2048 - Mega Pack of Games - How to remove

2048 – Mega Pack of Games is a browser extension for Chrome and Chromium browsers. It promises to give you games to play in your browser, however, it does come with some problems. 2048 – Mega Pack of Games gets access to data that it should not need and it opens web pages to show ads to its users.

About 2048 – Mega Pack of Games:

Classification	Potentially unwanted program, adware.
Problems with 2048 – Mega Pack of Games	It asks for intrusive and unnecessary permissions, it advertises other extensions without labeling the ads, there’s no privacy policy, it’s unclear who operates the extension.
Alternatives	Less intrusive game extensions, browser bookmarks for web games.
How to remove 2048 – Mega Pack of Games	Uninstall all unwanted extensions manually, if needed, remove malware and suspicious programs with antivirus tools (Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, etc.).

Is 2048 – Mega Pack of Games safe?

2048 – Mega Pack of Games is a browser extension. It offers to let you play games in an extension window in your browser.
However, some of its reviews insist that 2048 – Mega Pack of Games is malicious. Specifically, that it steals credit card information and makes computers slow.

Is that true, or is 2048 – Mega Pack of Games safe?

Browser extensions are like little programs that you can attach to your web browser. If you give them relevant permissions, they can read your browsing history, all the content of the sites you visit (including personal messages and login credentials), open and close browser tabs, inject content into the pages that you open, etc. So, when installing an extension, it’s important to know if it’s safe to use.

Problems with 2048 – Mega Pack of Games

When considering if a browser extension is safe, I like to remember this article by Mozilla.org. According to it, here are the things to consider when deciding if you trust an extension:

• The developer’s reputation.
• Privacy policy, terms of service.
• The permissions that the extension needs.
• The reviews and the number of users.
• The extension’s features.

The 2048 – Mega Pack of Games extension does let you play a few games in your browser, just as it promised. But it’s not clear who the developer of 2048 – Mega Pack of Games is. There are no contacts or any information on who are the people responsible for the extension. This is definitely a strike against it. It’s very unusual for the developer to be hiding like this.

There’s also no privacy policy, which is a problem because 2048 – Mega Pack of Games can “Read and change all data on the websites that you visit”. It could collect lots of data on you, if it wanted to.

2048 – Mega Pack of Games has lots of users. One version of the extension has more than a thousand, another – around 66 thousand. It also has hundreds of positive ratings. And yet, the bigger version of 2048 – Mega Pack of Games only has 24 reviews at the time of writing. This is a strangely small number of reviews for such a popular extension. Besides, a third of the reviews complain about malware and stolen information.

Advertising by 2048 – Mega Pack of Games

One of the most obvious problems with 2048 – Mega Pack of Games is that, as soon as you install it, it opens the page for New Tab for Google Workspace™. This new tab extension is accused by its reviews of forcing people to use Bing to search the web.

Advertising and search hijacking is normal for free extensions trying to make some money. But this should only be done with the consent of the users. For example, extensions like WebSecurerr and Chump are considered to be browser hijackers because they force users to use unwanted search engines.

When 2048 – Mega Pack of Games redirects users to the extension page for the New Tab extension, it doesn’t warn them that it’s about to show them an ad. This is a problem. It can lead to people misunderstanding the installation flow and adding extensions that they don’t want.

Alternatives

2048 – Mega Pack of Games does have links to various third-party game sites. And it does allow you to play them in its extension pop-up window.

But these games are independent of 2048 – Mega Pack of Games and you can easily play them without this extension. For example, you can use bookmarks to quickly access your favorite web games without having to install shady extensions.

In addition, plenty of browser add-ons let you play games without asking to read your data. Some extensions do not ask for any permissions, as they do not need any. All they do is show the game.

How to remove 2048 – Mega Pack of Games

Uninstall the 2048 – Mega Pack of Games extension and other potentially unwanted extensions. Only allow those you trust to remain installed on your browser.

You can use anti-malware apps (Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, others) to see if there are any unwanted, suspicious, or even malicious apps on your device.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Uninstall unwanted extensions

TopRemoving 2048 - Mega Pack of Games from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to 2048 - Mega Pack of Games. Click on the trash bin icon next to 2048 - Mega Pack of Games or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to 2048 - Mega Pack of Games, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove 2048 - Mega Pack of Games from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to 2048 - Mega Pack of Games. Click on the "Remove" icon next to 2048 - Mega Pack of Games or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving 2048 - Mega Pack of Games from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything 2048 - Mega Pack of Games related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to 2048 - Mega Pack of Games, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.