GameSearch Search is a browser hijacker that hijacks the new tab, search engine, and homepage in Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chromium Edge, or Microsoft Edge browser.
After hijacking the web browser configurations, the start page and search engine will be replaced with GameSearch Search
Users’ web searches, browser history, and other sensitive information are collected by the GameSearch browser hijacker.
GameSearch is usually installed without the knowledge of the user. GameSearch is installed through rogue – malicious software installations that you can download for free from all over the internet.
Adware is a common alias for malware-type applications that infect the computer without the knowledge of the PC user and hijacks the browser settings. GameSearch adware causes unwanted changes in the web browser settings that are usually hard to find for the majority of users.
The most common signs of adware on your computer are unwanted pop-ups and redirects in your browser to suspicious webpages.
GameSearch browser hijacker
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Affected Browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge
Adware developers usually claim that the GameSearch redirect offers a number of advantages over legitimate search engines.
In reality, GameSearch is designed for in-content advertisements to generate income through pay per click ads within the search results.
The GameSearch search engine does not provide any advantage over legitimate search engines such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo.
GameSearch is only built for revenue generation purposes and is dangerous for your online privacy.
How to remove GameSearch?
Use this menu to get rid of GameSearch.
- Uninstall recently installed adware
- Remove GameSearch Search from Internet Explorer
- Remove GameSearch Search extension from Google Chrome
- Remove GameSearch Search from Firefox
- Remove GameSearch Search from Microsoft Edge
- Go to GameSearch Seach removal tool
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The instructions below apply to Microsoft Windows devices only. Mac OS users should use CleanMyMac or Malwarebytes for Mac to remove GameSearch. Read more in this Mac adware removal instruction.
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Uninstall adware program to get rid of GameSearch Seach
In this first removal step, we will attempt to identify and uninstall GameSearch adware that might have been installed without your knowledge on your computer.
Right-click the Windows Start button and Open Run from the menu.
Type: appwiz.cpl to open Windows Control Panel / uninstall programs and features
Find the recently installed adware application and uninstall the adware.
In the image, you see recently known adware applications associated with the GameSearch browser hijacker.
Information: Click the column “Installed On” to sort installed software by date, doing so makes it easier to detect recently installed adware applications and uninstall them.
If you don’t know what to look for, go to this removal step.
Remove GameSearch add-on from Internet Explorer
In this first step for Internet Explorer, you have to verify if internet explorer is infected with a malicious add-on. Add-ons could be responsible for the GameSearch homepage, the search engine in the Internet Explorer web browser.
Choose the wrench button, and from the menu click “Manage add-ons.”
Check the add-on list for the GameSearch add-on in Internet Explorer, click “Disable” or “Remove” to delete the add-on.
Continue to the next step.
Remove GameSearch homepage from Internet Explorer
choose the wrench button, and from the menu, click “Internet options.”
Go to tab General, remove GameSearch, and enter your preferred internet explorer homepage. Save settings with OK.
Remove GameSearch search engine from Internet Explorer
choose the wrench button, and from the menu click “Manage add-ons.” In the left menu, choose “Search Providers.”
Set the search engine of your choice, Google, Bing, or Yahoo as default and remove GameSearch.
In order to do this, click the search engine you want as your default search “Google” and click the “Set as default” button.
Select GameSearch and click the “Remove” button. When Google, Bing, Yahoo is not listed, click the “Find more search providers” link at the bottom of the Manage Add-ons window and add one.
Remove GameSearch extension from Google Chrome
Google Chrome users on Mac OS, follow this Adware removal guide for Mac OS
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In this first step for Google Chrome, you need to identify and remove the browser extension responsible for the GameSearch search engine.
Some browser extensions are ad-supported, e.g., adware and might change the homepage or search settings to GameSearch.
If you didn’t install any browser extension at all, remove all browser extensions from Chrome.
Click the menu button, from the Chrome menu click “More tools” and then “Extensions.”
Find the GameSearch extension and click the “Remove” button to remove the extension.
If you are unsure if the extension is malicious, click the slider and disable the extension first.
Continue to the next step.
Remove GameSearch homepage from Google Chrome
Click the Google Chrome menu button, from the Chrome menu go to “Settings.”
In the On startup section, find the GameSearch extension and click “Disable.”
Click the “Open a specific page or set of pages” and check for the GameSearch homepage, if present, select the three vertical dots and click the “Remove” button.
Remove GameSearch search engine from Google Chrome
Click the Google Chrome menu button, from the Chrome menu go to “Settings.”
In the “Search engine” section find the “manage search engines” button.
In the list of search engines, locate the GameSearch search engine.
On the right next to the URL, click the three vertical dots button and select “Remove from list.”
Click the three vertical dots next to Google, Yahoo, or Bing and select “Make default.”
Reset your Google Chrome synced profile
Google Chrome synchronizes the browsers user-profile with the Google Cloud services.
If the Google Chrome browser is infected with adware, this adware, usually browser extensions, the homepage, and GameSearch search engine settings are synced with Google’s servers.
It is important to clean this synchronized cache.
If the user doesn’t clear the synchronized settings, the GameSearch extension and Chrome settings keep coming back on any devices the Chrome user profile is synchronized with.
Open the Google Dashboard (opens in a new browser window). Click the Reset sync button to clear all of your synced data on Google’s server, confirm with OK.
Restart Google Chrome, if necessary, continue to the next step.
Remove GameSearch add-on from Firefox
In this first step for Firefox, you need to identify and remove any Firefox add-on that is unknown to you.
If you didn’t install any add-on at all, remove all add-ons from Firefox.
Add-ons in Firefox could be ad-supported which basically means an add-on might have installed GameSearch in Firefox.
Click the Firefox menu button, from the drop-down menu click Add-ons.
Click extensions from the left menu. Identify the GameSearch browser extension.
Click the “Remove” button to delete the extension and get rid of GameSearch.
Remove GameSearch homepage from Firefox
Open the Firefox menu, which can be found in the top right corner. Select “Options” from the menu.
In the options window, go to Home in the left menu. Remove GameSearch from the Custom URLs textbox, or click the “Restore Defaults” button.
Remove GameSearch search engine from Firefox
In the address bar type about:config and confirm with an Enter. Click the I accept the risk! Button.
In the search bar type: moz-extension
right-click on each of the results and select Reset to restore their values to default settings.
Restart Firefox, if necessary, continue to the next step.
Remove GameSearch from Chromium Edge
If you encounter GameSearch as your default homepage or search engine in Chromium Edge, follow these instructions.
Open Chromium Edge browser. In the top-right menu, open Settings.
In the left menu click on Reset Settings. In the Reset Chromium settings, click on Restore settings to their default values. Click Reset to confirm Chromium Edge reset.
The Chromium Edge web-browser is reset to default settings. It is important to know there are remnants of the GameSearch browser hijacker on your PC.
I recommend to scan and remove malware files from your computer to make sure the browser hijacker does not reinstall, and the GameSearch search engine is entirely removed from the Microsoft Edge web browser and PC.
Remove GameSearch from Microsoft Edge
If you encounter GameSearch as your default homepage or search engine in Microsoft Edge, follow these instructions.
Right-click the start button in Windows 10, from the start menu top click Apps and Features.
Scroll down through the right Apps and Features list till you see Microsoft Edge, click Advanced options.
Click on the Reset button to reset Microsoft Edge to default settings. Microsoft Edge reset will clear the browsing history, cookies, and settings. Not the Microsoft Edge favorites web pages.
The Microsoft Edge web-browser is reset to default settings. It is important to know there are remnants of the GameSearch hijacker on your PC.
I recommend to scan and remove malware files from your computer to make sure the browser hijacker does not reinstall, and the GameSearch search engine is entirely removed from the Microsoft Edge web browser and PC.
Remove GameSearch adware with Malwarebytes
Get rid of GameSearch with Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes is free to use, detect and remove the GameSearch redirect from the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge web browser.
GameSearch is a browser hijacker which is a type of malware, Malwarebytes will remove the GameSearch malware from the web browser for free.
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Run the Malwarebytes program installation file. Click here for Malwarebytes installation instructions.
Click Scan Now to start searching for the adware responsible for the GameSearch search engine in the web browser.
Malwarebytes will start scanning for malware. Please wait for Malwarebytes to finish the malware scan.
Malwarebytes usually takes between 2 to 5 minutes to complete.
Once the malware scan is completed, Malwarebytes will present the results of the GameSearch malware scan.
Remove the malware found by Malwarebytes using the Quarantine Selected button.
Wait for Malwarebytes to move all malware to quarantine.
Malwarebytes needs to perform a system reboot to finish the GameSearch redirect removal process.
Save and close any working documents or open web pages and click Yes to reboot your PC.
After the system reboot, your web browser is free from the GameSearch browser hijacker.
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