Game-jungle.com Malware - How to remove

Game-jungle.com pop-up windows do not appear in your screen without a reason. There is a specific explanation for such an unwanted behavior of your browser. There is a high possibility of your computer to be contaminated by adware which has already hijacked your browsers, so game-jungle.com pop-ups may be the vivid evidence of that adware to be active in your system.

Game-jungle.com pop-ups promote Game Jungle browser extension for Google Chrome. When users agree with such a proposal, they will be redirected to Chrome Web Store where they will be instructed to add Game Jungle extension. Everything seems to be legitimate, but the problem is that these landing pages promoting the extension appear in the browser without the user’s direct intention. There is the adware that causes unwanted pop-up in Google Chrome and redirects it to install.game-jungle.com website. So, there must be definitely a problem that needs to be immediately dealt with.

Game-jungle.com unwanted browser modifications

Game-jungle.com is advertised as the extension that gives you a chance to play hundreds of online games. It promises that by enabling the extension you will find free versions for your favorite games with an easy to use default search extension. Everything seems to be fine until you find out that there are a lot of other unwanted amendments introduced into the browser by means of Game Jungle extension. This is what happens with your browser when the extension is finally installed and enabled:

• unauthorized change of the default home page into Game Jungle;
• amendment of the default search engine into Yahoo Search;
• enabling intrusive push notifications in browser;
• placement of numerous advertisement banners and sponsored links in the home page without user’s approval;
• unexpected browser redirections to random websites;
• high CPU usage resulting in possible system crashes.

Why do game-jungle.com pop-ups attack your screen

As mentioned above, adware is one of the possible reasons explaining the unwanted repeated occurrence of game-jungle.com alerts. In fact, this particular pop-up may be just of many other negative results of adware activity in your system right now. Your browser may be regularly distracting you with unexpected pop-ups redirecting you to third-party websites. Or you may suddenly be attacked by scary notices claiming that your system is infected with some virus. Finally, you may see suspicious alerts instructing you to implement fake Adobe Flash Player or software updates. This all may result in even more severe damage brought to your computer.

The adware is currently distributed on the Internet through various tricky methods. One of the most popular intrusion channels for adware is bundling. This means that the adware may be included in installers of some other legitimate programs (primarily freeware). There are many resources on the Internet that offer installation of free utilities, but the problem is that you may be additionally recommended by the installers to enable other absolutely not necessary utilities. This information may be not fully disclosed or presented in the small print, so users may not clearly understand that there is something else in the bundle. When clicking on the “Next” or “I agree” buttons during the installation process they end up installing other third-party applications.

How to remove game-jungle.com pop-ups

Game Jungle extension can be manually disabled and deleted in Google Chrome. It is enough just to access the browser settings and then disable and delete the appropriate extension. However, this does not mean that the adware that caused game-jungle.com pop-ups is also removed. It may be still active in your computer and continue causing browser problems.

The adware that produced the game-jungle.com landing page may be clearly specified in the list of available programs. So, access the Control Panel of your system and locate applications that are suspicious. If you identify them clearly, make sure to delete these unwanted programs right ways. Unfortunately, some adware samples may be concealed in the system and you will not clearly notice them. Our recommendation is that you perform a thorough scanning of your computer with Spyhunter to undertake complex system analysis and malware removal.

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