Today, the penetration of advertising and "wishes" to install new software, in principle, have become commonplace. But recently, a certain obscure service Gmsd_ru has been quite active. What is it, we will try to find out now. At the same time, we will give some recommendations for resolving the problem.
Gmsd_ru: what is this process?
First of all, you need to understand that a certain incomprehensible process present during the operation of the system itself is not always a threat. These, in principle, include the Gmsd_ru service. What is it and how it works, now let's see.
As for the process itself, even when calling the standard “Task Manager” with the usual three-finger combination or using the taskmgr command in the Run menu (Win + R), as well as from the command line in the active process tree, you can see several versions of the service.
This can be, for example, Gmsd_ru 005010122, a process with codes like 141, 143, 26, etc. This does not change the situation as a whole. All these “useful” services are disguised as system ones, but in reality they pose a rather strong threat to the computer and the operating system itself.
Virus or adware?
Now we will consider in more detail, for example, the Gmsd_ru 141. process. What it is, it will now become clear.
In itself, this component in the usual sense of the virus is not. It is rather a kind of applet responsible for the process of redirecting a user while surfing the World Wide Web to predefined resources. The situation is such that the service itself clones some links (say, to popular social networks), and then redirects to the clone site, which is a pure phantom. But! In the redirection process, the service installs so many additional components and links that you can go crazy.
Associated components
How many of us have not seen the same advertisement on the Mail.ru server with a proposal to install the Amigo browser? Officially, the site declares that it is by far the fastest and has integration with most popular services on the Web.
Trusting users are in a hurry to take advantage of this, but later on for some reason, on the desktop, and then in the quick launch panel , icons appear like Odnoklassniki, VKontakte, Mail.ru Search, Mail.ru Sputnik, etc. e. These are real worms that are capable of acting quite strongly on the system as a whole.
A simple example: quite recently, Mail.ru lost a lawsuit related to the spread of spam and advertising of this type. All these services, which are installed without user intervention in an automatic mode, were recognized as components that are commonly called Adware, Spyware or Malware.
Of course, the process itself does not have a special effect on the system itself (it does not delete system files, it does not change the main configuration, etc.). However, in most cases, there is a change in the settings of the Internet browser (and not only the one that is installed by default), after which, roughly speaking, tracking of user actions on the Internet begins.
The saddest thing is that many users agree to install a “fast” browser called Kometa. With all this, removing the browser itself and related items is not so simple.
And what about Kometa Browser?
It should be understood that Gmsd_ru is a dependent component that activates when certain types of software are installed . The browser itself is almost the most important component of this whole process.
It is built on the basis of Chromium, but, as already understood, is far from perfect. In general, one should take into account the fact that he is, if not a sibling, then certainly a partner of some widely distributed services. This primarily relates to the GamesDesktop applet 033.005010122 (from where, in fact, the version itself comes from). But that is not all. The fact is that along the way, some additional components can be installed, such as WordWizard 1.10.0.24, Crossbrowse, HP Defender, SmartWeb, MyBrowser 1.0.2V21.10 and many others. As already clear, this must be fought with the most cardinal methods.
How to safely remove the Gmsd_ru.exe process of any modification?
So now in more detail. We have an installed service with processes of all modifications, conditionally called Gmsd_ru. What is it, we figured it out a bit. Now let's see how to get rid of this infection.
The first problem is that in the standard list of installed programs (meaning Windows of any version), such processes, as well as additional components, may simply not be displayed.
In this case, it is recommended to use third-party utilities like iObit Uninstaller, after completing absolutely all the processes in the “Task Manager” regarding the aforementioned service. Typically, a process has a designation like Gmsd_ru_30.exe, Gmsd_ru_143.exe, gamesdesktop_widget.exe, Gmsd_ru * 32, etc. It is necessary to forcefully terminate all services using the corresponding button in the lower right.
Now you can proceed with the removal. As already mentioned, in the standard list of installed applications, such components may not be displayed. If the iObit Uninstaller package is installed, you don’t even have to delete icons and icons from the desktop or the quick launch bar. It is enough just to right-click the program menu and use the Powerful Uninstall parameter (the uninstaller itself is integrated into the context menu).
When everything and everything is deleted using standard tools, the application will search for residual components in the form of undeletable files and folders, and will also offer to completely clear the registry keys. We agree and close the program.
Now it follows, as they say, to clean the system, and to the greatest extent this concerns autorun. To do this, use the CCleaner pact of the stationary version. Why? Yes, only because, as practice shows, no other application can cope with this. Other programs delete startup items only temporarily, after which they are activated again. After cleaning, we overload the system and rejoice.
What is the result?
Now we have figured out strange processes with common identification Gmsd_ru. That this, I think, is already clear. How to remove all this "junk" is also known. The only thing left to pay attention to the end user is the choice of appropriate utilities. Note that neither Advanced System Care, nor AVG PC Tune Up, nor Asampoo WinOptimizer, nor Glary Utilities can cope with such tasks. In this case, we did not consider interference with the system registry, since for an uninitiated user this could be fraught with negative consequences. However, the above methods help in 99% of cases out of a hundred. Yes! And do not forget that the site with the name Gmsd.ru does not exist in nature! So it’s just pointless to go there.