Remove Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam

Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam Virus: Easy Uninstall Guide

Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam refers to a mass-scale operation during which, numerous deceptive emails are sent by cyber offenders. These scam mails are presented as letters from Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS)- a legitimate company. Nonetheless, in reality, these emails have no relation with this company. The primary objective of this malspam campaign is to promote a phishing file that targets email account log-in credentials. Quite often, those users are targeted with this scam whose PCs are already infected with a trojan virus. This kind of computer infections stealthily intrude the targeted devices using deceptive techniques and then contribute several malevolent acts inside.

More About Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam:

Recipients of “Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam” letters are requested to confirm whether they have received a payment made to them. The mails claim to include “e-payment receipt” for reference. This phishing file need users to sign in using their email account credentials (passwords). And hence, by trying to view it, they will unintentionally reveal their email accounts. In general, scammers target emails because they are associated with other accounts. Therefore, using the hijacked mails, they can gain control over related content.

People behind Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam can employ the stolen communication platforms (e.g., social media, emails, etc.) to ask for loans from friends or contacts in disguise of the real owner. Moreover, those platforms can also be utilized to spread malware. Scammers can misuse the finance-related accounts (e.g., e-commerce, online banking, etc.) to make fraudulent transactions, unauthorized purchases, and for other deceptive motives. To summarize, if you trust these phishing letters, you may have to deal with severe privacy issues, identity theft, and significant financial losses. If you have already tried to access the scam file, we highly advise to immediately change the log-in credentials.

The Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam virus is capable of disabling the working of all the running security measures and Windows Firewalls and open backdoors for more nasty parasites. It allows other online threats such as spyware, adware, browser hijackers, RATs, ransomware, etc. to sneak into the infected PCs and turn the machine into a malware-hub. It can be also utilized for mining cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or Monero which consume enormous amount of memory resources and slow down the overall system performance drastically. And hence, a quick Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam virus removal is strongly required.

How Does This Parasite Enter Your Device?

In most cases, trojan viruses are distributed with the help of phishing emails that are sent by cyber criminals in thousands in a malspam campaign. These deceptive mails are presented as ‘important’, ‘crucial’, or ‘urgent’ in order to trick recipients into downloading and opening the virulent file attached to them, which triggers the installation of malware. The vicious file could be in multiple formats e.g., PDF and Microsoft Office documents, archives, executables, JavaScript, etc.

To prevent such intrusions, it is important to not open files attached to suspicious or irrelevant emails coming from unknown addresses. Moreover, dubious download channels (e.g., Peer-to-Peer sharing networks, unofficial and freeware websites, etc.) should not be used and choose only official and verified sources for your software and products. But at the moment, you must remove Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam virus from the machine as early as possible.

Text Presented In The Scam Letters:

Subject: RE: E- Payment receipt

Greetings ********,

We have made the remiitance to your account yesterday please check if your account has credited

Kindly find attahced the e-payment receipt for our reference,

Looking towards hearing from you

Thanks

Best regards,

Margaret McLean

Account department

Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Ltd

60-62 Grayshill Rd, Cumbernauld, UK, G68 9HQ

+44 (0)1236 781 900

| [email protected]+44 (0)1236 781 900

Disclaimer Notice

This e mail and any files transmitted with it is confidential and is

intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not

the intended recipient, any review, retransmission, dissemination,

distribution, printing, copying or use the information contained in this

message or any part thereof in other manner is strictly prohibited. If you

received this e mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by

return e mail and delete the e mail and any of its attachment. Any personal

view or opinion expressed by the sender shall b e understood as neither

given nor endorsed by MJ or any of the companies within the Group.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam:

Remove the related items of Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Email Scam (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.