gamblingpuma.com is a browser hijacker that installed by a trojan. It may represent security risk for the infected computer and uses rootkit-specific techniques designed to hide the software presence in the system.
Once the trojan is installed and started, it will configure itself to run automatically when Windows loads. While running, it may block the ability to run various antivirus and antispyware programs,redirect search results in Google, Yahoo and MSN to non related sites and display fake security alerts and bogus ads.
If your computer is infected with gamblingpuma.com trojan, then use the removal guide below, which will remove the trojan and any other associated malware for free.
Use the following instructions to remove gamblingpuma.com hijacker
It is possible that the trojan will not allow you to run a malware removal tools, then you will need to reboot your computer in Safe mode with networking.
Restart your computer. After hearing your computer beep once during startup, start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard. On a computer that is configured for booting to multiple operating systems, you can press the F8 key when the Boot Menu appears.
Instead of Windows loading as normal, Windows Advanced Options menu appears similar to the one below.
Windows Advanced Options menu
When the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, select Safe mode with networking and then press ENTER.
gamblingpuma.com hijacker may be bundled with TDSS trojan-rootkit, so you should run TDSSKiller to detect and remove this infection.
Download TDSSKiller from here and unzip to your desktop. Open TDSSKiller folder. Right click to tdsskiller and select rename. Type a new name (123myapp, for example). Press Enter. Double click the TDSSKiller icon. You will see a screen similar to the one below.
TDSSKiller
Click Start Scan button to start scanning Windows registry for TDSS trojan. If it is found, then you will see window similar to the one below.
TDSSKiller – Scan results
Click Continue button to remove TDSS trojan.
If you can`t to download or run TDSSKiller, then you need to use Combofix. Download Combofix. Close any open browsers. Double click on combofix.exe and follow the prompts. If ComboFix will not run, please rename it to myapp.exe and try again!
Now you should download Malwarebytes Anti-malware and remove all gamblingpuma.com hijacker associated malware.
Download MalwareBytes Anti-malware (MBAM). Once downloaded, close all programs and windows on your computer.
Double-click on the icon on your desktop named mbam-setup.exe. This will start the installation of MalwareBytes Anti-malware onto your computer. Once installation is complete, you will see window similar to the one below.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Window
Now click on the Scan button to start scanning your computer for gamblingpuma.com hijacker associated malware. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
When the scan is finished a message box will appear that it has completed scanning successfully. Click OK. Now click “Show Results”. Make sure all entries have a checkmark at their far left and click “Remove Selected”.
Your system should now be free of the gamblingpuma.com trojan. If you need help with the instructions, then post your questions in our Spyware Removal forum.
I followed all the steps and it seemed to be working so far!
I just have some questions:
1.- Why the Malwarebytes said it couldn’t run under “safe mode” nevertheless it was already scanning my pc’s system (on safe mode) right away?
2.- Does it worth it to buy the full version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware?
3.- How can I get ridof AVG (I litteraly have tryied everything I can imagine) and have this 2 softwares be in charge of my PC?