Remove Gaming Candy Ads from Chrome/Firefox/IE

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Gaming Candy is an adware application. It’s a potentially unwanted program trying to pass itself as a helpful and trustworthy one. Well, it’s not. It’s a hazardous infection you should remove from your system as soon as the opportunity presents itself. Since the tool tends to infiltrate your system without you even realizing it, the moment you become aware of its presence usually hits you hen the bombardment of pop-ups begins. That happens shortly after infiltration. Gaming Candy starts flooding you with a never-ending waterfall of pop-up advertisements. Each and every time you try to browse the web, your online experience will be interrupted by a full-on procession of ads. But don’t think this tiny, little, minor, miniscule disruption will be your biggest concern when it comes to Gaming Candy. Oh, no. It’s far from it. You’ll have much graver issues on your hands. For example, courtesy of the PUP, you’ll be forced to endure frequent system crashes and a slower PC performance. Also, you’ll be faced with both a security and a malware issue. Does either one of these grievances lead you to believe that it’s worth holding onto Gaming Candy? If it is, you need to reevaluate your priorities. And, if it’s not, make sure to do what’s best for you and your computer and delete the adware application as soon as possible.

How did I get infected with?

How do you suppose you got stuck with Gaming Candy? Can you recall the exact moment you agreed to install it? If right now you’re shaking your head in denial, stating that you never agreed to such a travesty, know you’re mistaken. You did. You did give your consent to the installation of the application. Only, you didn’t realize it at the time. Adware, in general, as well as  Gaming Candy, in particular, tends to prey on users’ distraction, haste, and gullibility. Such programs are highly deceitful and use slyness and subtlety to dupe you into permitting them into your system. More often than not, they hitch a ride with spam email attachments, corrupted sites or links, or freeware. They can pretend to be fake updates, as well. So, if you’re not careful enough, you’ll give them the green light and won’t even know it. Don’t rush and don’t throw caution to the wind, and you just might prevent Gaming Candy from infiltrating your PC. After all, a little extra attention goes a long way. Remember that.

Why are these ads dangerous?

How can you not trust something bearing the name Gaming Candy? It sounds fun and exciting, cute even. But that’s part of the marketing scheme. The name is aimed to throw you off your game, so it’s easier for the PUP to slither in, invade your system and, ultimately, corrupt it. Supposedly, Gaming Candy provides you with all sorts of new and fun games you can play online. But, in reality, the tool falls short of everything it promises to help you with. All the tool will indeed accomplish will be overwhelming you with issues. It will continuously flood you with pop-up advertisements, bundled with various malware. So, if you press even a single one, all you’ll have to show for it will be more malware. Don’t forget! A click equals the installation of more unwanted malevolent tools! And, it doesn’t matter if it’s by choice or by accident, a click is a click. So, ignore the ads and do your best not to press any. Or, better yet, why don’t you take it one step further and delete the application altogether. That way, you won’t just avoid the malware issue, but you’ll also steer clear of the security threat. You won’t risk your personal and financial information falling into the hands of strangers with agendas. Oh, yes. From the second it settles on your PC, Gaming Candy spies on you in an attempt to steal your private details and send them to the unknown third parties that support it. Make no mistake! If you don’t delete it the first chance you get, it will succeed! Is that a risk you’re willing to take for such a worthless and harmful program? Think long and hard before you decide.

How Can I Remove Gaming Candy Ads?

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

STEP 2: Delete Gaming Candy from Chrome, Firefox or IE

STEP 3: Permanently Remove Gaming Candy from the windows registry.

STEP 1 : Uninstall Gaming Candy from Your Computer

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

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Gaming Candy 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 Gaming Candy 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 Gaming Candy 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.