Category: Browser Hijackers

Articles about deleting browser hijackers – extensions that change browser settings without user’s permission.

How to Remove Search.searchumrz.com

How to delete http://search.searchumrz.com/?uc=.../ virus

What Is Search.searchumrz.com?

A browser hijacker can make Search.searchumrz.com (Unlimited Music Radio) your browsers’ new tab page or start page and not allow you to change these settings to something else. A browser hijacker is a piece of software – usually a browser extension – that can alter homepage and similar browser settings to make users repeatedly visit certain sites, bringing more traffic to those sites and boosting their advertising revenue. Browser hijackers are usually distributed by bundling with freeware programs, although they can also be installed by malware downloaders. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchumrz.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Home.searchtuner.com

How to delete http://home.searchtuner.com/ virus

What Is Home.searchtuner.com?

Home.searchtuner.com may start to appear on your browsers’ homepage and new tab page, or become your default search engine, and reappear in settings after you remove it. If that happens on your PC, you likely have an unwanted browser extension installed. Extensions that change browser settings like homepage and search engine against users’ wishes are called browser hijackers. They can get installed on a computer together with free software users download from the web. Other than changing settings, browser hijackers often collect data about users’ browsing habits – what sites they visit, what search queries enter – as well as their IP addresses and some other technical data. This information is then used to generate targeted ads on users’ browsers or shared with third party advertisers. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Home.searchtuner.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchtzc.com

How to delete http://search.searchtzc.com/?uc=... virus

What Is Search.searchtzc.com?

Search.searchtzc.com (Time Zone Converter) may start appearing on your browser’s start page or new tab page after you install some free program downloaded from the web. That may happen because a browser hijacker has been installed together with that program and has added Search.searchtzc.com to your browser settings. Even if you remove Search.searchtzc.com from settings, the hijacker will just re-add it back. Browser hijackers’ main purpose is directing more traffic to specific sites, increasing their advertising revenue. Other than that, browser hijackers often collect data about users’ browsing habits – sites they visit, things they search for – and use this information to display customized ads in browser. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchtzc.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchwmtn.com

How to delete http://search.searchwmtn.com/?uc=... virus

What Is Search.searchwmtn.com?

Search.searchwmtn.com (Watch More TV Now) looks like a generic search engine, however it doesn’t have its own search capabilities and just redirects all searches to Yahoo. Search.searchwmtn.com may become your start page or new tab page after you install some free program from the Internet, and you might encounter problems when trying to remove this search engine from your browser. That’s because a browser extension got installed on your computer together with that free program, and it keeps re-adding Search.searchwmtn.com to your browser settings. Browser extensions that do this are called browser hijackers. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchwmtn.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.yourtransitinfonow.com

How to delete http://search.yourtransitinfonow.com/?uc=... virus

What Is Search.yourtransitinfonow.com?

If Search.yourtransitinfonow.com (Your Transit Info Now) started opening on your browser’s start page or new tab page, then you likely have a browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is piece of software – usually a browser extension – that can change some browser settings like homepage, new tab page and the like to make users repeatedly visit certain sites, therefore increasing those sites’ ad revenue. A browser hijacker may get installed on your machine together with free software you download from the Internet. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.yourtransitinfonow.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.handy-tab.com

How to delete https://search.handy-tab.com/?type=web&q=... virus

What Is Search.handy-tab.com?

If your browser’s new tab page and start page have changed, and your default search engine has been set to https://search.handy-tab.com without your input, then you have a browser hijacker installed on your PC. Browser hijackers usually come in the form of browser add-ons (extensions) which end up on users’ computers together with freeware that users download from the Internet. Other than changing some browser settings, Handy Tab browser hijacker may cause new tabs to pop up from time to time and load advertisements or some shady sites. You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.handy-tab.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Results.ampxsearch.com

How to delete http://results.ampxsearch.com/?q=... virus

What Is Results.ampxsearch.com?

If typing search queries into the address bar of your browser brings you results on http://results.ampxsearch.com/?q=your+search+query&offset=0/, and haven’t set this site as your default search engine, then it seems you have a browser hijacker on your PC. Browser hijackers can alter browser settings like homepage, default search provider, new tab page, start page – and stop users from changing those back. You may unknowingly get a browser hijacker installed together with a free app, or it may appear some time after you run a file downloaded from a questionable source. This step-by-step guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Results.ampxsearch.com from your search settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Apusx.com

How to delete http://www.apusx.com/ virus

What Is www.apusx.com?

If http://www.apusx.com page is opening on your browsers’ start page, you likely have a browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can change some browser settings – homepage, default search, startup page, and so on – and keep users from changing those back. The main purpose is directing traffic to certain sites, to boost those sites’ advertising revenue and possibly to gather information about users (their search queries entered on those sites, for example). A hijacker may get onto your computer together with a free program downloaded from the Internet: many installers of free software will ty to install several PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) on top of the program they are supposed to install. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Apusx.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hyourmapview.com

How to delete http://search.hyourmapview.com/?uc=.../ (Your Map View) virus

What Is Search.hyourmapview.com?

Search.hyourmapview.com (Your Map View) may become your browsers’ new tab page or start page after you install some free program downloaded from the Internet. Many free programs will install several PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) onto your computer if you don’t pay attention during installation process and don’t decline all extra software. PUPs that change homepage, start page and some other settings of a browser are called browser hijackers. On top of altering settings browser hijackers often collect information about users’ browsing habits: what sites they visit, what search queries enter, and use this data to show customized ads or share it with third-party advertisers. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hyourmapview.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

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