Remove Gotut.ru

Gotut.ru is the address of a Russian website installed by a Browser Hijacker.

Browser Hijackers are programs or code that change some of your web browser’s options in order to redirect your browsing to certain websites, this is the case with Gotut.ru.  Most Browser Hijackers replace your default homepage and search engine with websites belonging to their clients and whom will pay them according to how much traffic they can generate. In some cases they can also add websites to the user’s preferred bookmarks, as well as open unexpected tabs and windows at a high rate making it impossible for the user to close them all quickly enough. A lot of browser hijackers are constructed with poor coding practices, thus many problems can arise including execution bugs, and blocked systems due to the many resources used by the malicious program.

Gotut.ru is usually installed by a virus, or it’s installed when we visit a malicious website. However, in some cases its installation can be taken as “legitimate”, because it was installed at the same time as a freeware was. They manage to do this without the user being aware or desiring this “optional” installation when the user fails to read thoroughly the conditions or license of use.

Make sure to execute every step in the following guide to achieve a full removal of Gotut.ru. Don’t forget that all programs included in our guide are completely free.

How to remove Gotut.ru ?

Remove Gotut.ru with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a useful tool developed to eliminate undesired toolbars, browser hijackers, redirects and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera. AdwCleaner will require no set up and can be ran in a instant to scan your system.

• Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop :
  Download AdwCleaner
• Double-click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool (Windows Vista/7/8 users : right-click and select Run As Administrator).
• Click on the Scan button.
• After the scan has finished, click on the Clean button..
• Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.

Remove Gotut.ru with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware dis a light-weight anti-malware program that is excellent at removing the latest detections.

• Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to your desktop.
  Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection)
• Install MalwareBytes Anti-Malware using the installation wizard.
• Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
• If an update is found, you will be prompted to download and install the latest version.
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Gotut.ru.
• When the scan is complete, make sure that everything is set to Quarantine, and click Apply Actions.
• When removing the files, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware may require a reboot in order to remove some of them. If it displays a message stating that it needs to reboot your computer, please allow it to do so.

Reset your browser (if necessary)

If you still see traces of Gotut.ru after following all the steps above you can reset your browser performing this operation:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer