Search Gala or Gala Search is a browser hijacker that is programmed to redirect viewers from their original search results to some other websites that the user did not intend to visit. This is simply an unethical technique to force people in some sites in order to boost their web traffic, advertise certain products or maybe to make money from the pay-per-click program that the website is linked with.
Search Gala is not only an irritating program but it can cause damages to a computer to by downloading insecure applications in the system. In addition to this, Search Gala can degrade the browser’s performance significantly making it very difficult to surf online.
This browser hijacker can access a computer if the user visits unsafe websites and clicks on the pop-up ads that appears on those pages. In addition to this, Search Gala is also capable of exploiting un-patched holes of Internet Explorer to infect a computer.
If you see that you are being redirected to Search Gala websites when clicking on a link from your Chrome, Google, Yahoo etc. search results, you need to consider taking necessary measures to remove Search Gala from the system as soon as possible. You will find some manual and automatic Virus removal procedures online that can show you how to remove Search Gala from the system.
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Remove Search Gala by following the Manual Removal Procedures
As a part of the manual Search Gala removal procedure, at first you need to stop the processes of this application that are running in the system. In order to do so, press “CTRL+ALT+DELETE” to open task manager and then click on “Processes”. Then identify Search Gala and press “End Process” by right clicking on it.
Te remove Search Gala, you will need to block the websites of this parasitic browser
• http:// search-gala.com
Now to uninstall Search Gala, go to “Start”, click on “Settings”, then go to “Control Panel” and then to “Add/Remove Programs”. Double click to uninstall Search Gala.
Search Gala Removal: Deleting the Registry File
You will also need to remove the registry files of Search Gala to remove it completely from your system.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\open\command
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\start
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\.exe\shell\start\command
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Gala Search"
As a part of the Search Gala removal procedure, you should reset your web browser to improve your browser performance. In order to do so, at first you need to close all the programs that that are running in your system (including the browser itself). Then click on “Start” and then select “Run”. Then you will have to type “intecpl.cpl” into the “open” field and press the enter key. Now you will have to choose the “Advanced” tab where you will find the “reset Browser Setting”. Click on “reset” there and then click on “Close”. This should reset your web browser successfully and you might notice changes in your browser performance.
In addition to this, you may also consider downloading the Microsoft Host fix program which should allow you to fix your host files automatically to prevent your web browser from being redirected to unwanted websites.
Once you are done with the manual removal of Search Gala, we highly recommend that you use a legitimate antivirus software like SpyHunter to run a complete scan of your system to see if there is any other threat left in the machine.
Outside Resources:
http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/websearch/aGd6e9wEZG4
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