What is Pushgaga.com?
Pushgaga.com may start periodically showing up on your browser if your system is infected with adware. You may get this infection while installing some program downloaded from dubious sources or torrents. Pushgaga.com asks users to enable push notifications, once allowed, Pushgaga.com notifications start popping up in the bottom right corner of their screen and displaying advertising content. Also, this adware generates new tabs making you visit certain websites. The problem is that many of these sites are not safe and may spread other malware. Therefore, we advise you to remove Pushgaga.com adware as soon as possible.
How to remove Pushgaga.com?
We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to the automatic removal tool. The easiest and convenient way to get rid of malware is to use Norton that can eliminate Pushgaga.com and all its traces in just a few clicks.
Steps of Pushgaga.com manual removal
Check out our video guide:
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Pushgaga.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove Pushgaga.com from Windows XP
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to Pushgaga.com and click Uninstall
How to remove Pushgaga.com from Windows 7/Vista
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to Pushgaga.com and click Uninstall
How to remove Pushgaga.com from Windows 8/8.1
- Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
- Choose Control Panel
- Select the Uninstall Program line
- Uninstall the application related to Pushgaga.com
How to remove Pushgaga.com from Windows 10
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to Pushgaga.com and remove it
If you experience problems with removing Pushgaga.com from Control Panel: there is no such title on the list, or you receive an error preventing you from deleting the application, see the article dedicated to this issue.
Read what to do if program won’t uninstall from Control Panel
Remove Pushgaga.com from browsers
How to unlock Windows Group Policies
Before you will started to remove Pushgaga.com from browser you should perform following instructions in Command Prompt
This step is necessary to delete Windows Group Policies created by Pushgaga.com
- Start Command Prompt as Administrator
- To do this in Windows 10/8 or Windows 7 click Start and in the search box type cmd. Right-click on the found result and choose Run as Administrator.
- While in command prompt type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers" - Press Enter button.
- Then type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy" - Press Enter button.
- Finally, type:
gpupdate /force - Press Enter button.
Since some of malware threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
How to remove Pushgaga.com from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on More tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Pushgaga.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Pushgaga.com from Internet Explorer
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
- Delete Pushgaga.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Pushgaga.com from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Pushgaga.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Pushgaga.com from Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Extensions
- Click the gear icon near Pushgaga.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Choose Remove
Reset your browsers
How to reset settings in Google Chrome
- Click on the icon in the right-upper corner
- Choose Settings
- Click Advanced settings
- Click the Reset button
- In “reset” window click the Reset button
How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox
- Click the icon in the upper right corner
- Choose Help
- Select Troubleshooting Information
- Click the Refresh Firefox… button
How to reset settings in Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools button
- Go to Internet options
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click Reset
How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Settings
- Under the Clear browsing data category select Choose what to clear
- Select everything and click Clear
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Pushgaga.com.
Uninstall Pushgaga.com from Android:
Google Chrome:
- Launch the Chrome app.
- To the right of the address bar, tap More.
- Select and open Settings.
- Open Site settings and then find Pushgaga.com and disable it.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Pushgaga.com removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover Pushgaga.com.
