What is Game Jungle?
Do you like playing games online? If you do, Game Jungle is an extension that might catch your eye. This extension is offered for Google Chrome users, and, according to the information that is presented on the Chrome web store – the application can be found at chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/game-jungle/ecihmmgjchcokdfbpinfokhambbbodpo – it can help find free versions of various games. Needless to say, an offer like that can seem very attractive. Well, our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team identifies it as a potentially unwanted program (PUP), and that certainly is not because of the promises this extension makes. Our researchers claim that the extension is used as decoy to expose users to unreliable search results. Without a doubt, that is a good reason to remove Game Jungle from Google Chrome immediately. If you need our help deleting this malicious threat, you want to continue reading. We discuss different elimination options, and we also provide you with the opportunity to communicate with our research team via the comments section.
How does Game Jungle work?
Game Jungle is officially introduced to users via the Chrome web store, but the service that the PUP is linked to is found at portal.game-jungle.com. Once the extension is installed, you can open the browser, type “game” into the address bat at the top and then tap “Tab” or “Space” key on the keyboard to activate a search tool. Once you do that, you can enter the name of the game you are interested in, and then you are routed to portal.game-jungle.com. Of course, this website does not present all the games in the world, but it can offer a fair share of different online games. If you decide to trust and use Game Jungle, it is important that you beware of any strange installers that might be pushed on you when trying to play games. You also want to be on the lookout for suspicious ads and links that could be presenting third-party content. It should go without saying that the owner of the website is not responsible for third-party links. Overall, we are most concerned with the PUP’s ability to redirect to a third-party search engine without warning, and that is why we recommend deleting it.
If you do not activate the special search tool by Game Jungle, and you enter search keywords into the address bar – which activates the set default search provider – the PUP redirects to Yahoo Search. If your regular default search provider is Yahoo Search, you might not notice when your search queries are rerouted to search.yahoo.com via feed.game-jungle.com. Unfortunately, these results can be modified by the PUP, and it is hard to say what kind of content could be introduced to you. Since there is a risk that harmful, misleading, and malicious links could be shown along with regular search results, it is strongly recommended that you delete Game Jungle as soon as possible. Note that the PUP can read your browsing history, and tracking cookies can be employed to record information about your behavior online. The gathered data could be used to personalize the content you see, but this might not be helpful for you. Instead, this could be used to maximize the chances of you interacting with the results.
How to remove Game Jungle
All in all, we cannot say that Game Jungle offers great services, and that is why we do not think that anyone should have any hesitations about removing this potentially unwanted program. Even if you do no fully understand the reasons why we recommend deleting Game Jungle, do you really think that this program is beneficial? Highly unlikely. When it comes to removal, you want to make sure that you scan your operating system before you do anything? Our fear is that the potentially unwanted program could have been downloaded along with other unreliable or even malicious programs. If that is the case, you have to think about these additional threats too. While you can delete Game Jungle manually using the guide below, if you find other threats, we recommend having all of them eliminated along with the PUP using anti-malware software with automatic malware removal capabilities.
Removal Instructions
- Launch Google Chrome.
- Tap keys Alt+F to expand the menu on the right.
- Click More tools to expand a menu and then click Extensions.
- Click the Remove button next to the undesirable extension.
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