GamePlayLabs

GamePlayLabs is one of the aliases of an adware program that pretends to help you in your web browsing but actually just monitors your activities so it can serve you ads. It may not be the most malicious program we’ve ever seen—and it doesn’t install itself on your hard drive unless you let it—but it’s the kind of thing that can be really infuriating if you let it hang around.

The GamePlayLabs adware is delivered through a network of sites that purport to offer shopping discounts and web search help. But if you install this thing, you’re unlikely to get any benefit from it. Mostly, it will just slow down your browser and show you a bunch of ads that don’t do anything for you. Meanwhile, the browser add-on will direct you to sites like the one pictured.

Want to put this spammy genie back in its bottle? Here’s how to get rid of GamePlayLabs for free.

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Stop GamePlayLabs processes:

Uninstall.exe

Delete GamePlayLabs files:

%Application Data%GamePlayLabs PluginUninstall.exe

Delete DLLs:

%Application Data%GamePlayLabs PluginBHO.dll

Delete registry entries:

HKLMSOFTWAREClassesAppIDBHO.DLL
HKLMSOFTWAREClassesAppID{65C994A2-C65A-4A20-BA92-AADAFC0DCE49}
HKLMSOFTWAREClassesBHO.GamePlayLabsBHO
HKLMSOFTWAREClassesBHO.GamePlayLabsBHO.1
HKLMSOFTWAREClassesCLSID{984A9162-8891-4D19-8CFE-17648BB4E1EC}
HKLMSOFTWAREClassesInterface{8E7AD93B-3E87-423D-947F-A321FA7E31C4}
HKLMSOFTWAREClassesTypeLib{199C34A4-5436-403F-A250-219E16672570}
HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerBrowser Helper Objects{984A9162-8891-4D19-8CFE-17648BB4E1EC}

DIY GamePlayLabs Removal Instructions

Start by removing the above files. If you're not sure how to do this, refer to the instructions below.

Note: In any files I mention above, “%UserProfile%” is a variable referring to your current user’s profile folder. (Not an iEuphemism for muth@fugg@#*!@.) So if you’re using Windows NT/2000/XP/7, by default this is “C:\Documents and Settings\[CURRENT USER]” (e.g., “C:\Documents and Settings\NoahFence”).

How to Manually Delete Badware Files

Need some removing badware files help? No biggie. While you should only manually delete badware files if you're comfy editing your system, you'll find it's pretty easy. And probably really satisfying.

How to delete badware files in Windows XP/Vista/7:

1. Click your Windows Start menu, then click "Search."
2. A pop up will ask, "What do you want to search for?" Click "All files and folders."
3. Type a badware file in the search box, and select "Local Hard Drives."
4. Click "Search." Once the badware file is found, delete it.

How to stop badware processes:

1. Click the Start menu, select Run.
2. Type taskmgr.exe into the the Run command box, and click "OK." You can also launch the Task Manager by pressing keys CTRL + Shift + ESC.
3. Click Processes tab, and find badware processes.
4. Once you've found the badware processes, right-click them and select "End Process" to kill badware.

How to remove badware registry keys:

Backup your registry before you edit it. Then...

1. Click the Start menu, and click "Run." An "Open" field will appear. Type "regedit" and click "OK " to open up your Registry Editor. In Windows 7, just type "regedit" into the "Search programs and files" box in the Start menu.
2. Registry Editor opens as a two-paned window: the left side lets you select registry keys,the right side shows the values of any selected registry key.
3. To find a badware registry key, select "Edit," then select "Find," and in the search bar type any of badware 's registry keys.
4. When the badware registry key appears, to delete the badware registry key, right-click it, and select "Modify," then select "Delete."

How to delete badware DLLs:

1. Open the Start menu, and click "Run." Type "cmd" in Run, and click "OK." (In Windows 7, just type "regedit" into the "Search programs and files" box in the Start menu.)
2. To change your current directory, type "cd" in the command box, press "Space," and enter the full directory where the badware DLL is located. If you're not sure where the badware DLL is located, enter "dir" in the command box to display a directory's contents. To go one directory back, type "cd .." in the command box and press "Enter."
3. When you've found a badware DLL, type "regsvr32 /u SampleDLLName.dll" (e.g., "regsvr32 /u jl27script.dll") and press "Enter."

That's it. If you want to restore any badware DLL you removed, type "regsvr32 DLLJustDeleted.dll" (e.g., "regsvr32 jl27script.dll") into your command box, and press "Enter."

Did badware change your homepage?

1. Select Start menu > Control Panel > Internet Options > General.
2. Type your preferred home page's URL.
3. Click "Use Default," "Apply," and "OK."