GamHelper

Overview

GamHelper is an UPX compressed adware component, contains URLs point to ads.free-windows-games.com, such as:

http://ads.free-windows-games.com/popufe.txt
http://ads.free-windows-games.com/redirufe.txt
http://ads.free-windows-games.com/checkin.php?a=
http://ads.free-windows-games.com/recordbho.php?a=

Looking inside the main .dll file you will also find text strings such as "Updating popunders", "New popunder code: " and "Displaying popup window: " which indicates that it is adware related.

A sign of GamHelper running on your system is the following url loading in your web browser:
http://ads.free-windows-games.com/spyware2.gif
http://pops.freeze.com/haunted/hh14/index.asp?f=freewindowsgames

Classification

Adware

Files

GAMhelper.dll, GAMhelper10.dll

If you have any of the files related to GamHelper on your system, please send them for additional analysis. Generally, I have only analysed a few versions for each software component listed at this web site. With your help I will be able to look at both old and more recent versions of the GamHelper software. Thank you very much for your time!

Log references

Log 264

Vendor

free-windows-games.com whois

Privacy policy

No privacy policy available.

Detection

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner detects GamHelper. Bazooka is freeware and detects spyware, adware, foistware, trojan horses, viruses, worms and other potentially unwanted applications. Read more »

Uninstall GamHelper with FreeFixer

I'm working on a general purpose tool for removing unwanted software. The tool is called FreeFixer and can help you remove unwanted Browser Helper Objects, Internet Explorer toolbars and software that starts automatically when you reboot your computer, so it can offer some assistance while uninstalling GamHelper. The manual removal instructions listed below will help you to identify what to delete with FreeFixer.

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Uninstall notice for GamHelper

Notice that removing GamHelper may cause the program that bundled it to not function as intended.

Manual removal

Please follow the instructions below if you would like to remove GamHelper manually. Please notice that you must follow the instructions very carefully and delete everything that is mentioned. In most cases the removal will fail if one single item is not deleted. If GamHelper remains on your system after stepping through the removal instructions, please double-check by stepping through them again.

1. Start the registry editor. This is done by clicking Start then Run. (The Run dialog will appear.) Type regedit and click OK. (The registry editor will open.)
2. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Classes \ CLSID \ {F36C1198-FC6B-4012-9928-DFA76FB56CC3}', if it exists.
3. Delete 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer\Browser Helper Objects \ {F36C1198-FC6B-4012-9928-DFA76FB56CC3}', if it exists.
4. Exit the registry editor.
5. Restart your computer.
6. Start Windows Explorer and delete:
   %WinDir%\GAMhelper.dll
   %WinDir%\GAMhelper10.dll
   Note: %WinDir% is a variable (?). By default, this is C:\Windows (Windows 95/98/Me/XP) or C:\WINNT (Windows NT/2000).

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Contact information for GamHelper's vendor

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