{"id":7721,"date":"2015-09-08T19:43:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T19:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/?p=7721"},"modified":"2015-10-11T04:48:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T04:48:15","slug":"remove-goo-glesafe-com-from-firefox-chrome-and-internet-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-goo-glesafe-com-from-firefox-chrome-and-internet-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove goo.glesafe.com from Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page shows how to <strong>remove goo.glesafe.com<\/strong> from Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n<p>Did you just see <strong>goo.glesafe.com<\/strong> in the <strong>status bar<\/strong> of your browser and ask yourself where it came from? Or did goo.glesafe.com show up while you searched for something on one of the big search engines, such as the Google.com search engine?<\/p>\n<p>Here is a screengrab on goo.glesafe.com from my computer:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/goo.glesafe.com-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7722\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/goo.glesafe.com-.png\" alt=\"goo.glesafe.com\" width=\"632\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/goo.glesafe.com-.png 632w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/goo.glesafe.com--300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I noticed\u00a0goo.glesafe.com in the status bar while I was searching at Google.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the status bar messages you may see in your browser&#8217;s status bar:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Waiting for goo.glesafe.com&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Transferring data from goo.glesafe.com&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Looking up goo.glesafe.com&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Read goo.glesafe.com<\/li>\n<li>Connected to goo.glesafe.com&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Does this sound like what you see your system, you probably have some potentially unwanted program installed on your system that makes the goo.glesafe.com domain appear in your browser. So there&#8217;s no idea contacting the owner of the site you currently were browsing. The goo.glesafe.com status bar messages are not coming from them. I&#8217;ll try help you to <strong>remove the goo.glesafe.com<\/strong> status bar messages in this blog post.<\/p>\n<p>If you have been spending some time on this blog already know this, but if you are new: Some time ago I dedicated some of my lab computers and knowingly installed a few potentially unwanted programs on them. Since then I have been monitoring the actions on these systems to see what kinds of advertisements, if any, that are displayed. I&#8217;m also looking on other interesting things such as if the potentially unwanted program updates itself automatically, or if it downloads additional software on the computers. I first observed goo.glesafe.com in Mozilla Firefox&#8217;s status bar on one of these lab computers.<\/p>\n<p>glesafe.com resolves to the 82.221.105.12 IP address and goo.glesafe.com to 167.114.116.173. goo.glesafe.com was created on 2015-10-07. These domains resolve to the same IP according to YouGetSignal&#8217;s reverse service:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>related.deals<\/li>\n<li>syncreminder.net<\/li>\n<li>www.related.deals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, how do you <strong>remove goo.glesafe.com<\/strong> from your browser? On the machine where goo.glesafe.com showed up in the statusbar I had <a title=\"Remove PlainSavings Ads\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/library\/file\/PlainSavingsbho.dll-199447\/\">PlainSavings<\/a>, <a title=\"Remove WNet.exe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/library\/file\/WNet.exe-199449\/\">WNet<\/a>, <a title=\"How To Remove ActSys.exe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/library\/file\/ActSys.exe-201750\/\">ActSys<\/a> and <a title=\"How To Remove CashReminder.exe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/library\/file\/CashReminder.exe-199448\/\">CashReminder<\/a> installed. I removed them with <a title=\"About FreeFixer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/about-freefixer\/\">FreeFixer<\/a> and that stopped the browser from loading data from goo.glesafe.com.<\/p>\n<p>The issue with status bar notifications like this one is that it can be caused by many variants of potentially unwanted programs, not just the potentially unwanted program running on my machine. This makes it impossible to say exactly what you need to remove to stop the status bar messages.<\/p>\n<p>So, what can be done to solve the problem? To remove goo.glesafe.com you need to review your machine for potentially unwanted programs and uninstall them. Here&#8217;s my suggested removal procedure:<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I would do to <strong>remove goo.glesafe.com<\/strong> is to examine the software installed on the machine, by opening the &#8220;Uninstall programs&#8221; dialog. You can reach this dialog from the Windows Control Panel. If you are using one of the more recent versions of Windows you can just type in &#8220;uninstall&#8221; in the Control Panel&#8217;s search field to find that dialog:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Uninstall-a-program-search.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2849\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Uninstall-a-program-search.png\" alt=\"Uninstall a program search\" width=\"471\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Uninstall-a-program-search.png 471w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Uninstall-a-program-search-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on the &#8220;<strong>Uninstall a program<\/strong>&#8221; link and the Uninstall programs dialog will open up:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Uninstall-a-program-dialog.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2853\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Uninstall-a-program-dialog.png\" alt=\"Uninstall a program dialog\" width=\"356\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Uninstall-a-program-dialog.png 356w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Uninstall-a-program-dialog-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you see something strange-looking listed there or something that you don&#8217;t remember installing? Tip: Sort on the &#8220;<strong>Installed On<\/strong>&#8221; column to see if some program was installed approximately about the same time as you started getting the goo.glesafe.com status bar messages.<\/p>\n<p>The next thing to check would be your browser&#8217;s add-ons. Potentially unwanted programs often appear under the add-ons menu in Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer or Safari. Is there something that looks suspicious? Anything that you don&#8217;t remember installing?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Firefox-add-ons-manager.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2927 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Firefox-add-ons-manager-300x190.png\" alt=\"Firefox add-ons manager\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Firefox-add-ons-manager-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Firefox-add-ons-manager.png 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think most users will be able to track down and uninstall the potentially unwanted program with the steps outlined above, but in case that did not work you can try the <a title=\"FreeFixer is freeware. More info and download link here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/about-freefixer\/\">FreeFixer removal tool<\/a> to identify and remove the potentially unwanted program. FreeFixer is a freeware tool that I started develop many years ago. Freefixer is a tool designed to manually find and uninstall unwanted software. When you&#8217;ve tracked down the unwanted files you can simply tick a checkbox and click on the Fix button to remove the unwanted file.<\/p>\n<p>FreeFixer&#8217;s removal feature is not locked like many other removal tools out there. It will not require you to purchase the program just when you are about to remove the unwanted files.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re having difficulties figuring out if a file is safe or potentially unwanted in FreeFixer&#8217;s scan report, click on the <strong>More Info<\/strong> link for the file. That will open up a web page which contains additional details about the file. On that web page, check out the <a title=\"How To Scan a File for Viruses with VirusTotal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/scan-files-for-viruses-virustotal\/\">VirusTotal<\/a> report which can be quite useful:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2521\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/freefixer-more-info-skype_setup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2521 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/freefixer-more-info-skype_setup-1024x291.png\" alt=\"FreeFixer More Info link example\" width=\"604\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/freefixer-more-info-skype_setup-1024x291.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/freefixer-more-info-skype_setup-300x85.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/freefixer-more-info-skype_setup.png 1262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An example of FreeFixer&#8217;s &#8220;More Info&#8221; links. Click for full size.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Did you find any potentially unwanted program on your machine? Did that stop goo.glesafe.com? Please post the name of the potentially unwanted program you uninstalled from your machine in the comment below.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 11 Oct 2015<\/strong>: This morning I noticed that after searching at Google on this lab machine, I also got redirected to goo.glesafe.com. On that site, I could also spot a number of domains in the status bar:<\/p>\n<p><strong>yieldmedia.adsk2.co<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/yieldmedia.adsk2_.co-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/yieldmedia.adsk2_.co-.png\" alt=\"yieldmedia.adsk2.co\" width=\"274\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>trcklion.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/trcklion.com-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/trcklion.com-.png\" alt=\"trcklion.com\" width=\"340\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/trcklion.com-.png 340w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/trcklion.com--300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>edge.easyinline.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.easyinline.com-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.easyinline.com-.png\" alt=\"edge.easyinline.com\" width=\"348\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.easyinline.com-.png 348w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/edge.easyinline.com--300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>cdn.yieldmedia.net<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cdn.yieldmedia.net_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cdn.yieldmedia.net_.png\" alt=\"cdn.yieldmedia.net\" width=\"283\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ads.yieldmedia.net<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ads.yieldmedia.net_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7770\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ads.yieldmedia.net_.png\" alt=\"ads.yieldmedia.net\" width=\"237\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page shows how to remove goo.glesafe.com from Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. Did you just see goo.glesafe.com in the status bar of your browser and ask yourself where it came from? 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