2014-09-17

Is gameharbor.org a Virus ? How to Remove gameharbor.org Without Recurring

I need help! I don't know how I got gameharbor.org in my computer. It keeps diverting me away from the page i'm looking at to porn sites and gambling etc. It's driving me up the wall! How do i remove it all?

Screenshot of gameharbor.org




Information about gameharbor.org


Gameharbor.org is a browser hijacker which will hijack your browser no matter is Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Internet Explorer. It injects itself as add-on into the browsers so that it can automatically appear time to time. It may get into your system along with free downloads, fake updates and infected files and links.

Once it installed on the targeted system, it will change the browser setting including replacing your default homepage and search engine and even new tab. gameharbor.org is affiliated with products inserted by the third parties. When you open the browser, it will bring you to its website which is full with frustrating advertisements and sponsored links about porn and gambling.

If you click the links offered by gameharbor.org, you will be redirected to other websites which may contain many malware and ads. You should remove gameharbor.org immediately from your computer. The below removal guide is for your reference.

Solutions to remove Gameharbor.org  


In this post, there will be two solutions to remove Gameharbor.org :

1. Remove Gameharbor.org manually.
2. Remove Gameharbor.org by using SpyHunter anti-malware.




Instructions to Get Rid of Gameharbor.org


Method 1: Gameharbor.org  Manual Deletion

Step 1Open Windows Task Manager and close all running processes.
( Methods to open Task Manager: Press CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC or Press the Start button->click on the Run option->Type in taskmgr and press OK.)

Step 2: Reset your browser setting

Firefox:
In the drop-down list of Firefox, go to Help and click on Troubleshooting Information.
Click on the Reset Firefox button to reset it.

Google Chrome: 
Click on the Chrome menu on the right of toolbar and then select Settings.
Scroll down to the bottom to click Show advanced settings.
Go down to the bottom and click Reset browser settings to reset Google Chrome to its default setting.


IE: 
Click Tools on the up right corner and select Internet Options.
Click on Advanced tab, press Reset button to reset IE to its default settings.

Step 3: Go to the Registry Editor and remove all the infection registry entries listed here:

(Steps: Hit Win+R keys and then type regedit in Run box to search)



HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Start Page" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "CustomizeSearch" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search "SearchAssistant" = "http://www.<random>.com/web/?type=ds&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>&q={searchTerms}"





Step 4: All the infection associated files listed below need to be removed:

%CommonAppData%\<random>.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe
%temp%\<random>.exe
C:\Program Files\<random>


Method  2: Automatic Removal with SpyHunter


SpyHunter is a world-famous real-time malware protection and removal tool, which is designed to detect , remove and protect your PC from the latest malware attacks, such as Trojans, worms, rootkits, rogue viruses, browser hijacker, ransomware, adware, key-loggers, and so forth. To keep SpyHunter Anti-malware on your computer is an important way to protect your computer in a good condition. Please find the instruction as follow. 

Step 1: Press the following button to download SpyHunter.



Step 2: Save it into your computer and click on the Run choice to install it step by step.



Step 3: Click Finish then you can use it to scan your computer to find out potential threats by pressing Scan computer now!

Step 4: Tick Select all and then Remove to delete all threats.

Note: Manual removal refers to key parts of computer system. Any error step may lead to system crash. If you don’t have sufficient expertise in dealing with the manual removal. Spyhunter can be your better choice, because it is capable of auto-detecting and removing viruses.

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