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An adware infiltrated your system. And, it uses the Game.confirmprize.com page as an announcement. The website popping up is the infection’s way of revealing itself. You best acknowledge its announcement, and act on it. Adware tools are quite malicious, and meddlesome. So is the one, behind Game.confirmprize.com. It uses trickery to invade your system. Then, once it does gain entry, spreads its nastiness throughout. It doesn’t take long before you notice the tool’s touch. It affects every aspect f your system. At first, you only notice its influences, when you browse. But, as time goes by, its power over your PC increases, and its reach spread further. It begins with online interference. Then, grows into frequent system crashes, and a slower PC. Then, you may end up with more unwanted malware. And, in the end, you can get your private information stolen and exposed. That’s the adware’s end game. It works towards stealing your personal and financial details. So it can then send therm to the cyber criminals behind it. Don’t allow that! Prevent its success. As soon as the infection announces its existence, take action. Find where it lurks and delete it. You won’t regret it. Inaction, however, brings nothing but regret and a multitude of grievances.

How did I get infected with?

Game.confirmprize.com pops up, because of you. Yes, you’re responsible for the page’s display. That’s because, you got careless when you shouldn’t have. And, that resulted in an adware invasion. Let’s explain. Adware applications have to seek approval on their admission. Yours. They have to ask if you, the user, agree to install them. If you do, they proceed with entry. If you don’t, no access. That’s why, they do their best to get your YES. To avoid rejection, they turn to trickery. They do take the time to seek permission, but do it in the sneakiest way possible. They’re so covert with their inquiry, that if you’re not careful enough, they slip by you. Yes, they slither their way in undetected, even though, they sought your approval. These infections prey on your carelessness. So, don’t grant it! Don’t ease their way in. Always take the time to be extra attentive. Do your due diligence, read terms and condition, know what you agree to. Tat can spare you countless troubles, and regret. Remember that cyber threats rely on your distraction, haste, and naivety. So, instead, be extra vigilant. Choose caution over carelessness.

Why is this dangerous?

Game.confirmprize.com pops up everywhere. No matter what you do, the adware finds a way to redirect you to the site. Open a new tab, and it appears to greet you. Type a search, and it’s among the suggested results. All the ads, you get stuck seeing, are ‘Powered by Game.confirmprize.com.’ And, there are a lot of ads, coming your way. If you so much as touch your browser, you get flooded with in-text, pop-up, and banner ads. That doesn’t go unnoticed for long, and causes further grievances. You begin to experience incessant lagging. And, your system crashes, non-stop. But these are the minor inconveniences. You face much worse dangers, because of the adware. The one that towers above the rest, concerns your security. As stated, the tool aims to steal your private data. And, hand it over to the unknown individuals that published it. As soon as it invades your system, it starts to track your activities. The more it remains, the more information it gathers. So, don’t extend its stay after detection. Remove it from your system ASAP, and protect your privacy. Not to mention, your system’s well-being.

How to Remove Game.confirmprize.com virus

The Game.confirmprize.com infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Game.confirmprize.com infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

STEP 1: Track down Game.confirmprize.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Game.confirmprize.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Game.confirmprize.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Game.confirmprize.com in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Game.confirmprize.com startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Game.confirmprize.com virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Game.confirmprize.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Game.confirmprize.com by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Game.confirmprize.com

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Game.confirmprize.com, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Game.confirmprize.com argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Game.confirmprize.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.