Category: Browser Hijackers

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

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

How to Remove Hotweb360

How to delete Hotweb360 virus

What Is Hotweb360?

If your browser’s homepage, new tab page or startup page have changed to Hotweb360 without your participation, you have a browser hijacker on your computer. Browser hijackers can alter these browser settings to boost Internet traffic for certain sites. More traffic = more advertising revenue for site owners. Browser hijackers usually get installs on users’ PCs together with free or pirated software users download from the web. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Hotweb360 from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Popular123.com

How to delete http://english.popular123.com/ or http://www.popular123.com/ virus

What Is Popular123.com?

If http://www.popular123.com/ or http://english.popular123.com/ started opening on your browsers’ homepage, new tabs or startup page, or your searches from the address bar bring you results on popular123.com site, you probably have a browser hijacker on your PC. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can change some of the browser settings to make users visit specific sites time and again, increasing ad revenue for those sites. A browser hijacker might end up on your PC after you install freeware from the Internet and don’t opt out of extra software that is is offered before the installation. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Popular123.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.pristineapp.com

How to delete https://search.pristineapp.com/ (Pristine Newsfeed) virus

What Is Search.pristineapp.com?

If https://search.pristineapp.com/ (Pristine Newsfeed or Pristine Search) have become your browsers’ default search engine, homepage or new tab page, you might have a browser hijacker on your computer. A browser hijacker is usually a browser extension; it can change homepage and some other browser settings to make users repeatedly visit certain sites and boost those sites’ traffic. Browser hijackers can also collect users’s data – IP address, web-pages visited, search queries entered – and share this information with third-party advertisers. Browser hijackers are mostly distributed via freeware installers and end up on users’ computers after users install free games or programs from the Internet. You may follow this removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.pristineapp.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Home.packagesear.ch

How to delete http://home.packagesear.ch/ virus

What Is Home.packagesear.ch?

If http://home.packagesear.ch/?et=[…]/ has become your browsers’ new tab page or homepage all of a sudden, and you cannot remove it from your browser settings, then you have a browser hijacker on your PC. A browser hijacker is a browser extension most of the time; it can alter homepage, new tab page, startup page or default search engine of a browser and doesn’t allow users to change these settings. A browser hijacker might end up on your computer after you install some free program or game and don’t opt out of all extra programs that want to get installed too. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Home.packagesear.ch from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove www.safesearch.net

How to delete https://www.safesearch.net/ virus

What Is SafeSearch.net?

SafeSearch.net may become your browsers’ homepage, start page or default search engine and refuse to go away when you try to change these browser settings. If that happens on your PC, you have a browser hijacker installed. This browser hijacker might have ended up on your computer after you installed some free program or game from the Internet and didn’t decline “optional” programs that were offered for installation. You may follow instructions on this page to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove https://www.safesearch.net/ from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Myprivacyassistant.com

How to delete https://ext.myprivacyassistant.com/ (SearchAssist.net) virus

What Is Myprivacyassistant.com?

If http://ext.myprivacyassistant.com/ is opening on your browsers’ new tabs or start page, or is set as a default search engine, and you cannot remove it from these browser settings, then you have a browser hijacker on your PC. Browser hijackers are usually browser extensions; they can change homepage, default search and some other browser settings to force users to repeatedly visit certain sites and increase those sites’ ad revenue. You may get a browser hijacker installed on your computer after you run some file downloaded from a shady site or when you install freeware and don’t opt out of extra programs that are offered for installation. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove ext.myprivacyassistant.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Oxsearches.com

How to delete oxsearches.com (OXSEARCH) virus

What Is Oxsearches.com?

Oxsearches.com (OXSEARCH) may become your browsers’ default search engine, start page or new tab page and prove hard to delete, if a browser hijacker is installed on your PC. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that changes some of the browser settings (like homepage or default search) to force users visit certain sites time and again. That increases those sites’ traffic and therefore their advertising revenue. A browser hijacker may end up on a computer after its user installs free software from the Internet and doesn’t opt out of extra programs that are offered for installation, or when the user downloads and runs some file that turns out to be a trojan and installs all sorts of malware and adware onto the PC. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Oxsearches.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.yourmapsnow.com

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

What Is Search.yourmapsnow.com?

If Search.yourmapsnow.com (Your Maps Now) is appearing on your browsers’ start page, new tabs or homepage, or is set as default search engine, and you cannot successfully remove it from browser settings, then you have a browser hijacker on your PC. A browser hijacker is a piece of software, usually a browser extension, that can change homepage and some other browser settings to make users visit certain sites and therefore increase ad revenue for those sites. Browser hijackers also often collect users’ browsing-related data – pages they visit, search queries they enter into search engines – and sent this information back to its servers to later use for customized advertising. Most of the time browser hijackers end up on users’ computers after users install free programs or games from the Internet. You may follow instructions on this removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.yourmapsnow.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

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