gamingZone Search

In this report, we would like to talk about a potentially unwanted program known as gamingZone Search. It is not a malicious threat, but still, it might be troublesome, and users should know about this extension if they ever come across it. The application may offer free games from particular web pages, which means you could play the same games even without installing this add-on as you should be able to go directly to these gaming sites. Besides the described links, the potentially unwanted program may replace user’s default search engine with a tool of its own. The bad news is the newly presented search engine could cause you trouble as there is a chance it might show modified search results injected with unreliable advertisements. Naturally, if you want to stay away from such content, we recommend removing gamingZone Search at once. If you decide to follow our advice you should check the deletion instructions available at the end of the text. However, before sliding below you could read the rest of the article and learn more about this suspicious extension.

To begin with, we should talk about how gamingZone Search could settle in. Our researchers say users might download it from Chrome Web Store page or its official site called theappjunkies.com. On the other hand, we also believe the add-on could be spread in different ways, for example, bundled software installers, pop-up advertisements, etc. Therefore, for users who want to make sure they do not receive such unreliable applications in the future we would suggest a couple of tips. Firstly, it would be wise to keep away from torrent or similar file-sharing web pages that might offer unreliable installers, for example, they could be bundled with adware, potentially unwanted programs, browser hijackers, or even malware. Secondly, users should be cautious when clicking pop-up ads offering to install updates, extension, or other applications. If it looks like the advertisements come from an unknown site or raise any other suspicion, it would be smarter to ignore them.

Furthermore, it looks at the moment of writing gamingZone Search works only on Google Chrome browsers. Meaning it most likely cannot be encountered by those who surf the Internet with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and so on. The developers’ message we found on the Chrome Web Store page describes the extension as a tool that allows the user to “Easily search the web for FREE unlimited games.” Our question would be: does not all other search engines; after all the primary objective of such applications is to help users find needed information on the Internet whatever it would be; games or not. Apparently, the add-on does not offer any advanced tools as one could imagine. It just redirects the user to a particular game site where he can find the games he likes and play for free.

The other potentially unwanted program’s feature is a search engine. While using it, we noticed it, first redirects to play.eanswers.com/go and then to search.yahoo.com. Because of this, we believe the results might be modified or in other words injected by gamingZone Search with additional third-party advertisements. What you should know about such content is there is a chance it could be potentially dangerous as there might be not knowing where it may come from. This is why we recommend being cautious while surfing with the gamingZone Search tool. In fact, our advice would be deleting this potentially unwanted program at once as there are many gaming websites that can provide you with free games and there are more reputable search engines you could use, such as google.com or the original search.yahoo.com.

Provided you do not want to use gamingZone Search, and you choose to eliminate it we can suggest a couple of ways how to get rid of it. The first one is to go to the browser’s Extensions menu and remove the add-on manually. It is not a complicated process and if you take a look at the instructions available at the end of this text you should find out how to do this. The other way to delete the potentially unwanted program is to scan your computer with a reliable antimalware tool. Let it complete the scanning, and once the results show up, you could erase all detections by pressing the given removal button.

Eliminate gamingZone Search

1. Launch Google Chrome.
2. Press ALT+F.
3. Pick More tools and click on Extensions.
4. Find gamingZone Search.
5. Click the Remove button near it.
6. Select Remove.
7. Close the browser.