GamesJunkies New Tab Removal Guide

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If you notice a modified Ask.com search page with a fake toolbar labeled “GAMESjunkies”, you must have GamesJunkies New Tab browser extension on board, which we have classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) due to the potentially harmful traits it has shown. There are a couple of ways in which this PUP may have entered your computer. Understanding these can help you prevent similar infections from appearing on your system. Although we cannot call this browser extension a malicious and dangerous threat to your computer, its presence may still expose you to potentially unsafe third-party web content. Therefore, we recommend that you delete GamesJunkies New Tab from your browsers. For more details, please continue reading our article.

There are two options for you to do acquire this PUP officially. First, you can visit its promotional web page at games-junkies.com, which is a rather simple page and definitely does not make you think that it offers a reliable application. Second, this extension is still available at the Chrome web store at this address: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/games-junkies/aaaabdgnnajpalbdkkdnknbbbmndbila?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog. We say “still” for a reason. As a matter of fact, Chrome web store hosts a lot of PUPs that have not been detected or reported yet. It is quite likely that in time these will disappear from the store.

But it is not very likely that many users have installed this useless tool in the official ways. This PUP can also be found in software bundles, which is always the preferred distribution method for infections. You can even download such packages accidentally when visiting questionable websites, such as shareware, torrent, and pornographic ones. These sites are full of unreliable third-party ads that often disguise themselves as buttons or even Windows dialog boxes. These can be very deceiving and it is easy to click on them out of reflex. It is also possible that you think you are would click on an empty area on the page whereas under the cursor there would actually be a third-party ad hiding.

However, even if you download a suspicious bundle, usually you still have an option to opt-out of the installation of unwanted components. This is the step that a lot of inexperienced computer users tend to overlook. If you allow the whole content of such a package onto your computer, you need to understand that deleting GamesJunkies New Tab will not make miraculous changes with regard to your system’s health. It will be equally important to scan your system for other threats. You can either check manually for other PUPs and malware infections by opening the list of installed programs in Control Panel and the list of extensions in your browsers, or you can apply an online malware scanner. Since the web is swarming with unreliable and rogue security programs, we advise you to be extra careful when choosing your tool. A quick web search can be very useful.

We have found that this PUP is actually the identical clone of MovieJunkies New Tab and TuneJunkies New Tab. If you find any of these useless tools in your browsers, we hope you know what to do next. It seems that this extension does not affect Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. But even if you use these browsers it is worth scanning your system because there may be other infections present that could be endangering your computer. Once this tool is installed it sets a modified Ask.com search page as your new tab page and home page in Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. You need to be very careful with this search page because it may display you third-party ads or potentially unreliable links through its third-party services, including its search tool. As a matter of fact, we have realized that this PUP can alter the search results to include third-party ads and links in order to promote affiliate websites. Once you click on these, you actually help potential criminals to get richer bit by bit, not to mention that you may get redirected to malicious websites at the same time.

If you are ready to make up your mind and act, it may be time to remove GamesJunkies New Tab from your browsers. Since this PUP does not have its own uninstaller, you cannot simply uninstall it via Control Panel. You need to reset both infected browsers if you want to completely remove this useless tool. In order to make sure that no leftovers remain, we recommend that you use a professional anti-malware tool. If you keep this security tool updated regularly, you will give your PC full-time protection from all known infections.

Remove GamesJunkies New Tab from Browsers

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Press Alt+H and select Troubleshooting Information.
  2. Press Refresh Firefox.
  3. In the pop-up window, press Refresh Firefox.
  4. Press Finish.

Google Chrome

  1. Press Alt+F and select Settings.
  2. At the bottom, click Show advanced settings.
  3. At the bottom, click Reset settings.
  4. Press Reset in the pop-up.
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