% |
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4.0.0.44 |
1.22% |
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4.0.0.43 |
0.41% |
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4.0.0.37 |
6.10% |
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3.0.33.0 |
5.69% |
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3.0.32.0 |
2.03% |
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3.0.31.0 |
50.81% |
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GigaClicks Crawler
from GigaClicks inc.
What is GigaClicks Crawler?
This spyware/adware program monitors a user's web browsing activity and captures click-stream data in order to aggregate and track a user's behavior including search and browse. This is done through it's "WebStroller" application.
"When WebStroller runs on your computer, GigaClicks inc may automatically receive non- personally identifiable information, such as your system’s IP address, when you contact our servers. WebStroller itself does not set any cookies. WebStroller stores some of your information locally on your system. For example, the WebStroller may store basic browsing history such as URL’s of pages is visited by WebStroller, text and images from those pages, IP addresses linked from the pages, index of most pages you visit, cookies deposited on your system by and a record of downloads you have made. All stored data will be automatically deleted after WebStroller session ends. Also, WebStroller will put unique identifier to your computer in order to track further WebStroller sessions."
About (from GigaClicks inc)
Clickstream Analysis is a fairly new tool used by marketers to track the behaviour of visitors to a site by following the sequences in which they click to different pages.
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Automatically starts with Windows
- Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in GigaClicks Crawler.
Controller.exe (0f71a7c02d6ac02525e3ffa34880231d) has been flagged by the following 34 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
537 |
Trojan.Generic.11224359 |
Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
Riskware.Agent |
ALYac |
1.0.1.4 |
Trojan.Generic.11224359 |
avast! |
2014.9-150817 |
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp] |
AVG |
2016.0.3015 |
Clicker |
Avira |
7.11.214.34 |
TR/Click.Clikug.A.8 |
AVware |
1.5.0.21 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
Baidu-International |
4.0.3.15817 |
PUA.Win32.GigaClicks.AC |
Bitdefender |
1.0.20.1145 |
Trojan.Generic.11224359 |
CAT-QuickHeal |
8.15.14.00 |
TrojanClicker.Clikug.r5 |
Comodo Security |
21309 |
UnclassifiedMalware |
Cyren |
5.4.16.7 |
W32/Trojan.VEKO-6486 |
Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0229 |
DLOADER.Trojan |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.15.08.17.03 |
Trojan.Generic.11224359 |
ESET-NOD32 |
9.11276 |
a variant of Win32/GigaClicks.AC potentially unwanted |
Fortinet FortiGate |
8/17/2015 |
Riskware/GigaClicks |
F-Secure |
11.2015-17-08_2 |
Trojan.Generic.11224359 |
G Data |
15.8.25 |
Trojan.Generic.11224359 |
IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.1.8.6.0 |
Trojan-Clicker.BFOI |
Kaspersky |
14.0.0.1569 |
Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Agent |
McAfee |
5600.6671 |
RDN/Generic.dx!djj |
McAfee-GW-Edition |
7.6671 |
BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.gh |
Microsoft Security Essentials |
1.1.11400.0 |
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A |
MicroWorld-eScan |
16.0.0.687 |
Trojan.Generic.11224359 |
NANO AntiVirus |
0.30.0.296 |
Trojan.Win32.Click.ddyfnq |
nProtect |
15.03.05.01 |
Trojan.Generic.11224359 |
Panda Antivirus |
15.08.17.03 |
Trj/CI.A |
Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
Win32/Trojan.d83 |
Sophos |
4.98 |
GigaClick |
Symantec |
8/17/2015 rev. 2 |
Trojan.Gen |
Tencent |
1.0.0.1 |
Win32.Trojan.Click.Iir |
Trend Micro |
10.465.17 |
TROJ_GEN.R02LC0DAM15 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.229 |
TROJ_GEN.R02LC0DAM15 |
VIPRE Antivirus |
38158 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
View all 34 all detections

GigaClicks Crawler has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.
Program details
URL: gigaclicks.net/help
Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\gcc
Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\GCC\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 140.62 MB
Files installed by GigaClicks Crawler
Program executable: | Controller.exe |
Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\local\gcc\Controller.exe |
MD5: | 7efe2d851249723ac6af06210700a997 |
Additional files:
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uninstall.exe - GigaClicks Crawler (Setup Application)
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(Malware detected) Controller.exe
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GccProfiler.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- Controller.exe is scheduled as a task named 'UP_Scheduler' (runs when idle).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- Controller.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named GC_Scheduler.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
Controller.exe |
Memory: | 18.32 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0016664833% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00139891% | |
User CPU: | 0.00026757% | |
CPU cycles/sec: | 4,996,971 | |
Switches/sec: | 25 | |
I/O reads/min: | 918 Bytes | |
I/O writes/min: | 0 Bytes | |
How do I remove GigaClicks Crawler?
You can uninstall GigaClicks Crawler from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program GigaClicks Crawler, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove GigaClicks Crawler.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
HOW IT STARTS
Scheduled task? Yes
(Runs on Windows boot)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 87%
Keep it 13%
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GLOBAL RANK
#18,642
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
59.35% |
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Windows 10 |
30.49% |
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Windows Vista |
10.16% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
35.37% |
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Windows 8.1 |
13.01% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
10.57% |
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Windows 8 |
10.16% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
9.76% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.94% |
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Geography
76.40% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
76.40% |
United Kingdom |
6.78% |
Israel |
1.18% |
MA |
1.18% |
Indonesia |
1.18% |
India |
1.18% |
Australia |
0.88% |
Latvia |
0.59% |
Mexico |
0.59% |
Belgium |
0.59% |
DZ |
0.59% |
Italy |
0.59% |
Ecuador |
0.59% |
Iran |
0.59% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
38.20% |
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Dell |
17.42% |
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Toshiba |
12.36% |
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Acer |
10.67% |
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ASUS |
8.99% |
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Samsung |
4.49% |
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Lenovo |
2.25% |
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GIGABYTE |
2.25% |
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Alienware |
1.12% |
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MSI |
1.12% |
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Sony |
1.12% |
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Common models |
HP 2000 Notebook PC |
6.35% |
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HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
2.38% |
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HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.38% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.38% |
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Hewlett-Packard Presario ... |
1.59% |
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Hewlett-Packard Presario ... |
1.59% |
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