Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove Mysearch.lightdials.com

How to delete http://mysearch.lightdials.com/ virus

What Is Mysearch.lightdials.com?

If your searches are getting redirected to Mysearch.lightdials.com site, you might have a browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can change some of the browser settings like homepage or default search engine, so that users are forced to repeatedly visit certain sites. You may get a browser hijacker installed after you install free software and don’t opt out of extra programs that are offered for installation, or after you launch a file or a program installer downloaded from a questionable source. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and stop http://mysearch.lightdials.com/ redirects. READ MORE

How to Remove Newtab.today

How to delete https://www.newtab.today/ virus

What Is Newtab.today?

If https://newtab.today/ started opening on your browsers’ start page, homepage or new tabs, you might have a browser hijacker installed. A browser hijacker is a piece of software (a browser extension usually) that can alter homepage and some other browser settings on the infected computer so that users are forced to visit certain sites time and again. Browser hijackers are primarily distributed via freeware installers and by malware downloaders. So, when a user installs a free program and agrees to “recommended” installation option, they might very well end up with a browser hijacker and several other potentially unwanted programs installed. Or, if that user launches an executable file downloaded from a questionable source, a malware downloader may silently get installed and drop various malware and adware onto the PC. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Newtab.today from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Web-start-page.com

How to delete http://web-start-page.com/ virus

What Is Web-start-page.com?

Web-start-page.com may become your browsers’ homepage or start page, or redirect your searches from the address bar to unfamiliar search engines. If that happens on your PC and you are unable to remove http://web-start-page.com/ from your browser settings for good, then you have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers change browser settings like homepage or start page so that users are forced to visit certain sites (in this case web-start-page.com) time and again. More visits means more ad revenue for those sites. You may follow instructions on this removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Web-start-page.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.renewitnow.co

How to delete http://search.renewitnow.co/ (Renew It Now) virus

What Is Search.renewitnow.co?

A browser hijacker can make http://search.renewitnow.co/ (Renew It Now) your homepage, new tab page, start page or default search engine and prevent you from changing those settings to something else. Browser hijackers are often bundled with programs on free software downloading websites: a user installs some program from such a website, doesn’t pay much attention during the installation and ends up with several potentially unwanted programs installed on his or her computer. Browser hijackers can also be installed by malware droppers, which in turn get onto users’ computers with the help of trojans disguised as useful programs or files (movies, books, fonts, etc.) and offered on the Internet. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.renewitnow.co from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Home.emailaccountlogin.co

How to delete http://home.emailaccountlogin.co/ (Email Account Login) virus

What Is Home.emailaccountlogin.co?

If Home.emailaccountlogin.co (Email Account Login) have become your browsers’ homepage, startup page or default search engine, and it keeps returning after you remove it from settings, then you have a browser hijacker on your PC. A browser hijacker is usually a browser extension: a toolbar, a video downloader or some other add-on. Browser hijackers change homepage and other browser settings to make users repeatedly visit specific sites, consequently increasing those sites’ ad revenue. Browser hijackers are often distributed via freeware downloading sites and end up on users’ computers when users don’t pay much attention during freeware installation and allow extra programs to be installed on top of programs they wanted. You may follow instructions on this page to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Home.emailaccountlogin.co from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchisemail.com

How to delete http://search.searchisemail.com/ virus

What Is Search.searchisemail.com?

Search.searchisemail.com (emailaccountlogin) might start to open on your browsers’ new tabs or start page, or become the default search engine and redirect your searches from the address bar to Yahoo search. That change is caused by a browser hijacker that alters your browser settings to make you repeatedly visit http://search.searchisemail.com/ site. You may have got this browser hijacker onto your computer when you were installing a free program from the Internet and agreed to the “Recommended” installation option or didn’t opt out of extra software that was offered. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchisemail.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Start.myplaycity.com

How to delete http://start.myplaycity.com/ virus

What Is Start.myplaycity.com?

A browser hijacker can make Start.myplaycity.com your browser’s homepage, start page or default search engine and not allow you to change these browser settings. That might happen after you install some program from the Internet for free and agree to install a MyPlayCity add-on. Many installers of free programs will install several PUPs (potentially unwanted programs like adware and browser hijackers) along with that program if a user does not pay much attention during the installation. You may follow instructions on this page to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Start.myplaycity.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hometab.com

How to delete http://search.hometab.com/ virus

What Is Search.hometab.com?

If http://search.hometab.com have become your browsers’ homepage, startup page or default search engine without your participation and resists your attempts at removing it from browser settings, then you likely have a browser hijacker on your computer. It may have been installed together with free software you’ve downloaded from the Internet – many freeware installers offer several PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) in addition to the program they are supposed to install, and those PUPs end up installed by default if users don’t decline. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hometab.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Random Walk Shapes (RandomWalk Tab)

How to delete Random Walk Shapes - New Tab (ID: fdjcngoneogjbkdakodemfopgkkncoll)

What Is Random Walk Shapes?

Random Walk Shapes – New Tab 1.0.5 (“New Tab page with animated background and the weather forecast”) is a browser extension that changes homepage and new tab page of a browser, as well as the default search engine. You may get this extension installed on accident when you install freeware from the Internet and agree to recommended installation option that will get a few more programs installed than you expected. It is also possible that you’ve downloaded Random Walk Shapes from https://randomwalktab.com/ site or from Chrome Web Store after seeing a pop-up ad. What you may not like about Random Walk shapes is that it doesn’t allow to get your previous default search engine back, and also will sometimes generate ads on your browser. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to uninstall Random Walk Shapes and get your preferred browser settings back. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchbuscar.com

How to delete http://search.searchbuscar.com/ virus

What Is Search.searchbuscar.com?

Search.searchbuscar.com may become your browsers’ homepage, start page or default search engine all of a sudden and prove difficult to remove. That would mean you have a browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software, often a browser add-on, that can change some of the browser settings to make users repeatedly visit specific sites. Browser hijackers also often collect users’ browsing-related data such as their IP addresses, sites they visit, their search queries and so on. Browser hijackers are distributed via freeware installers and end up on users’ computers after users install free software and don’t opt out of extra programs that they are offered in addition to the one they wanted. You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchbuscar.com from your browsers. READ MORE

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