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Game Wham is a potentially unwanted adware program. Just like any other infection of this kind, it wreaks a world of havoc on your system after it slithers ts way in, and quite skillfully so. The tool enters your computer so resourcefully that you don’t even know it’s there until it wishes to reveal itself. The PUP usually clues you into its presence by commencing the flood of pop-up advertisements, which is characteristic of all adware programs. Before the bombardment begins, you have no idea there’s a hazardous infection, lurking somewhere in the corners of your PC. But it’s there. And, it’s causing trouble even though you don’t yet know it. Do you know why that is? Well, it’s programmed that way. Game Wham is designed to start spying on you as soon as it settles in your system. So, from the very first second it spends on your PC, the application keeps you under vigorous observation. It keeps track of your online habits, but it doesn’t stop there. Oh, no. It doesn’t just monitor your browsing. The PUP also catalogs every move you make while you’re surfing the web. And, in doing so, it places your private information in jeopardy. How come? Well, after it gathers enough data on your online activities, the program proceeds to sends everything it has collected to the third parties that published it. So, unknown individuals with unclear, possibly wicked, agendas will have access to your private life. Are you willing to provide strangers with knowledge of your personal and financial details? That’s one the risks, which you’d be agreeing to if you allow Game Wham to remain on your PC. The choice is yours to make, but bear in mind you have tons to lose while hardly anything, if not nothing, to gain. Your and your system’s future rest on your decision.

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How did I get infected with?

Adware applications are quite resourceful when it comes to finding a way into your PC. They’re positively masterful at deceit and manage to fool you, the user, into approving their installation yourself. So, now you’re probably thinking how could you permit a tool’s install, and NOT know that you did. Well, it’s pretty straightforward. Game Wham turns to every known trick in the book to dupe you, but the application’s trickery only goes so far. It still needs you to slither its way in. Or rather, your carelessness. Every method of invasion, the PUP tends to turn to, requires your naivety, haste, and distraction. If you’re even a bit more cautious, you might just catch the tool trying to sneak in and stop it before it’s successful. More often than not, Game Wham uses freeware as a means of infiltration as it’s possibly the easiest access point. That’s because, users tend to rush through its installment process and don’t even bother to read the terms and conditions. Instead, they just say “Yes” to everything, and hope for the best. Well, that’s a poor strategy, to say the least. Don’t hope. Do your due diligence and be more thorough. Otherwise, you might get stuck with an infection like Game Wham and be forced to deal with the dreadful repercussions, which that entails. And, they’re not pleasant. You can bet on that.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Game Wham may be an obnoxious, useless application but it aims to portray as something entirely different. It claims that it’s reliable, and tries to convince you that you can profit from its presence on your PC. In reality, it’s the tool that profits from you. How? Well, the PUP is programmed to produce pay-per-click revenue for the people that support it. That’s why it bombards you with so many ads. They’ll appear every single time you try to go online, without fail. To click on even one of them would be a colossal mistake! Don’t do it! The ads are highly unreliable as they’re bundled with various malicious tools. Every time you press a pop-up, be it y accident or choice, you unknowingly agree to install the malware, lurking behind it. Unless you wish to corrupt your system further, do your best to avoid clicking on the advertisements, Game Wham shows you. When to the severe malware threat, you add the security risk, the application exposes you to, as well, it should be pretty clear that’s it’s NOT worth keeping. Do yourself a favor, and remove it at once. It’s for the best, and you won’t regret it.

How Can I Remove Game Wham Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Game Wham 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: Uninstall Game Wham from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete Game Wham from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Game Wham from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Game Wham from Your Computer

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

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Type “Appwiz.cpl

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Locate the Game Wham program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

STEP 2 : Remove Game Wham from Chrome, Firefox or IE

Remove from Google Chrome

  • In the Main Menu, select Tools—> Extensions
  • Remove any unknown extension by clicking on the little recycle bin
  • If you are not able to delete the extension then navigate to C:\Users\”computer name“\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\and review the folders one by one.
  • Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

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  • If you are using the latest chrome version you need to do the following
  • go to settings – Add person

  • choose a preferred name.

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  • then go back and remove person 1
  • Chrome should be malware free now

Remove from Mozilla Firefox

  • Open Firefox
  • Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
  • Disable and remove any unknown add on
  • Open the Firefox’s Help Menu

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  • Then Troubleshoot information
  • Click on Reset Firefox

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Remove from Internet Explorer

  • Open IE
  • On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
  • Go to Toolbars and Extensions
  • Disable any suspicious extension.
  • If the disable button is gray, you need to go to your Windows Registry and delete the corresponding CLSID
  • On the Upper Right Corner of Internet Explorer Click on the Gear Icon.
  • Click on Internet options

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  • Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

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  • Check the “Delete Personal Settings Tab” and then Reset

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  • Close IE

Permanently Remove Game Wham Leftovers

To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify any registry leftovers or temporary files.

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