Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove TrackNetSpeed.com

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What Is Tracknetspeed.com?

TrackNetSpeed.com may start opening in new tabs of your browser if you have a browser hijacker installed on your computer. A browser hijacker can be a browser add-on/extension or a program. Browser hijackers set homepage, new tab page or search engine of a browser to promoted sites (in this case it’s tracknetspeed.com which redirects all searches to search.yahoo.com). Some browser hijackers may keep track of users’ browsing habits and display ads on sites that users visit, tailored to these users’ interests. Track Net Speed hijacker may get installed on your computer bundled with a free program or game. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove TrackNetSpeed.com from your Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari or Opera browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Capita Search (search.capita.space)

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What Is Capita Search?

Capita Search may end up on your browser after you install free software and don’t opt out of extra programs’ installation, or after you get redirected to a webpage promoting Capita Search extension and end up installing it. Capita Search is a browser hijacker: a piece of software that can alter default search engine and some other browser settings against users’ wishes. This particular browser hijacker also adds group policies to Google Chrome browser to make itself “installed by administrator”. Your browser will tell you that you cannot change your search engine because “Capita Search is controlling this setting”, and that your browser is “managed by your organization”. In addition to altering browser settings, Capita Search may generate ads and redirects on your browser, opening shady and scammy sites. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall Capita Search and remove search.capita.space from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Toptosearch.com

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What Is Toptosearch.com?

A browser hijacker may get installed on your Windows or Mac computer and change your New Tab page and default search engine to Toptosearch.com. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter search engine and some other browser settings to redirect users to a search engine the browser hijacker promotes. That brings more Internet traffic and therefore more ad revenue to the site’s owners. Some hijackers also keep track of users’ browsing habits (their search history or Internet history, for example) and use the gathered data to show them customized ads or sell the data to someone else. Toptosearch.com is a fake search engine that redirects users’ searches to Google or other search providers. Toptosearch.com browser hijacker may get installed on your computer together with a free program or game, or you may get redirected to a page promoting Top to Search and end up installing it. This step-by-step guide will help you uninstall Top to Search browser hijacker and remove Toptosearch.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Mazy Search

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What Is Mazy Search?

Mazy Search is a questionable browser extension that may get installed on your computer together with some free program or you may install it after getting redirected to a page promoting Mazy Search. The browser extension may cause more ads and redirects on your browser, as well as change your default search engine to https://browser.mazysearch.com/ which will redirect your searches to Yahoo. Mazy Search might not be easy to get rid of on Google Chrome as the browser extension abuses a feature intended for admins of enterprise networks and makes your browser “Managed by your organization”. You won’t be able to change your search engine: Chrome will tell you that “Mazy Search is controlling this setting”. This step-by-step removal guide will help you uninstall Mazy Search anyway and remove browser.mazysearch.com search engine from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Goodbyesearch.com

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What Is Goodbyesearch.com?

A browser hijacker may get installed on your computer and make Goodbyesearch.com your browser’s new tab page, start page or default search engine. Browser hijackers usually come in the form of browser extensions, or sometimes as separate programs. They can alter search engine and some other settings on Internet browsers to force users to visit search engines that these hijackers promote. Some browser hijackers also display ads inside browsers based on users’ interests (their browsing history, search history, etc.). A browser hijacker may get installed on a computer after a user installs some free program and doesn’t decline other software that is offered for installation. This step-by-step guide will help you uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Goodbyesearch.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Track Your Package Now (search.trackyourpackagetab1.com)

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What Is Track Your Package Now?

Track Your Package Now is a browser hijacker that can get installed on your Windows or Mac computer one day and change your browsers’ Start Page and New Tab Page to Track Your Package Now and your search engine to search.trackyourpackagetab1.com. Search.trackyourpackagetab1.com is a fake search engine that redirects all searches to search.yahoo.com. A browser hijacker is a piece of software (a browser extension and/or a program) that alters search engine and some other browser settings to make users visit a specific site time and again. The more users visit it, the more ad revenue the site’s owners receive. In addition to changing settings, some browser hijackers may collect data from browsers (like browsing history) and use it to display ads based on users’ interests. Most of the time browser hijackers end up on computers after users install free programs and don’t opt out of extra software installation. You may follow this step-by-step guide to get rid of Track Your Package Now browser hijacker and remove search.trackyourpackagetab1.com from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove S3arch.page

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What Is S3arch.page?

If S3arch.page keeps opening on your browser’s new tabs or start page, or your searches are getting redirected to https://s3arch.page/results.php?q=[your-search-query], then you likely have a browser hijacker installed on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software (usually a browser extension/add-on) that can alter homepage, default search engine and similar browser settings and stop users from changing those to something else. The main purpose is making more users visit a promoted search engine (s3arch.page), bringing it more advertising revenue. Some browser hijackers keep track of users’ browning habits (what sites users visit, what they search for on search engines, etc.) and use the data to display customized ads to these users. A browser hijacker may get installed on a computer together with some free program or game, or a user may see an ad for a “useful” browser extension and decide to install it. This step-by-step guide will help you uninstall the browser hijacker and remove S3arch.page from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove GetQuickDirections.com

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What Is GetQuickDirections.com?

GetQuickDirections.com is a fake search engine that may appear when you open new browser tabs. You may also get redirected to Getquickdirections.com and then to Yahoo when searching from your browser’s address bar. If that happens on your computer and you haven’t added Getquickdirections.com to your browser settings yourself, there is probably a browser hijacker installed on your computer. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter homepage, new tab page, search engine and some other browser settings to force users to use a search engine that the browser hijacker promotes. In addition to that a browser hijacker may collect data on users (like their browsing history) and use it to inject targeted ads into webpages users visit or sell it to other companies. A browser hijacker may get installed on your computer along with some free program or you can install it yourself after being redirected to a page promoting it. This step-by-step guide will help you get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Getquickdirections.com pop-ups and notifications from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove File Conversion Now (hp.hfileconversionnow.com)

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What Is File Conversion Now?

If File Conversion Now have become your browsers’ start page or new tab page while your searches started getting redirected to hp.hfileconversionnow.com (and then to search.yahoo.com), you probably have a browser hijacker installed on your PC. A browser hijacker is a piece of software (usually a browser extension) that can alter start page, default search engine and some other browser settings to force users to visit a certain site time and again, boosting ad revenue for the site. Some browser hijackers can collect browsing history and other data from browsers to display customized ads on webpages users visit or sell the data to third-party advertisers. Most of the time browser hijacker end up on computers after users install free programs and don’t opt out of extra software that is offered to them. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove File Conversion Now page from your browsers. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.practicalsprint.com From Mac

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What Is Search.practicalsprint.com?

A browser hijacker may get installed on your Macbook and set Search.practicalsprint.com (Practical Sprint) as your browsers’ default search engine or start page. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter these and similar settings to direct more users to promoted search engines and boost ad revenue for those. Some browser hijackers collect data from browsers (like browsing history) and use it to display customized ads to users, or the data can be sold to third-party advertisers. Practical Sprint may have been installed on your Mac together with some free program or with a fake Flash or browser update. You may follow instructions below to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Search.practicalsprint.com from your browser. READ MORE

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