If your homepage, start page or default search engine have changed to Downweb-loader.com all of a sudden, you probably have a browser hijacker on your computer. This removal guide will help you to uninstall the hijacker and remove http://downweb-loader.com/ from your browsers.
Exactsearch.org (Exact Search) is a search engine that might become your default search engine suddenly and refuse to go away. Exact Search might appear on your browser after you install software from a dubious website. This search engine is rife with ads and inserts sponsored content into its search results, so you shouldn’t use it for your searches. To get rid of exactsearch.org, you may follow this step-by-step removal guide.
An extension called unTabs (ID: pphnmcjolbjlahhdegnbnbhjbgnlceid) might get installed on your Google Chrome one day and refuse to get deleted as it is “installed by enterprise policy”. That extension might appear after you install a program downloaded from an untrustworthy source. unTabs may cause ad redirects and pop-ups on your browser, while your search engine will most likely change to cleanserp.net (see: How to remove Cleanserp.net). This step-by-step guide will help you remove unTabs from your browser.
If new tabs pop up on one of your browsers from time to time without any input from you, you likely have adware on your PC. In the case of this particular adware a scheduled task is created that is set to periodically open http://newstimes2017.net/yuism/ (or a similar URL: http://newstimes.net/yuis/, http://newstimes.net/yui/, etc.) on the default browser. Once open, newstimes2017.org immediately redirects the browser to some advertising page, online casino site or another unwanted page. This adware usually ends up on users’ computers after the users install software downloaded for free from untrustworthy sources. You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the adware and stop http://newstimes2017.net/yuism/ pop-ups.
This adware causes new tabs to pop up on the default browser from time to time, loading first http://newstimes2017.com/ytysm/ (or another page from newstimes2017.com site) and then redirecting to some advertising page, software download site, online casino, etc. If the browser is closed, it will open and load these sites all the same. This adware usually gets installed on computers when users download and install software from dubious websites. It may be accompanied by various Mail.ru-related PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) and free games. You may use this step-by-step guide to get rid of the adware and stop http://newstimes2017.com/ytysm/ pop-ups.
Topnews17.com adware might end up on your computer after you download software for free from a shady website. It is often accompanied by Mail.ru browser hijacker, Amigo browser and various other PUPs (potentially unwanted programs). The adware makes new tabs to pop-up on the default browser from time to time, directing the user first to http://topnews17.com/ioism/ (or another page on the same site: http://topnews17.com/ioi/, http://topnews17.com/ioim/, and so on) and then redirecting to an ad or some scammy site. You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the adware and stop http://topnews17.com/ioism/ pop-ups.
This adware creates a scheduled task on the infected computer set to periodically open http://newstimes2017.info/uiiism/ or a similar URL (http://newstimes2017.info/uiii/, http://newstimes2017.info/uiiim, etc.) via the default browser. If the browser is already open, a new tab will appear, otherwise the browser will be launched and all other open windows will be minimized. Newstimes2017.info will then redirect the browser to some advertising page, gaming site, video streaming site, and so on. You may encounter this adware after installing a program downloaded from an untrustworthy source. This removal guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop http://newstimes.info/uiiism/ pop-ups.
Cleanserp.net may become your default search engine and/or start page all of a sudden and resist your attempts to remove it from the list of search engines, telling you that “This setting is enforced by your administrator”. That is caused by a browser hijacker that got installed on your computer, altered your browser settings and changed Google Chrome policy settings to prevent you from deleting cleanserp.net by usual methods. This removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove https://cleanserp.net/ from your browser.
If homepage, new tabs page or default search engine of your browsers was suddenly changed to http://securesurfs.biz/, that means a browser hijacker got installed on your computer and is altering these browser settings for you. Securesurfs.biz is the latest one in the infamous browser hijacker family that includes esurf.biz, tech-connect.biz, yourconnectivity.net and other variants. All of these sites look identical to each other (although they have different layouts for different browsers) and all of them redirect users’ search queries to www.plusnetwork.com. On that search engine sponsored content is hard to distinguish from actual search results, so users may end up on shady sites instead of safe ones and potentially download malware or have their financial information stolen. All in all, it is better to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove http://securesurfs.biz/ from your browser settings.
New tabs appearing on your default browser from time to time, loading fornews2017.org/qaqsm and then redirecting to random scam sites are caused by a certain adware. This adware creates an entry in the Task Scheduler to open the aforementioned site via one of the browsers and to repeat that action after a set period of time. Fornews2017.org site serves as a redirect-gateway and redirects the browser to ads, online casino sites, software download pages and other unwanted sites. This removal guide will help you to get rid of the adware and stop http://fornews2017.org/qaqsm/ pop-ups.