Playzy is a free browser extension developed by Wajamu, which offers the users the convenience to play a large variety of games straight from their browsers. Some of its features, however, give a reason to malware experts to categorize it as a PUP (potentially unwanted program).
What Is Playzy?
According to its creators, when it comes to gaming online, “your options are either downloading a new game every time, or navigating to a website each time you want to play online.”
That is why, they created Playzy – “a one time download that bring all the games right to you, allowing you to play whenever you want without having to leave the page you are in.”
Playzy is compatible with the most commonly used browsers – Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Once installed, you will see the Playzy tab appearing on the bottom left every time you open a web page. Clicking on it will display all the available games. Then, you are ready to play.
Despite its usefulness, however, Playzy does embody some features that appear to be both annoying and intrusive to the user. Such are:
- Monitoring and collecting your browsing routine (URLs visited, pages views, search queries, IP addresses, etc.)
- Displaying various pop-up ads that, once clicked, may redirect you to unsafe and potentially corrupted websites. These websites may contain malware that could infect your PC
- Entering your PC without your knowledge, i.e. via bundling
How Does Playzy Enter Your PC?
As mentioned above, in addition to being installed straight from its official website, Playzy can also enter your PC without your knowledge, but with your consent. What we mean by that is the program sneaks into your system bundled with another free program you install. The bundling method is mentioned throughout the installation process, and is automatically included in the default or recommended settings. So, by not unchecking the bundling option you practically “agree” with it. Most users do not pay attention to the installation process and impatiently click “next” in order to finish the downloading quicker. And that comes in favor to the developers of PUPs such as Playzy.
In short, in order to prevent any unwanted program from entering your PC, you must disallow any options that are not familiar to you, and leave only the one you wanted in the first place. This way, you can save yourself a whole lot of hassle later on.
Should You Remove Playzy?
It’s best if you do so. You may find Playzy useful, but it does expose your system to outer threats and may annoy you with unwanted advertisements. And, let’s not forget it will monitor your browsing habits and record them in order to share them with third parties. Remove Playzy by using a legit anti-virus tool.
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1. Remove/Uninstall Playzy in Windows
Here is a method in few easy steps to remove that program. No matter if you are using Windows 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program get left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, mistakes with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:
Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).
Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall Playzy.
2. Remove Playzy from your browser
Remove a toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
Remove a toolbar from Google Chrome
Remove a toolbar from Internet Explorer
Remove a toolbar from Safari
Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu
Select Playzy and click “Remove“
After Playzy is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” in the top right corner and start it again.
Select Playzy to remove, and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected toolbar, and some additional toolbars might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.
After Playzy has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ in the top right corner and start it again.
Open the drop menu by clicking on the sprocket icon in the top right corner.
From the drop menu select ‘Preferences’
In the new window select ‘Extensions’
Click once on Playzy
Click ‘Uninstall’
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall Playzy. Select ‘Uninstall’ again, and the Playzy will be removed.
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- Guide 1: How to Remove Playzy from Windows.
- Guide 2: Get rid of Playzy from Mac OS X.
- Guide 3: Remove Playzy from Google Chrome.
- Guide 4: Erase Playzy from Mozilla Firefox.
- Guide 5: Uninstall Playzy from Microsoft Edge.
- Guide 6: Remove Playzy from Safari.
- Guide 7: Eliminate Playzy from Internet Explorer.
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How to Remove Playzy from Windows.
Step 1: Boot Your PC In Safe Mode to isolate and remove Playzy
Step 2: Uninstall Playzy and related software from Windows
Here is a method in few easy steps that should be able to uninstall most programs. No matter if you are using Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program are left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, errors with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:
Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall most programs.
Step 3: Clean any registries, created by Playzy on your computer.
The usually targeted registries of Windows machines are the following:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
You can access them by opening the Windows registry editor and deleting any values, created by Playzy there. This can happen by following the steps underneath:
Tip: To find a virus-created value, you can right-click on it and click "Modify" to see which file it is set to run. If this is the virus file location, remove the value.
Before starting "Step 4", please boot back into Normal mode, in case you are currently in Safe Mode.
This will enable you to install and use SpyHunter 5 successfully.
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Get rid of Playzy from Mac OS X.
Step 1: Uninstall Playzy and remove related files and objects
1. Hit the ⇧+⌘+U keys to open Utilities. Another way is to click on “Go” and then click “Utilities”, like the image below shows:
- Go to Finder.
- In the search bar type the name of the app that you want to remove.
- Above the search bar change the two drop down menus to “System Files” and “Are Included” so that you can see all of the files associated with the application you want to remove. Bear in mind that some of the files may not be related to the app so be very careful which files you delete.
- If all of the files are related, hold the ⌘+A buttons to select them and then drive them to “Trash”.
In case you cannot remove Playzy via Step 1 above:
In case you cannot find the virus files and objects in your Applications or other places we have shown above, you can manually look for them in the Libraries of your Mac. But before doing this, please read the disclaimer below:
You can repeat the same procedure with the following other Library directories:
→ ~/Library/LaunchAgents
/Library/LaunchDaemons
Tip: ~ is there on purpose, because it leads to more LaunchAgents.
Step 2: Scan for and remove Playzy files from your Mac
When you are facing problems on your Mac as a result of unwanted scripts and programs such as Playzy, the recommended way of eliminating the threat is by using an anti-malware program. SpyHunter for Mac offers advanced security features along with other modules that will improve your Mac’s security and protect it in the future.
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Remove Playzy from Google Chrome.
Step 1: Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu
Step 2: Move the cursor over "Tools" and then from the extended menu choose "Extensions"
Step 3: From the opened "Extensions" menu locate the unwanted extension and click on its "Remove" button.
Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.
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Erase Playzy from Mozilla Firefox.
Step 1: Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window
Step 2: Select the "Add-ons" icon from the menu.
Step 3: Select the unwanted extension and click "Remove"
Step 4: After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red "X" button at the top right corner and start it again.
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Uninstall Playzy from Microsoft Edge.
Step 1: Start Edge browser.
Step 2: Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.
Step 3: From the drop menu select "Extensions".
Step 4: Choose the suspected malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.
Step 5: Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.
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Remove Playzy from Safari.
Step 1: Start the Safari app.
Step 2: After hovering your mouse cursor to the top of the screen, click on the Safari text to open its drop down menu.
Step 3: From the menu, click on "Preferences".
Step 4: After that, select the 'Extensions' Tab.
Step 5: Click once on the extension you want to remove.
Step 6: Click 'Uninstall'.
A pop-up window will appear asking for confirmation to uninstall the extension. Select 'Uninstall' again, and the Playzy will be removed.
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Eliminate Playzy from Internet Explorer.
Step 1: Start Internet Explorer.
Step 2: Click on the gear icon labeled 'Tools' to open the drop menu and select 'Manage Add-ons'
Step 3: In the 'Manage Add-ons' window.
Step 4: Select the extension you want to remove and then click 'Disable'. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click 'Disable'.
Step 5: After the unwanted extension has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red 'X' button located at the top right corner and start it again.
