Genius Box - How to remove

Genius Box is a browser extension that was created by TGF Interactive LLC. The program claims to be a great tool that can totally improve your browsing experience. Basically, it offers a quick access to most visited websites like Facebook, Youtube and so on, and also claims to provide the most relevant search results from your favorite websites without having to open additional windows/tabs or making the same searches on each website. The truth is that Genius Box can cause many unwanted actions on your computer and even put your computer at risk of getting infected.

It is recommended to remove Genius Box as soon as possible. To do it automatically, run a full system scan with a reputable anti-malware program, for example, Spyhunter or StopZilla. Manual removal guide is provided below this article.

About Genius Box

Genius Box may track your activity online and record this information. Later this data can be sold to the third parties which are using such information for marketing. Besides, the program can even reveal your usernames and passwords which means it can have access to your sensitive data and that is not safe. The most annoying thing is constant redirection when you are trying to make a search or visit a specific website. We should also mention that it changes your homepage and default search provider.

Distribution Methods of Genius Box

Genius Box infiltrates into computers bundled with freeware applications. For this reason you should be careful about your downloads. it is possible to notice what programs are bundled with the main one during the installation of this program. You have to deselect options to install Genius Box or any other unknown applications and you will block these annoying tools’ access to your computer.

Security experts highly recommend removing Genius Box from your PC with no hesitation and as soon as you detect it. Go to Control Panel -> Add and Remove programs list and uninstall it from there. You should also check browser extensions for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. If you do not see Genius Box listed, you should use antimalware tools like Spyhunter and scan your computer with it. Uninstalling the program from your system doesn’t change your search providers, it only stops ads appearing. You will have to do it manually by yourself. Depending on what browser you use, follow the instructions below:

On Internet explorer:

1. Click on the arrow on the right of the search box;
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search Providers, on IE7 click Change Search Defaults;
3. Remove Genius Box from the list.

On Firefox :

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page;
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click it & reset it;
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it;
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it;
5. Search for ‘browser.newtab.url’. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on each new tab.

On Google Chrome:

1. Click 3 horizontal lines icon on browser toolbar;
2. Select Settings;
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines;
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from list;
5. Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page ( you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).

Please note that a manual removal of Genius Box from Control Panel might not always solve ad displaying problems. One of the reasons is that more than one adware and browser hijacker could have been installed. In such a case you should scan your computer with Spyhunter.

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