Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove i-searchresults.com

How to delete http://i-searchresults.com/?q=... virus

What Is i-searchresults.com?

If searching from browser’s address bar brings you search results on https://i-searchresults.com/q=[…] instead of Google or another site that is supposed to be your default search engine, then you have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers change default search, homepage and similar browser settings to make users repeatedly visit certain sites and therefore boost those sites’ advertising revenue. You may get a browser hijacker installed together with a free program or game downloaded from the Internet. Use this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove i-searchresults.com from your search settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.yourweatherinfonow.com

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

What Is Search.yourweatherinfonow.com?

Search.yourweatherinfonow.com (Your Weather Info Now) looks like a generic search engine with a toolbar on top and several links below the search bar. Search.yourweatherinfonow.com however is not a real search engine, it just redirects users’ search queries to Yahoo search. Search.yourweatherinfonow.com may end up on your browser’s startup page or new tab page after you install a free program or run a file downloaded from a questionable site. You may have trouble removing Search.yourweatherinfonow.com from browser settings, because those are enforced by a browser extension that got installed on your computer. This step-by-step guide will help you to get rid of the browser extension and remove Search.yourweatherinfonow.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.htransitschedule.co

How to delete http://search.htransitschedule.co/?uc=... virus

What Is Search.htransitschedule.co?

An unwanted browser extension may get installed on your PC and set Search.htransitschedule.co (Transit Schedule) as your start page and new tab page. Extensions that do this are called browser hijackers. You can get a browser hijacker installed if you install some free program and don’t decline all extra apps that are offered for installation. Other than changing your browser settings and not allowing you to change those back, browser hijackers can collect your browsing data – URLs visited, search queries entered – as well as your IP address and some other technical data, and use this info to display customized ads or possibly to share with third-party advertisers. You may use instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.htransitschedule.co from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.televisiondirect.co

How to delete http://search.televisiondirect.co/?uc=... virus

What Is Search.televisiondirect.co?

Search.televisiondirect.co (Television Direct) may become your browsers’ start page or new tab page after you install some free program or game. Many freeware installers will try to install several extra apps (usually adware and other potentially unwanted programs) on top of the program they are supposed to install. Most of the time users can refuse, however that option might not be immediately obvious, so users often end up with adware and PUPs installed on their computers. Apps that change homepage and similar browser settings are called browser hijackers. Other than altering settings of a browser, they can collect information about users’ browsing habits – what sites they visit, what search queries enter – and use this data to display customized ads. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.televisiondirect.co from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Triangles Move – New Tab

How to delete Triangles Move 1.0.2 virus (ID: nhgeommmejhdehlimkmnpclkgmdhgdpc)

What Is Triangles Move?

A browser extension called Triangles Move – New Tab 1.0.2 (“Triangle Animated New Tab Page with Weather Forecast and Quick Apps”) might appear on your computer after you install a free program or run a file downloaded from a shady website. You may also install Triangles Move yourself, after encountering a pop-up ad encouraging you to download the extension. Triangles Move will change your default search engine to chromesearch.club or another search engine that will be difficult to get rid of. New tabs might start to pop up on your browser from time to time, loading questionable sites and ads. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to uninstall Triangles Move and restore your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Newtab.review

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

What Is Newtab.review?

If the New Tab Page of your Chrome browser have been changed recently without your participation – the word “Google” disappeared from the page, and links below the search bar are not for your most visited sites anymore, then you have a browser hijacker on your PC. Browser hijackers can change browsers’ homepage, default search engine, etc., to make users repeatedly visit certain sites, bringing more ad revenue for site owners. This browser hijacker alters your default search engine to Chromesearch.club, and as the look of the New Tab Page on Chrome can change depending on the default search, the New Tab Page gets altered too. You may notice that clicking on links on the New Tab page makes https://newtab.review/click.php to appear briefly in the address bar, before redirecting you to the site where that link is supposed to lead. Newtab.review hijacker can be hard to delete, as it makes changes in Windows Group Policy of the infected computer, so that users cannot easily remove it. You may follow instructions below to reset Group Policy and remove Newtab.review new tab and Chromesearch.club search engine from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove “Cat Start” Extension

How to delete Cat Start 1.0.2 virus (ID: honeoiacmpjnbchlccbcbogafdfjgnim), chrome-extension://honeoiacmpjnbchlccbcbogafdfjgnim/newtab.html and https://catstart.com/

What Is Cat Start?

A browser extension named Cat Start – New Tab Page 1.0.2 (“Beautiful HD backgrounds with amazing cats on your New Tab and Homepage”) may get installed on your computer together with some program you’ve downloaded from the Internet for free. It would change your homepage and new tab page to display pictures of cats (URL: chrome-extension://honeoiacmpjnbchlccbcbogafdfjgnim/newtab.html). Your default search engine might get altered to https://catstart.com/ or another search engine that may be hard to get rid of. New tabs with ads or suspicious websites might start to open on your browser from time to time. You can follow instructions below to uninstall Cat Start – New Tab Page extension from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Abstract HD – New Tab

How to delete Abstract HD 1.0.2 virus (ID: pjhbkinhfbocaedfjdegdkkkjlmledlo)

What Is Abstract HD?

A browser extension called Abstract HD – New Tab 1.0.2 (“Beautiful Abstract HD backgrounds on your New Tab and Homepage”) may get installed on your computer together with some free software you’ve downloaded from the Internet. This extension changes the look of browser’s new tab page and sets default search engine to https://abstracthd-tab.com, https://chromesearch.club or some other search engine which will be hard to delete. Abstract HD extension might also cause new tabs to pop up from time to time, opening ads or sites urging you to download something. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to uninstall Abstract HD – New Tab and restore your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Chromesearch.club Search Engine

How to delete https://chromesearch.club/search/?q=... virus (“This setting is enforced by your administrator”)

What Is Chromesearch.club?

If your browser’s default search engine has been set to Web (default): https://chromesearch.club/search/?q=%s&uid=[…] without your input, and now you cannot change it to something else, that is the work of a browser hijacker. Browser hijackers usually come in the form of browser extensions (some examples of extensions that may cause Chromesearch.club to become your search engine: Handy Tab, Everyday Tab, my1tab, Spirals New Tab). This particular type of browser hijacker also makes changes in Windows Group Policy, making Chromesearch.club a search engine “enforced by your administrator”. Group Policies are intended for corporate networks and allow admins to force-install programs and change settings on end users’ computers. Chromesearch.club misuses this Windows feature to prevent users from changing their search engine even after they uninstall the malicious extension. If your default search engine on Chrome have been changed to Chromesearch.club, the new tab page will also change, and instead of your most visited sites you will see links to sites that are not necessarily your favorite. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to reset Group Policy and remove Chromesearch.club from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hyoursportsinfonow.com

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

What Is Search.hyoursportsinfonow.com?


If Search.hyoursportsinfonow.com (Your Sports Info Now) has been set as your browser’s startup page or new tab page without your participation, and if you try to remove it from browser settings it just reappears later, then you have a browser hijacker installed. Browser hijackers usually end up on users’ computers together with freeware that users download from the web. They can alter homepage and similar browser settings and prevent users from changing those back. Browser hijackers also can collect data about users’ Internet habits – sites they visit, search queries they enter – and send it back to their servers, usually to be used for customized advertising later. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hyoursportsinfonow.com from your browser. READ MORE

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