How To Remove GameBox Adware From PC

GameBox: Complete Uninstall Steps

GameBox is another potentially unwanted program (PUP), belonging to the adware category that may start undesirable operations on your computer as soon as it enters the machine. The main reason why this application is considered to be adware is due to its ability to show intrusive advertisements all the times, regardless of what is being done on web browser. Apart from this, the program’s distribution methods are also questionable, as users generally find it installed without granting it approval to do so. You may easily get deceived and believe that this browser add-on is useful as it is promoted as this way.

GameBox Displays Intrusive Advertisements:

As soon as GameBox intrudes the Windows computers, it starts generating multiple commercial offers and redirecting users to pre-defined websites. Ads delivered by this PUP could be in multiple formats e.g., banners, coupons, pop-ups, pop-unders, deals, discounts, offers, etc. They are specially designed to generate revenues via cost-per-click mechanism. The more they are clicked, the more benefits adware developers gain. Although, most of the promoted content is risk-free, there is no guarantee that some links might not be safe to click on. Also, redirects may take you to unfamiliar sites that may contain malicious files and questionable links.

Thus, it is best not to interact with GameBox ads that come up on your screen out of nowhere. Another negative attribute of this unwanted program is its data tracking capabilities. It can monitor victims’ browsing activities and send out the following information to other parties:

• Search queries
• Site visited
• Links clicked
• IP addresses
• Geolocation
• Unique identifiers
• Technical data
• Bookmarks added, etc.

In some cases, PUPs like this can also steal users’ personal data like credit card and banking details and expose them to cyber offenders for bad intentions.

Your browsing data collected by GameBox virus is very helpful for the commercial content creators to customize ads according to users’ interests. This is the reason why most of the adverts delivered by this PUP are very eye-catching and can easily gain your attention. But still, you should avoid clicking on them as they might redirect you to several phishing, malware-laden, tech support scam, gaming, gambling and other insecure portals. Moreover, your sensitive data could be misused by the scammers for making fraudulent transactions that may result in huge financial losses. So, a quick GameBox removal is strongly required.

How Does This Adware Enter Your PC?

There are several unsecured downloading channels such as softonic.com, cnet.com, download.com, and soft32.com that suggest downloading multiple download managers, PDF converters, etc. for free. Considering the fact that this type of application is free, so many users decide to obtain it instead from the official developers. Nonetheless, it’s a big mistake to make as it raises the chances of acquiring a potentially unwanted program on your computer and web browser.

Creators usually hide such PUPs in software packages that come from secondary downloading networks. If you still choose these sources for your downloads, you should at least be cautious while performing the downloading/installation process yourself. Do not skip any steps, always select the Advanced or Custom downloading mode and make sure to opt-out of content that raise some types of concerns or look questionable to you. If you do so, you can prevent adware and other unwanted threats from intruding your work-station and install only the required one. But at the moment, you must remove GameBox from the device as early as possible.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove GameBox:

Remove the related items of GameBox using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing GameBox issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (GameBox) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to GameBox removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to GameBox still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove GameBox plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in GameBox removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete GameBox (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.