How to Remove ArcardeGiant Adware

My computer runs very slow recently. I scan the entire system using Norton and then I see a nasty thing named ArcardeGiant. I try to delete it immediately, but after restarting the computer, I find the adware come back again! And computer performance still does not improve at all. It is so disturbing to see it unscrupulously displaying on my screen. What can I do to get rid of it? Can anyone help me out of this trouble? I will be so grateful if any suggestion is provided.

ArcardeGiant Description:

ArcardeGiant is categorized as a nasty and potentially unwanted adware program. It has the ability to enter the computer secretly without letting you know. Once successfully installed, it starts to alter system settings, homepage settings and pour its malicious files into the system which make it possible to rest easy and carry its malicious activities in the background. It pretends to be an interesting app and claims it can bring your a lot of joys. Don’t be tricked by it! It just floods you with various advertisements which may include search links, product comparisons coupons, discounts and etc. It provides you numerous precise ads once it detects you visit online shopping websites like ebay, walmart and etc. ArcardeGiant may track your online activities, and it is deliberately designed to gather personal information for cyber criminals to fulfill their destructive operation.

ArcardeGiant makes full use of Windows operating systems’ vulnerabilities to attack computers craftily. After getting installed, it brings many threats to the system by modifying system files, folder of hard disk and etc. And if it has stayed in the computer for a long time, it would degrade the performance of your computer and affect you online experience seriously. For instance, it can slow down the computer and cause your computer stuck frequently. It can also bundle with free softwares, videos in which more viruses may hide from the internet. Therefore, other viruses are able to get into the computer to further damage the target computer. The adware is created exquisitely so that it is able to escape the detection and removal from the antivirus program cleverly. Therefore, the manual removal process can be a more effective way to delete the adware completely.

ArcardeGiant Adware Screenshot:

ArcardeGiant May Initiate the Following Symptoms:

1. It can not only change your web pages, but also alter other settings to add toolbars, pop-up advertisements, and bookmarks that you did not create.
2. It can modify the homepage settings of your web browser, more commonly by reducing your internet security options. And the worse thing is it prevents you from changing them back.
3. New toolbars or Favorites are installed that give you icons and links to web pages that you don’t want.
4. It may block you from visiting certain website you’d like to visit and show an error page instead.
5. It will display constant pop-up ads, sometimes in such large amounts that you are not able to close neither the ads nor the browser.

Malicious Browser Hijacker Manual Removal Guides:

ArcardeGiant hijacks your browser to redirect your web search results and changes the homepage and browser settings. To completely uninstall it from an infected system, manual removal is the first choice because sometimes antivirus software cannot pick up the exact computer threat timely or remove it permanently. Now most browser hijackers are quite similar to spyware and adware threats and therefore cannot be removed with the help of popular antivirus products. Users can follow the manual guide here to get rid of this browser hijacker completely.

1. Clear all the cookies of your affected browsers.

Since this tricky hijacker virus has the ability to use cookies for tracing and tracking the internet activity of users, it is suggested users delete all the cookies before a complete removal.

Google Chrome:

Click on the “Tools” menu and click the “Clear browsing data” button.
Select “Delete cookies and other site data” to delete all cookies from the list.

Internet Explorer:
Open Internet explorer window
Click the “Tools” button
Point to “safety” and then click “delete browsing history”
Tick the “cookies” box, then click “delete”

Mozilla Firefox:

Click on Tools, then Options, select Privacy
Click “Remove individual cookies”
In the Cookies panel, click on “Show Cookies”
To remove a single cookie click on the entry in the list and click on the “Remove Cookie”
To remove all cookies click on the “Remove All Cookies” button

2. End the malicious process from Task Manager.

Once ArcardeGiant redirect is installed, computer user may notice that CPU usage randomly jumps to 100 percent. At any time Windows always has many running processes. A process is an individual task that the computer runs. In general, the more processes, the more work the computer has to do and the slower it will run. If your system’s CPU spike is constant and remain at a constant 90-95%, users should check from Task Manager and see if there is a suspicious process occupying the system resources and then end it immediately.

(The name of the virus process can be random.)

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to quickly bring up Task Manager Window：

3. Show hidden files and folders.

Open Folder Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Folder Options.

Click the View tab.

Under Advanced settings, click Show hidden files and folders, uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

4. Remove all the malicious files related to ArcardeGiant hijacker manually.

%AppData%Local[random].exe
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\*.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main StartPage
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Video Shows You How to Safely Modify Windows Registry Editor:

Users can easily get ArcardeGiant adware from downloading free sharing files and free media from many online unknown resources. When your computer is infected with it, you will suffer many unpleasant experiences like slow performance, blue screen of death and other computer problems to prevent the normal use of computer. Once this adware get installed, it will alert you by showing tons of pop ups with fake messages claiming your system is under risky situation. And it is deeply hidden in your computer so it is very difficult for antivirus software to find out all of its malicious components. Thus, manual removal is the most effective method to eliminate this threat completely.

Note: If you are not a computer expert and have no idea how to perform the removal, please contact experts from YooCare Online Tech Support for further help.

Published by & last updated on October 7, 2014 3:52 am