Remove GameZooks Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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GameZooks is a tricky application that will disturb you with a continuous parade of advertisements, slow down your PC, mess with your browser settings and jeopardize your entire online safety. Not to mention this program will also quite successfully irritate you. Although it’s advertised as a useful tool that lets you play free arcade games, in reality GameZooks is a computer infection. Being a representative of the adware family as well as a PUP (potentially unwanted program), GameZooks has nothing of benefit to offer you. On the contrary, it could cause your machine further damage. Remember, GameZooks is nothing to be afraid of if you take adequate measures in time. To learn more about this sneaky virus, please keep on reading – you will find a detailed guide on how to remove the virus and helpful information on how to prevent such threats in the future.

How did I get infected with?

The GameZooks virus has an official website but it offers no installation option. That is a typical trait of the malicious adware programs and the lack of an official download button answers the question whether GameZooks is reliable. It isn’t. The application is left with only underhanded techniques to infiltrate computers and we can’t stress enough how incredibly dangerous they are. Freeware bundles, for example, could be a convenient and easy way for you to install multiple programs at once but it could also provide hackers a great opportunity to infect your machine with malware. Always make sure there is no infection hidden among the secure programs as GameZooks could be accompanied by Trojans, ransomware, etc. You don’t want to install viruses yourself, do you? Don’t rush through the installation process and deselect any unfamiliar software that you notice. You should also avoid unverified webpages and suspicious-looking websites as they could be corrupted.

Why are these ads dangerous?

Long story short, it isn’t safe. Being a PC virus, GameZooks was originally created to serve hackers’ interests and you can be more that certain they mismatch yours. Even the official website itself declares that once GameZooks is installed on your device, it will display commercials. What the developers fail to tell you though is that the ads will quickly become the only visible thing on your screen. No matter which browser you use (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer) and no matter which web page you try to visit, the endless commercials parade will be there. GameZooks attacks you with pop-ups, pop-unders, banners, in-texts and many more. Why? Because hackers make illegal profit through your clicks. Needless to say crooks shouldn’t be stimulated or helped. Those ads are persistent and annoying but the bigger problem here is the web pages they lead to. As the links distributed by GameZooks are sponsored, you might be redirected to some extremely dangerous websites. Before you know it, you could end up with a compromised computer infested with parasites. Apart from that, GameZooks uses a rich variety of devious methods to make your life miserable. Beware of program updates or some “useful” applications that you’ve never heard of. You might fall victim to some cyber scam and lose your money; we assume you wouldn’t like that. GameZooks also collects browsing-related information including pages visited, search queries, passwords and so on. In order to keep your PC virus-free before GameZooks gets out of control, our advice is to remove this malicious application as soon as possible. To delete it manually, you can follow our instructions bellow.

How Can I Remove GameZooks Ads?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the GameZooks 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 GameZooks from your Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Delete GameZooks from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove GameZooks from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall GameZooks from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the GameZooks 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 GameZooks 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

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

• choose a preferred name.

• 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

• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

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

• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset.

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

• Close IE

Permanently Remove GameZooks 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.