Gamegogle.com

By GoldSparrow in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 16,773
Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 300
First Seen: February 6, 2015
Last Seen: September 9, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Gamegogle.com website and search engine are operated by the same company behind Jogostempo.com, and both are associated with browser hijackers. The design of the Gamegogle.com website is very similar to Jogostempo.com and offers Internet surfers to place shortcuts to their favorite sites in a bookmarks box and play games from affiliate online gaming platforms. The domain name of Gamegogle.com does not have anything in common with Google and users will find that the results on Gamegogle.com may link to unwanted products that may not be related to their search keywords. The search engine at Gamegogle.com is programmed to promote products and service first and provide related search results second. The browser hijacker linked to Gamegogle.com may arrive on your machine as a browser search assistant that is bundled with another free program setup file. The Gamegogle.com browser hijacker is known to run as a background process named gamegogle.exe to make sure users are directed to Gamegogle.com. Moreover, the Gamegogle.com browser hijacker is a portable program that is not likely to appear in your 'Programs and Features' list of the 'Control Panel' and you may find it hard to remove. Addi tonally, the Gamegogle.com browser hijacker may place several runtime DLL files in the Temp folder of Windows and edit your Windows registry settings to ensure its operations. The Gamegogle.com browser hijacker may slow down your web browser, redirect you to potentially harmful domains, and you should delete it with the help of a trustworthy anti-malware tool.

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Registry Details

Gamegogle.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
gamegogle.lnk
http_www.gamegogle.com_0.localstorage
http_www.gamegogle.com_0.localstorage-journal
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\gamegogle.com
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\www.gamegogle.com
SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\MyLocalService
SYSTEM\ControlSet002\services\MyLocalService
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\MyLocalService

Directories

Gamegogle.com may create the following directory or directories:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\gamegogle
%PROGRAMFILES%\gamegogle
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\gamegogle

URLs

Gamegogle.com may call the following URLs:

gamegogle.com

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