Groover Removal Guide

There are many annoying adware applications that can not only expose you to severe computer security threats, but they are also quite hard to remove. Groover is one such program. It might seem that this application is just a random nuisance that spams you with commercial advertisements, but, if you do not take care of this issue right now, it may eventually grow into something nasty. Please delete Groover from your computer following the instructions provided at the bottom of this article. You will also have to replace the dnsapi.dll file manually because the program may try to regenerate.

Our security experts say that Groover is one of the many adware programs that come from the same family as Shopperz, Jabuticaba, Daugava, and other adware apps. We have dealt with the Jabuticaba adware recently, so now we know what to expect of Groover as well. These adware programs are good at changing your DNS settings. That is done in order to ensure a constant flow of commercial ads on your screen. After all, the adware programs need to generate financial profit for their creators, and the best way to do it is to redirect you to affiliated websites. When you open an associated website, you help the program make money via the pay-per-click system.

Technically, there is nothing illegal about this, but sometimes it may result in a severe malware infection, so you definitely should not take any chances. The sooner you remove Groover and everything related to this program from your computer, the better. You may not know what other unwanted applications have been installed on your system together with this adware program. If that is the case, then please scan the computer with the SpyHunter free scanner, and you will immediately know which programs you must remove. There is no way for Groover to enter your computer by itself, so this adware application obviously travels bundled with other freeware in software packages.

It is rather discouraging that users download and install these unreliable software bundles themselves. The problem is that they are not aware of it, and they think they are installing just the one program they really wanted to have. They probably do not even notice how Groover and other annoying apps are set up on their systems.

Perhaps we are lucky that adware programs do not try to hide their presence. Groover will bombard you with annoying pop-ups in order to make you click them. Once again, if you click those ads, you will help the people behind Groover make money, but you will get nothing in return. On the contrary, you may be redirected to a malicious website that distributes malware, and then you could eventually experience an system crash.

You can obviously avoid that by removing Groover today. Although you can uninstall the application via Control Panel, acquiring a licensed antispyware tool is always a good idea. Also, do not forget to replace the dnsapi.dll file to make sure that Groover is gone for good.

Should you have any further questions on your computer security or adware removal, you can always leave us a comment or contact us via our social networking accounts. Do not hesitate to reach out. We are here to help!

How to Remove Groover

Windows 10, Windows 8.1 & Windows 8

1. Press the Windows key + R and launch the Run command.
2. Type “control” into the box and press Enter.
3. Open Uninstall a program and remove Groover.

Windows Vista & Windows 7

1. Open the Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Go to Uninstall a program and remove Groover.

Windows XP

1. Click the Start menu and select Control Panel.
2. Access Add or remove programs and uninstall Groover.

How to Replace the dnsapi.dll File

1. Press the Windows key + E and open the Windows Explorer.
2. Enter C:\Windows\winsxs into the address bar. Press Enter.
3. Type dnsapi.dll into the Search box at the top right corner of your screen.
4. Press Enter.
5. Locate the latest versions of dnsapi.dll in C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64… & C:\Windows\winsxs\wow64…
6. Press the Windows key + E to launch Windows Explorer in another window.
7. Type C:\Windows\System32 into the address bar and hit Enter.
8. Copy & paste the latest dnsapi.dll version from C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64… to C:\Windows\System32.
9. Now type C:\Windows\SystemWOW64 into the address bar and press Enter.
10. Transfer the latest dnsapi.dll version from C:\Windows\winsxs\wow64… to C:\Windows\SysWOW64.