Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove Newtab.win

How to delete https://newtab.win/click.php. virus

What Is Newtab.win?

If the new tab page on your browser now looks like the one on the picture above and clicking any links on it first leads to https://newtab.win/click.php/ and then redirects to where the link was supposed to lead, that means you have a browser hijacker. Browser hijackers can change homepage, default search and similar browser settings to make users repeatedly visit certain sites, increasing those sites’ traffic and, consequently, their ad revenue. In this case the browser hijacker sets the default search engine to Web (Default): chromesearch.info, and the new tab page’s look in Chrome actually changes depending on the default search engine selected. Chromesearch.info redirects all searches to other search engines, for example search.yahoo.com, nova.rambler.ru, www.alphashoppers.co. Newtab.win/Chromesearch.info hijacker cannot be removed like most common browser hijackers because it alters Group Policy on the infected computer to make itself “enforced by your administrator”, so that standard instructions don’t work. You may follow this step-by-step guide to reset Group Policy and remove Newtab.win and Chromesearch.info from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchgmfs.com

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

What Is Search.searchgmfs.com?


Search.searchgmfs.com (Get Maps Fast) may end up as your browser’s start page or new tab page after you install some freeware. Many free programs come with extra software bundled into their installers. That software is usually called PUPs – potentially unwanted programs. An example of a PUP is a browser hijacker, i. e. a piece of software that can change some browser settings (homepage and the like) to direct more traffic to certain sites. Often enough browser hijackers also keep track of users’ browsing activity – what sites they visit, what search for on search engines – and use this data to deliver customized ads to the browser. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchgmfs.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove AlphaShoppers Search Redirect

How to delete https://www.alphashoppers.co//serp/searchb.html?q=... virus (“This setting is enforced by your administrator”)

What Is AlphaShoppers?


If entering search queries in browser’s address bar brings you first to https://chromesearch.club/search/?q=%s&uid=… (or a similar site: chromesearch.win, chromesearch.info, etc.) and then to search results on https://www.alphashoppers.co/serp/searchb.html?q=search%20query&pageNum=1, then you have a browser hijacker on your computer. This browser hijacker changes your default search engine to Web (Default): chromesearch.club; your new tab page also gets altered. Chromesearch.club may be hard to get rid of because the browser hijacker changes Group Policy files on the infected computer to make Chrome’s default search engine “enforced by your administrator”, so that even after deleting the hijacker users aren’t able to alter the search engine. You may follow instructions below to reset Group Policy and remove Chromesearch.club (and AlphaShoppers) from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchtmpn.com

How to delete http://search.searchtmpn.com/ (Track Package) virus

What Is Search.searchtmpn.com?


Search.searchtmpn.com (Track Package) might start to appear on your browser’s startup page or new tabs after you install some free program or game downloaded from the web. Freeware installers often pack several extra programs which get installed if the user doesn’t decline. These extra programs usually include a browser hijacker – a piece of software that can change homepage and other settings of a browser to make users visit specific sites time and again. Most browser hijackers also collect information about users’ browsing habits – what sites they look at, what search queries enter – and use it to deliver customized ads to those users. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchtmpn.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search Encrypt

How to delete Search Encrypt virus (ID: bincafjahipkjhnidfkgkgkeikgmdjon)

What Is Search Encrypt?

Search Encrypt is advertised as a privacy-oriented search engine that doesn’t collect data about users’ searches and doesn’t allow other search engines to do that. However, that means that users which agreed to install Search Encrypt on their computers cannot use Google, Bing and many other search engines anymore and are redirected to searchencrypt.com instead. Search Encrypt may be installed on a computer together with some free program or game, or a user may encounter an ad for Search Encrypt and decide to install it. This step-by-step guide will help you to uninstall Search Encrypt software and stop redirects to Searchencrypt.com. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchws.com

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

What Is Search.searchws.com?

If Search.searchws.com (Weather Service) have started to appear on your browser when you open a new tab or window, then you have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers are usually browser extensions; they can change homepage, new tab page and some other browser settings to direct more users to specific sites, in order to increase those sites’ ad revenue. Browser hijackers also often collect information about users’ Internet activity (what sites they visit, what search for on search engines) and use this data to deliver targeted ads to the browser. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchws.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchmapq.com

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

What Is Search.searchmapq.com?

Search.searchmapq.com (Map Quick) is a fake search engine that redirects all searches to Yahoo. Search.searchmapq.com might become your browser’s start page or new tab page without your participation after you install some free program or game. That happens because a browser hijacker have been installed along with that program/game and have changed some of your browser settings. This browser hijacker might also collect information about your browsing habits – what sites you visit, what search for on search engines – and use this data to display targeted ads in browser. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchmapq.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove EasyFileConvert

How to delete Easy File Convert (enhanced by Google) virus

What Is EasyFileConvert?

If new tab page, start page or homepage of your browsers have been changed to Easy File Convert (“Enhanced by Google”) page without your participation, then you have a browser hijacker installed. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter homepage and similar settings of a browser to make users visit specific sites time and again. EasyFileConvert browser hijacker has probably been installed on your computer together with some free program or game that you’ve downloaded from the Internet and installed without opting out of all extra programs that were offered for installation. You may use this removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove EasyFileConvert page from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove HDwallpaper123.com

How to delete http://www.hdwallpaper123.com/ virus

What Is Hdwallpaper123.com?


If Hdwallpaper123.com is opening on your browsers’ startup page, new tabs or homepage, then you likely have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers change these browser settings to make users repeatedly visit certain sites, increasing traffic and therefore advertising revenue of those sites. Browser hijackers usually end up on users’ computers together with free programs or games that users download from the Internet. Many freeware installers try to sneak in several extra programs on top of the program they are supposed to install. These programs are often called PUPs (potentially unwanted programs), and browser hijackers are a type of them. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove http://www.hdwallpaper123.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchjstg.com

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

What Is Search.searchjstg.com?

If Search.searchjstg.com (Transit Guide) has become your browser’s startup page or new tab page without your input, you likely have an unwanted browser extension installed. Browser extensions that alter start page and similar settings without user’s say-so are called browser hijackers. Their main purpose is directing more traffic to specific sites, in order to increase those sites’ ad revenue. Browser hijackers can also keep track of users’ browsing activity – sites that they visit, search queries they enter – and use this data for targeted advertising or share it with third-party advertisers. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchjstg.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

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