How to Remove GameZooks Adware

Are you annoyed that tons of ads by GameZooks constantly pops up while browsing? You don't know why but the web browser runs much slower than usual? These symptoms may be caused by GameZooks adware which has been invaded your PC. Still have no clue to find out the causes of the infection? If so, you are lucky to come to right place. This post will guide you how to get rid of GameZooks from your computer step by step.


GameZooks is an adware program or say potentially unwanted program that stealthily gets installed on users’ browsers by coming bundled with software that users have downloaded from the Internet. This adware is created with advanced technology that can install on a computer without computer users’ consent and knowledge. This adware usually will pretend to be a useful tool to improve the browsing experience for computer users. Nevertheless, its final objective is to gain profit for its creators by displaying attractive ads to the computer users and tricking them into buying its commodity. Besides, this adware tends to immediately transfer settings of your browsers once successfully installed. In addition, it is able to be added to your browsers and collect your search queries and items and then accordingly send the ads content to you when you surf the Internet. In addition, it has the capability of diffusing more ads focusing on your hobbies through monitoring your secret personal information. It monitors users’ online activities, collects their precious data, and then sends that data to its creators. For this reason, you need to remove GameZooks once any trace of it is found on your computer.

Symptoms of GameZooks

1. It will finish its installation without PC users’ notice.

2.It changes your desktop layout and settings of the browser without your permission.

3. It shows a lot of ads and useless information on your PC.

4.It prefers to automatically transforming your browsing from one website to another.

5. It collects and sends personal data to the cyber criminals.

How to Remove GameZooks Completely?

If you want to eliminate those ads and any other threats on your computer, as well as change the settings back, you should to remove the adware from your machine totally. Usually, you can not only use a professional malware removal tool to erase it automatically but also just follow the tips below to deal with it manually.

Step 1: Remove the GameZooks related programs.

Windows XP
Go to Start, navigate to Settings and click on Control Panel, navigate to Add or Remove Programs, choose Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and hit Remove.

Windows 8
Move mouse cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen. Click Settings on Charms bar and go to Control Panel. Select Uninstall a program and remove the adware related programs.

Windows 7/Vista
Go to Start, navigate to Control Panel, select Uninstall a program/Programs and Features, find the adware related programs, and click on Uninstall.

Step 2: Remove the adware related add-ons from the browsers.

Internet Explorer
Open IE and go to Tools or gear icon in IE9 and then to Manage Add-ons.
Select add-ons related to GameZooks or other which you find is unknown to you and remove it.
Restart IE.

Mozilla Firefox
Open Mozilla Firefox & click on Tools from the top menu.
Now go to Add-ons and select the unknown extensions from the list related to the adware.
Remove them by selecting and clicking on Remove button.
Restart the browser.

Google Chrome
Open Google Chrome, click 3-Horizontal Bar icon at the top left corner.
Now go to Tools and then Extensions.
Search for extension exact or similar to the adware and delete it by selecting and clicking Trash icon next to it.
Restart the browser.

Step 3: Remove all GameZooks related files and registry entries.

Go to the Local Hard Disk C to find out and delete any adware related files from your computer.
Click the “Start” button and choose the “Run” option. Type “regedit” in the “Open” field and click the “OK” button. Then the Registry Editor will open. Then, find out and delete the adware related registry entries.

Advices to Prevent GameZooks Infection

In order to prevent your computer from being attacked, PC users should be cautions while installing unknown programs or executable processes. You'd better not just click on "Next" or "I agree" carelessly in that you may accept to download additional program with the desired one. Moreover, do not open any unfamiliar email attachments before you have totally checked what is it consists of and all the resources inside are safe. Adware and viruses are often hides in vicious email attachments. Furthermore, it is not advised you to click on any suspicious links, either those email attachments from an insecure address that you have no idea.