Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove Search.hofficeworksuite.com

How to delete http://search.hofficeworksuite.com/?uc=... (Search Office Worksuite) virus

What Is Search.hofficeworksuite.com?

If Search.hofficeworksuite.com (Office Work Suite) started popping up on your browsers’ startup page or new tabs even though you haven’t changed your browser settings recently, then you probably have an unwanted browser extension installed. Brower extensions that alter start page, default search engine and some other settings of a browser against users’ wishes are called browser hijackers. Their main purpose is generating traffic for specific sites: more visitors means more advertising revenue for site owners. Browser hijackers also often keep track of users’ Internet habits – visited URLs, entered search queries – and share this info, along with users’ IP addresses and some technical information about their computers, with third-party advertisers. A browser hijacker may end up on your PC after you install a free program and don’t opt out of all extra software that is offered for installation, or after you run some file downloaded from an untrustworthy source. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hofficeworksuite.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove www.blpsearch.com Redirect

How to delete http://www.blpsearch.com/?sid=... virus

What Is www.blpsearch.com?

If your searches from the address bar of your browser are getting redirected to http://www.blpsearch.com/search?sid=[…] and then to search results on Yahoo, Yandex or some other search engine or to a blank page, then you probably have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers are a type of unwanted software that can change default search, start page and some other browser settings on users’ computers to direct more Internet traffic to certain sites and increase those sites’ advertising revenue. Browser hijackers often get installed on users’ computers together with free or pirated software. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove www.blpsearch.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchlef.com

How to delete http://search.searchlef.com (Login Emails Fast) virus

What Is Search.searchlef.com?

Search.searchlef.com (Login Emails Fast) may start to appear on your browser’s start page or new tabs one day and prove hard to get rid of. That happens because a browser extension keeps making Search.searchlef.com your start page or new tab page. Extensions that change browser settings against users’ wishes are called browser hijackers. Other than forcing users to repeatedly visit certain sites, hijackers can keep track of users’ browsing activity: what sites they visit, what search for; and send this information, along with IP addresses and some other technical info, back to their servers, to be later used for targeted advertising. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchlef.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hfreeliveradio.co

How to delete http://search.hfreeliveradio.co/?uc=... (Free Live Radio) virus

What Is Search.hfreeliveradio.co?

If new tabs on your browser open to http://search.hfreeliveradio.co/?uc=[…] (Free Live Radio), or browser, when launched, starts with that page, you likely have a browser hijacker installed on your computer. Browser hijackers usually come in the form of browser extensions, sometimes paired with a separate program that reinstalls the browser extension if the latter is deleted. Hijackers change homepage, new tab page, default search engine or other similar browser settings to direct users to specific sites and boost advertising revenue for those sites. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hfreeliveradio.co from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.heasystreamingnow.com

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

What Is Search.heasystreamingnow.com?

If Search.heasystreamingnow.com (Easy Streaming Now) have become your browsers’ new tab page or start page all of a sudden, and keeps reappearing after you change these settings to something else, then you likely have an unwanted browser extension installed. Extensions that change homepage and similar settings against users’ wishes are known as browser hijackers. They generate traffic for certain sites, increasing their advertising revenue. Browser hijackers often keep track of users’ browsing behavior: what sites they visit, what search queries enter, and may share this data, along with users’ IP addresses, with advertising companies. Browser hijackers are mostly distributed by bundling with free programs that can be downloaded on the Internet. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.heasystreamingnow.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Spicystart.com

How to delete https://cp.spicystart.com/ virus

What Is Spicystart.com?

Spicy Start (“Start your day with something Spicy!”) may begin to appear on you browsers’ start page or homepage, or become your default search engine and redirect your searches to https://www.spicystart.com/index.php?a=web&q=[…]. The cause of this is a browser hijacker that got installed on your computer. That probably happened when you were installing some free program or run a file downloaded from a questionable site. Browser hijackers can change default search and some other browser settings to make users repeatedly visit certain sites and bring more ad revenue to sites’ owners. Spicy Start hijacker would also collect data about your use of their site – search queries, links clicked, and so on – and use it to deliver targeted ads. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Spicystart.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.aguea.com

How to delete http://search.aguea.com/index.php?a=web&q=... virus

What Is Search.aguea.com?

If your searches on browsers are getting redirected to http://search.aguea.com/index.php?a=web&q=[…] page, and you didn’t set Search.aguea.com as your default search engine yourself, then you likely have an unwanted browser extension installed. Extensions that change default search, homepage and some other settings against users’ wishes are called browser hijackers. Their main purpose is directing traffic to certain sites to increase those sites’ advertising revenue. Browser hijackers usually end up on users’ computers after users download and install freeware and don’t decline extra software that is trying to get installed too. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.aguea.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hwatchsportslive.co

How to delete http://search.hwatchsportslive.co/ virus

What Is Search.hwatchsportslive.co?

Search.hwatchsportslive.co may become your browsers’ start page or new tab page one day and reappear after you delete it from browser settings. That happens because a browser hijacker is installed on your computer and keeps adding Search.hwatchsportslive.co to your settings. The main purpose of a browser hijacker is generating Internet traffic for specific sites and boosting ad revenue for sites’ owners. A browser hijacker may get installed on your computer together with a free program you’ve downloaded from the web, or be installed by a malware dropper that is hiding somewhere on your computer and keeps downloading unwanted software. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hwatchsportslive.co from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hcouponsimplified.com

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

What Is Search.hcouponsimplified.com?

If new tabs on your browsers started opening http://search.hcouponsimplified.com/?uc=[…] (Coupon Simplified) page, you likely have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers usually come in the form of browser add-ons (extensions); they can set homepage, new tab page, default search and some other settings of a browser to any site, and a user won’t be able to change these settings as long as the browser hijacker is on his or her PC. Often enough browser hijackers also collect information about users’ browsing habits – what URLs they load, what search queries enter on pages – as well as some technical data and IP address, and may share this info with advertising companies. This step-by-step guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hcouponsimplified.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove my1tab Extension

How to delete my1tab 1.0.0 virus (ID: kadalpbldokjhijcgndnldpheokmaeje)

What Is my1tab?

A browser extension named my1tab – new tab page 1.0.0 (“Beautiful HD backgrounds every day on your New Tab page”) may appear on your browser after you install a free program or run an executable file downloaded from a shady website. This extension may cause new tab pop-ups on your browser, opening various fishy sites, ads, “you have a virus” pages, and so on. Your default search engine might get changed to Chromesearch.win or some other suspicious site, that will be hard to get rid of. New tab page and start page may also start to look different from the usual. This step-by-step guide will help you to remove my1tab from Chrome or other browsers and restore your browser settings. READ MORE

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