What is FunBigGames?

FunBigGames is advertising software that comes to the PC without user consent. This is a browser extension that infects Google Chrome, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, and other browsers. This adware is aimed at distributing advertising content, which, often, has nothing to do with the site you are posting. In addition, these ads can pop up at any time of your browsing, thus annoy you. Also, it makes changes to the settings of browser shortcuts, thereby allowing you to open a new tab with promotional content. It should be noted that this is an instrument for collecting user personal data. For example, it collects information about visited sites, saved passwords, user’s Internet activity and so on. After that, this information can be transferred to third parties for targeted advertising and other unknown goals. We strongly recommend that you remove FunBigGames right now using our guides and recommendations.

FunBigGames Ads

How FunBigGames gets on your PC?

Adware and other malicious software have similar paths to penetrate user computers. In most cases, FunBigGames gets into PC without the user’s consent, complete with free downloads from the Internet, through special web downloaders, installers and other additional utilities developed by scammers. For example, it can be part of a software update or an audio player and so on. It is always better to prevent the infiltration of such malicious software than to remove the viruses that infiltrated your computer. To do this, pay attention to the installation process, check the list of components of the installation package and choose the advanced type of installation to be able to refuse to install the unwanted component of the program. If you notice that your PC is already infected, then you can use our recommendations to remove FunBigGames extension right now.

How to remove FunBigGames from your computer?

To uninstall FunBigGames remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have FunBigGames in their database. You can try to use them for removing FunBigGames.

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You can try both of these products to remove FunBigGames

Or uninstall FunBigGames manually.

Step 1: Remove FunBigGames from Control Panel

Windows XP:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Control Panel.
  3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
  4. Find FunBigGames.
  5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Then Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find FunBigGames and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

  1. Open the Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find FunBigGames, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

  1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
  2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
  3. On the right side, locate FunBigGames and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
  4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove FunBigGames from your browser.

Step 2: Remove FunBigGames from browsers

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Push Alt + F.
  3. Click Tools.
  4. Choose Extensions.
  5. Find FunBigGames.
  6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox.
  2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
  3. Choose FunBigGames.
  4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open IE.
  2. Push Alt + T.
  3. Click Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable FunBigGames.
  6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
  7. Click Remove button.
  8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: Remove following files and folders of FunBigGames:

Remove following regitry entries:

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Remove following files:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\img\bubble_arrow.png
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\img\bubble_close.png
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\img\icon.png
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\img\icon48.png
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\img\Mute_Icon.svg
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\img\Speaker_Icon.svg
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\_metadata\computed_hashes.json
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\_metadata\verified_contents.json
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\adentify.js
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\background.html
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\background.js
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\content.js
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\install.js
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\intextContent.js
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\intextstyle.css
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\manifest.json
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\000003.log
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\CURRENT
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\LOCK
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\LOG
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\LOG.old
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\MANIFEST-000001
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\000003.log
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\CURRENT
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\LOCK
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\LOG
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\MANIFEST-000001
C:\USERS\{username}\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Secure Preferences
C:\USERS\{username}\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Preferences

Remove following folders

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\_metadata
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0\img
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim\6.1.0.4_0
C:\USERS\{username}\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Local Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim
C:\USERS\{username}\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\Sync Extension Settings\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim
C:\USERS\{username}\APPDATA\LOCAL\GOOGLE\CHROME\USER DATA\Default\EXTENSIONS\hobkaojnnfieepehfmmhmlnchimkbkim

Written by Rami Douafi

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