Do you know what nJoySport Search is?
nJoySport Search is a potentially unwanted program that could show you questionable and annoying third-party advertisements. Thus, if you cannot stand such content, we doubt you will be able to enjoy surfing the Internet with the application’s provided search engine. According to our computer security specialists, the software’s search engine that becomes default once the extension is installed may redirect user’s queries through a particular server and then show the gathered results via a modified search.yahoo.com version. During this process, the results might be injected with unreliable ads, and if you want to learn how they could cause you trouble, we encourage you to review the rest of this report. On the other hand, if you have already decided to erase nJoySport Search we would recommend sliding below the article instead as there you will find our prepared removal guide; it will show how to get rid of this potentially unwanted program manually.
To begin with, we should mention the application can be encountered while visiting its official distribution website called njoyapps.com and the Google Chrome’s add-ons web page known as chrome.google.com/webstore. It cannot be found on sites offering Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer plugins because nJoySport Search is not compatible with the mentioned browsers. Besides the listed web pages the potentially unwanted program might be spread with bundled software installers, or it could travel with questionable pop-up ads you may notice while visiting unreliable web pages. To avoid such questionable software the next time you could acquire a reputable antimalware tool to guard the system. Plus, we would recommend looking for more information about the programs you want to install and to avoid unwanted bundled applications you should always pick advanced installation settings and pay close attention to the provided terms and suggestions.
nJoySport Search screenshot
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Soon after nJoySport Search gets installed the extension may replace user’s default search engine with a tool of its own. The problem is our researchers report the newly set search engine might be a modified version of search.yahoo.com. Moreover, when we tried searching with it, we learned it redirects user’s search queries to sport.eanswers.com and only then shows the results. At the time of the mentioned redirection, it is possible the potentially unwanted program could inject the results it collects with the modified search.yahoo.com version with advertisements from the third party, for example, it could be various sponsored links, pop-ups, etc. The worst part is there is not knowing what such ads might advertise. In other words, the ads may promote anything, including scam web pages, malicious content like viruses or other harmful programs, and so on. Naturally, in order not to risk encountering such material we would recommend replacing the nJoySport Search provided search engine with a more reliable one, for example, google.com.
Users who do not want to allow this potentially unwanted program stay on their system can eliminate it manually with the removal guide available at the end of this text. Should you need more assistance or have other questions related to nJoySport Search, we also encourage you to leave us a message below in the comments section or contact us via social media.
Erase nJoySport Search
- Press Windows Key+E.
- Navigate to listed locations one at a time:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Extension Settings
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\{Profile.*}\Extensions
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Extension Settings
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\{Profile.*}\Extensions
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions - Search for folders called nihafbdimboblakiepalngcngeampfda.
- Right-click these folders and select Delete.
- Go to the listed paths:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage - Search for files called:
chrome-extension_ nihafbdimboblakiepalngcngeampfda_0.localstorage-journal
chrome-extension_ nihafbdimboblakiepalngcngeampfda_0.localstorage - Right-click the listed files and press Delete.
- Navigate to: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
- Look for files named Preferences and Secure Preferences.
- Right-click them one by one and press Delete.
- Exit File Explorer.
- Empty Recycle bin.
In non-techie terms:
nJoySport Search is a questionable application that could show the user potentially dangerous third-party advertisements while he surfs the Internet. Mainly, this is why our computer security specialists advise not to trust it and not to take any chances by keeping it installed. If you do not think the application is worth risking your computer’s or your privacy’s safety either, you could eliminate it while completing the steps listed in our removal guide you can see a bit above this paragraph. The other way to get rid of this potentially unwanted program is to install a reputable antimalware tool of your choice, perform a full system scan and then erase all identified threats by merely pressing the provided deletion button.