When you start to notice Golden Boy?
Many of users don’t know when and how Golden Boy gets installed on their computer until they start to do some harmful things, and you can see some behaviors from Golden Boy.
1) Numerous pop-up ads.
2) Computer’s performance degradation and system slowdowns.
3) You are redirected to some unknown websites.
4) It runs numerous malicious programs in the background without your consent.
5) Browser is easier to be crashing.
What is Golden Boy? Is it safe?
Golden Boy is categorized as an adware which is able to display pop-ups ads on the browsers that you visit. These ads are usually shown in boxes pops up on your screen, or as key underlined phrases, or potentially as advertising banners and popups. It often add itself as add-on or extension to your browsers without your permission. Once installed, each time users try to open some new tabs, a lot of ads will keep popping up. In addition, if you open new link to open certain webpage, they will be redirected to its sponsored domain freely. In this case, users’ browsing activities may be interrupted, it is urgent to get rid of Golden Boy from the attacked computers. For this program may be a helper for some cyber criminals who want to steal some confidential information and then user for marketing purpose.
Remove Golden Boy with effective solutions
Solution one : Remove Golden Boy manually.
Step 1: Remove any programs related to Golden Boy from Control Panel.
Windows Vista and Windows 7
1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click on the Control Panel and then click Uninstall a program.
3. Remove any suspicious programs.
Windows XP
1. Open the Start menu.
2. Click the Control Panel and then select Add or Remove Program.
3. Uninstall any suspicious programs.
Windows 81. Open the Start menu.
2. Click the Control Panel and then select Add or Remove Program.
3. Uninstall any suspicious programs.
1. Press Win+R.
2. Type in control panel and then click OK.
3. Choose the Uninstall a program.
4. Eliminate any suspicious programs.
Step 2: End all the processes related to Golden Boy from the task manger
press Windows+R together to launch up Run window>input taskmgr>click OK
search for the related processes or suspicious ones> right click and choose End Process
Step 3: Reset your browser (IE)
Internet Explorer:
a) Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type "inetcpl.cpl".
b) Click "Advanced" tab, then click Reset
Solution two: Get rid of Golden Boy automatically by SpyHunter removal tool.
(1) Firstly, please click on the icon below to download SpyHunter.
(2) Follow these instructions to install SpyHunter into your computer.
(3) After installation, you should click on " Malware Scan " button to scan your computer, after detect this unwanted program, clean up relevant files and entries completely.
(4) Restart your computer to apply all made changes.
Optional solution: use RegCure Pro to optimize your PC.
3. After installation, RegCure Pro will begin to automatically scan your computer.