Should I remove GigaClicks Crawler?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

88% remove it12% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Global Rank #27,945

United States Rank #17,463

Reach 0.0056%

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

< 5.17 days

152.65 days >

Average installed length: 80.20 days

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GigaClicks Crawler

from GigaClicks inc.

Remove GigaClicks Crawler

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)

Knowing where, how and which ads your competitors are buying is key to marketing success. We provide multi-dimensional analysis of ad placement information. 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 differen... Read more

Overview

Malware detected in the 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 (5cb3a94990f6c9a139eb83c59df4f9af) has been flagged by the following 9 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
avast!	2014.9-140111	Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
Bkav FE	1.3.0.4613	W32.Clod7ec.Trojan
Dr.Web	9.0.0.011	DLOADER.Trojan
ESET-NOD32	8.9175	a variant of Win32/GigaClicks.AC
G Data	14.1.22	Win32.Trojan.Agent.OFM37G
IKARUS anti.virus	t3scan.2.2.29	Virus.Win32.Dropper
Malwarebytes	v2014.01.11.03	Trojan.Clicker
McAfee	5600.7254	Artemis!5CB3A94990F6
McAfee-GW-Edition	7.7254	Artemis!5CB3A94990F6

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

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\gcc

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\GCC\uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 784.27 KB

Files installed by GigaClicks Crawler

Program executable:	Controller.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\gcc\Controller.exe
MD5:	5cb3a94990f6c9a139eb83c59df4f9af

Additional files:

uninstall.exe - GCC Application (Setup Application)
(Malware detected) Controller.exe
GccProfiler.exe

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task

Controller.exe is scheduled as a task named 'GC_Scheduler' (runs daily at 3:18:52 PM).

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:	5.61 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0003779308%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00002250%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00035543%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	6,306,812	8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:	636 Bytes	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	0 Bytes	105.02 KB average

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.

OS VERSIONS

Win 7 (SP1) 58%

Win XP 2%

HOW IT STARTS

Scheduled task? Yes

(Runs on Windows boot)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 88%

Keep it 12%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 7	64.55%
Windows 10	30.00%
Windows Vista	3.64%
Windows XP	1.82%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium	42.73%
Windows 7 Ultimate	12.73%
Windows 8	11.82%
Windows 7 Professional	8.18%
Windows 8.1	6.36%
Windows 8 Pro	3.64%

Geography

83.65% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

United States	83.65%
Iran	1.89%
Argentina	1.26%
Colombia	1.26%
Spain	1.26%
Poland	1.26%
Saudi Arabia	1.26%
Belgium	0.63%
BG	0.63%
Brazil	0.63%
Canada	0.63%
Germany	0.63%
Finland	0.63%
Indonesia	0.63%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Hewlett-Packard	31.58%
Dell	22.11%
Acer	21.05%
Lenovo	9.47%
ASUS	9.47%
Toshiba	5.26%
Gateway	1.05%
Common models
HP 2000 Notebook PC	3.96%
HP Pavilion g6 NoteBook P...	3.96%
Dell Dell System Inspir...	1.98%
Gateway DX4870	1.98%
HP Pavilion g4 Notebook P...	1.98%
HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14 ...	1.98%

3 comments

Mr. Concerned•over a year ago

I tried to uninstall gigaclicks crawler, but it tells me I don't have sufficient access to remove it, and to contact my system administrator. What should I do?

SteveG (Expert)•over a year ago

Controller.exe is a scheduled task named "UP_Scheduler", runs at startup and on system idle.

Connoisseur•over a year ago

I've attempted this numerous times and it claims to have been removed, then asks if I would like it removed from the list. I'm afraid to do this, in case it is still hiding in my computer somewhere. Anyone else have experience with removing this "program?"