How to remove NJoy Games Search [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

We recommend you to clean your system of browser hijacker as quickly as possible. Use the few simple steps below which will help to get rid of NJoy Games Search homepage and malicious programs, that can be installed onto your personal computer along with it.

Remove NJoy Games Search

The following instructions will help you to remove NJoy Games Search from the Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge. Moreover, the tutorial below will allow you to delete malicious software like potentially unwanted programs, adware and toolbars that your computer may be infected. Please do the instructions step by step. If you need help or have any questions, then ask for our assistance or type a comment below. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your browser or restart your PC.

How to manually get rid of NJoy Games Search

If you perform exactly the guidance below you should be able to remove the NJoy Games Search .

Uninstall all ad supported software and other PUPs through the Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you start the machine cleaning process by checking the list of installed applications and remove all unknown or suspicious programs. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the dangerous software such as adware and browser hijackers may be bundled with freeware. Delete the unwanted programs can remove the undesired advertisements or internet browser redirect.

Press Windows button , then click Search . Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then click “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will display the Windows Control Panel like below.

Further, click “Uninstall a program”
It will open a list of all software installed on your machine. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown applications.

Disinfect the internet browser’s shortcuts to get rid of NJoy Games Search

Now you need to clean up the browser shortcuts. Check that the shortcut referring to the right exe-file of the browser, and not on any unknown file.

Right click to a desktop shortcut for your web-browser. Choose the “Properties” option. It will open the Properties window. Select the “Shortcut” tab here, after that, look at the “Target” field. The hijacker can rewrite it. If you are seeing something such as “…exe http://site.address” then you need to remove “http…” and leave only, depending on the web browser you are using:

• Google Chrome: chrome.exe
• Opera: opera.exe
• Firefox: firefox.exe
• Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe

Look at the example as shown on the image below.

Once is complete, press the “OK” button to save the changes. Please repeat this step for browser shortcuts which redirects to an unwanted pages. When you have completed, go to next step.

Get rid of NJoy Games Search homepage from FF

Resetting your Mozilla Firefox is good initial troubleshooting step for any issues with your web-browser program, including the redirect to NJoy Games Search web page.

First, launch the Firefox and click button. It will show the drop-down menu on the right-part of the browser. Further, click the Help button () as on the image below

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In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the web-browser adress bar and press Enter. It will display the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown on the screen below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, click the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will display the confirmation prompt. Further, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will start a task to fix your problems that caused by the NJoy Games Search browser hijacker infection. Once, it’s done, click the “Finish” button.

Remove NJoy Games Search from Google Chrome

If your Chrome browser is rerouted to undesired NJoy Games Search web-page, it may be necessary to completely reset your browser program to its default settings.

Open the Google Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will display the drop-down menu. Next, click to “Settings” option.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown below and click the “Reset settings” button.

Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.

Delete NJoy Games Search startpage from IE

To restore the new tab, startpage and search provider by default you need to reset the Microsoft Internet Explorer to the state, that was when the Windows was installed on your personal computer.

First, run the Internet Explorer, then press ‘gear’ icon . It will show the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the browser, then press the “Internet Options” like below.

In the “Internet Options” screen, select the “Advanced” tab, then press the “Reset” button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” dialog box. Further, press the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, click the “Reset” button as shown below.

Once the process is finished, press “Close” button. Close the IE and reboot your personal computer for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web-browser’s new tab page, start page and search engine by default to default state.

How to automatically get rid of NJoy Games Search hijacker infection

The browser hijacker infection can hide its components which are difficult for you to find out and get rid of completely. This may lead to the fact that after some time, the hijacker infection once again infect your PC and alter current settings of all your typical internet browsers to NJoy Games Search. Moreover, I want to note that it’s not always safe to remove browser hijacker infection manually, if you don’t have much experience in setting up and configuring the MS Windows operating system. The best method to detect and get rid of hijackers is to use free malicious software removal applications.

How to delete NJoy Games Search with Zemana Anti-malware

You can remove NJoy Games Search automatically with a help of Zemana Anti-malware. We suggest this malicious software removal tool because it can easily get rid of hijackers, PUPs, ad supported software and toolbars with all their components such as folders, files and registry entries.

Download Zemana antimalware from the link below.

When downloading is finished, close all applications and windows on your personal computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup as shown on the screen below.

When the setup starts, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Zemana anti malware on your machine.

Once installation is finished, you will see window as shown in the figure below.

Now press the “Scan” button to perform a system scan for the browser hijacker that reroutes your browser to the NJoy Games Search annoying page. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your machine. While the utility is checking, you may see how many objects and files has already scanned.

When it completes the scan, the results are displayed in the scan report. Review the scan results and then click “Next” button.

The Zemana Anti-malware will begin removing NJoy Games Search browser hijacker related files, folders and registry keys.

Run Malwarebytes to remove hijacker

Manual NJoy Games Search removal requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the hijacker can be not completely removed. We recommend that use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely free your PC of hijacker infection. Moreover, the free application will help you to get rid of malware, PUPs, ad-supported software and toolbars that your PC system can be infected too.

Download Malwarebytes from the link below.

Once downloading is finished, close all programs and windows on your PC system. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup like below.

When the setup starts, you will see the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Malwarebytes on your machine.

Once setup is finished, you will see window as on the image below.

Now click the “Scan Now” button . This will begin scanning the whole machine to find out browser hijacker infection and other malicious software and ad-supported software. Depending on your machine, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. While the utility is scanning, you can see count of objects it has identified as being infected by malicious software.

Once the scan is done, you can check all items found on your PC system. Next, you need to click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The Malwarebytes will begin removing NJoy Games Search browser hijacker related files, folders, registry keys. Once disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to restart your system.

The following video explains step by step instructions on how to remove browser hijacker with Malwarebytes Anti-malware.

Scan your system and remove NJoy Games Search with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a free removal tool that may be downloaded and use to remove browser hijackers, ad supported software, malware, PUPs, toolbars and other threats from your computer. You may run this utility to detect threats even if you have an antivirus or any other security program.

Download AdwCleaner tool by clicking on the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

After the download is done, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will run the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen like below. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to display the program, press Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Scan” . This will begin scanning the whole system to find out NJoy Games Search hijacker and other malicious software and ad-supported software. A scan may take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your PC system and the speed of your computer. While the tool is checking, you may see how many objects it has identified either as being malware.

When it has finished scanning your personal computer is finished, you’ll be opened the list of all detected threats on your machine as on the image below.

When you are ready, press “Clean” button. It will display a dialog box. Click “OK” to start the cleaning process. When the cleaning procedure is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your machine. After restart, the AdwCleaner will display the log file.

All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video instructions.

How to block NJoy Games Search start page

Using an ad-blocking application such as AdGuard is an effective way to alleviate the risks. Additionally, ad-blocking applications will also protect you from malicious advertisements and web sites, and, of course, stop redirection chain to NJoy Games Search and similar pages.

1. Download AdGuard program from the following link.
   

   Adguard download
   26634 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. Once downloading is complete, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. When the setup is complete, click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will assist you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you launch your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and block popup advertisements, as well as other malicious or misleading web-pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, that is located on your desktop.

How did NJoy Games Search browser hijacker get on your personal computer

Probably NJoy Games Search browser hijacker get installed onto your system when you have installed certain free programs such as E-Mail checker, PDF creator, video codec, etc. Because, most often, a browser hijacker can be bundled within the setup packages from Softonic, Cnet, Soft32, Brothersoft or other similar web sites which hosts free programs. So, you should run any files downloaded from the Internet with great caution! Always carefully read the ‘User agreement’, ‘Software license’ and ‘Terms of use’. In the procedure of installing a new program, you need to select a ‘Manual’, ‘Advanced’ or ‘Custom’ install mode to control what components and additional programs to be installed. Nevertheless, even removing the program, which installs this NJoy Games Search browser hijacker, you do not remove the browser hijacker itself. Your web browser settings will not be restored. Therefore, you must follow the step-by-step instructions above to return your homepage, newtab page and search provider by default.

To sum up

Once you have finished the steps outlined above, your computer should be clean from malware and browser hijackers. The Chrome, IE, Firefox and Microsoft Edge will no longer show NJoy Games Search intrusive start page on startup. Unfortunately, if the step-by-step guidance does not help you, then you have caught a new browser hijacker, and then the best way – ask for help.

1. Download HijackThis by clicking on the link below and save it to your Desktop.
   
   

   HijackThis download
   4698 downloads
   Version: 2.0.5
   Author: OpenSource
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 7, 2015
   
2. Double-click on the HijackThis icon. Next click “Do a system scan only” button.
3. Once the scan is done, the scan button will read “Save log”, press it. Save this log to your desktop.
4. Create a Myantispyware account here. Once you’ve registered, check your e-mail for a confirmation link, and confirm your account. After that, login.
5. Copy and paste the contents of the HijackThis log into your post. If you are posting for the first time, please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately.
6. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the undesired NJoy Games Search start page.