Ads by GamerSafari. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is GamerSafari?
GamerSafari is yet another adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Although it is presented as an ordinary gaming platform that offers a variety of arcade, action, puzzle, driving, casino, strategy, dress-up, shooting, and other types of games. However, keep in mind that such and similar third-party gaming platforms are commonly used for promoting games developed by affiliate parties and may also be involved in the distribution of other potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). Therefore, if you suspect that it has already infiltrated your machine, remove GamerSafari virus ASAP.
Although technically this platform is not considered as malicious, security experts warn that it may initiate various unwanted tasks once installed. Speaking about its installation, it’s a noteworthy fact that it usually spreads bundled with other freewares and lands on web browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari) without requiring explicit authorization. Once installed, it may corrupt Windows startup, registries, and various settings on web browsers. This way, it enables itself to launch along with the system boot and sets sponsored ads to appear as soon as you open a web browser. Consequently, your web browser may start generating tons of ads labeled as “Ads by GamerSafari”, “GamerSafari Ads”, “Powered by GamerSafari”, “Delivered by GamerSafari” and similarly marked advertisements that may inform about various deals, discounts, coupons, promo codes, price comparison deals, and similar commercial offers. If you are a security-minded person, then you should not take the risk of clicking on those ads because their content may surprise you a lot, but, unfortunately, in a negative way. GamerSafari redirects may expose you to the websites that offer to check your computer for free, check the Internet speed, update software for free, and so on. This way, you may easily get tricked into installing another potentially unwanted program like, for instance, Reimage, Internet Speed Check, Vaudix, and so on.
Not to mention, GamerSafari may track you, gather information about you, diminish your web browser’s performance, cause freezes, crashes, and similar inconveniences. Therefore, if you have already started experiencing any of them, run a full system check with Reimage and we are pretty sure that GamerSafari removal will be successfully performed.
How can GamerSafari hijack my computer?
GamerSafari website can be accessed on the Internet. However, you will not find an add-on named in this way spreading around as an individual application. The biggest chances to end up with it is to download a freeware recklessly. Download managers, media players, PDF creators and similar apps may be bundled with a bunch of ‘optional downloads’. That’s why you are strongly advised to check Advanced/Custom settings and try to find out whether you have selected a bundled software or not. If you spot a notification saying that you agree to install an add-on, plug-in, toolbar, or extension, make sure that you untick/deselect unless you want to test how irritating and malicious adware or other PUPs may be.
How to remove GamerSafari virus?
GamerSafari is a plug-in that may annoy you to death by displaying sponsored ads and making you visit doubtful websites. If you want to remove it once and for all, you should follow these steps:
You can remove virus damage automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Malwarebytes MalwarebytesCombo Cleaner, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareMalwarebytes Malwarebytes. We recommend these applications because they detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.

To remove GamerSafari ads, follow these steps:
Delete GamerSafari from Windows systems
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Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
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Uninstall GamerSafari and related programs
Here, look for GamerSafari or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Remove GamerSafari from Mac OS X system
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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Wait until you see Applications folder and look for GamerSafari or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Eliminate GamerSafari from Internet Explorer (IE)
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Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for GamerSafari and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
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When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete GamerSafari removal.
Erase GamerSafari ads from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
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Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
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Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
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Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
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Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
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When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.
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Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
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Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, GamerSafari should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariUninstall GamerSafari from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions. -
Here, select GamerSafari and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete GamerSafari removal.
Get rid of GamerSafari from Google Chrome
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select GamerSafari and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
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Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
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When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
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Click Reset to confirm this action and complete GamerSafari removal.
Delete GamerSafari from Safari
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences. -
Here, select Extensions and look for GamerSafari or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
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Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari.... -
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete GamerSafari removal process.