Category: Browser Hijackers

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

How to Remove Holiday Photo Edit New Tab

How to delete Holiday Photo Edit by MyWay

What Is Holiday Photo Edit?

If Holiday Photo Edit search engine (“enhanced by Google”) is opening on new tabs of your browser instead of whatever had been set as New Tab Page before, then you likely have a browser hijacker installed. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter homepage and similar browser settings to direct people to specific search engines. Most of the times hijackers come in the form of browser extensions, but sometimes those can be backed up by separate programs that will reinstall the extension if need be. Usually browser hijackers end up on users’ computers after users install freeware and don’t opt out of extra programs offered for installation. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Holiday Photo Edit New Tab from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Free PDF Combiner New Tab

How to delete Free PDF Combiner New Tab virus

What Is Free PDF Combiner?

Free PDF Combiner New Tab Page may start to open on your browsers’ new tabs and resist your attempts to delete it from browser settings. That is the result of a browser hijacker infection. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can change homepage, new tab page and similar browser settings to make users repeatedly visit specific search engines, bringing more ad revenue for those. Sometimes hijackers also have adware capabilities: they display ads on webpages or open new tabs with various shady sites from time to time. You may follow instructions below to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Free PDF Combiner from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchmypt.com (My Package Tracker)

Delete http://search.searchmypt.com/?uc= virus (My Package Tracker New Tab Search)

What Is Search.searchmypt.com?

A browser hijacker may get installed on your PC together with some free program or game and change your browser’s new tab page or start page to Search.searchmypt.com (My Package Tracker New Tab). Hijackers do this to direct people to specific sites and increase ad revenue for those. Many browser hijackers also keep track of users’ browsing activity (what web-pages they visit, what search queries they type on search engines, etc.) and sell this data to third-party advertisers or use it themselves to generate customized ads in browsers they are installed on. You may follow instructions below to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchmypt.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchm3w3.com (Find Weather Now)

How todelete http://search.searchm3w3.com/?uc= virus (Find Weather Now New Tab Page)

What Is Search.searchm3w3.com?

Search.searchm3w3.com (Find Weather Now New Tab Search) is a search engine that may become your browser’s new tab page or start page after you install some free program from the Internet. Many freeware installers pack several PUPs (potentially unwanted programs: adware, browser hijackers, etc.) that they will try to install unless the user notices and opts out. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can alter browsers’ homepage, new tab page and similar settings to make users repeatedly visit specific search engines. Hijackers also often display ads in browsers based on users’ browsing history. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchm3w3.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hinstantlyconverter2.com

How to delete http://search.hinstantlyconverter2.com/?uc= virus

What Is Search.hinstantlyconverter2.com?

A browser hijacker may get installed on your machine and make Search.hinstantlyconverter2.com, or Instantly Converter New Tab, your new tab page and start page. Browser hijackers are usually distributed together with free software and end up on users’ PCs when users don’t opt out of extra programs when installing this freeware. Other than changing browser settings to force users to visit specific sites, hijackers often collect data from browsers (like browsing history) and use it to generate customized ads or sell it to third-party advertisers. You may follow instructions below to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Search.hinstantlyconverter2.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Project Baby Name New Tab

delete ProjectBabyName toolbar virus

What Is Project Baby Name?

If Project Baby Name page (with MyWay search engine, “enhanced by Google”) keeps appearing on your browser’s new tabs, then you likely have a browser hijacker installed on your computer. It was probably downloaded with some free software: freeware sites often earn money by distributing PUPs (potentially unwanted programs: browser hijackers, adware, etc.) together with their free software. Browser hijackers can change homepage, new tab page and similar browser settings to make users search via specific search engines (in this case myway.com), bringing more ad revenue to those. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Project Baby Name from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Yahoo Search From Mac

Delete Yahoo Search virus from Mac

What Is Yahoo Search?

If your browser keeps redirecting you to search.yahoo.com whenever you are searching for something (and you haven’t set Yahoo as your default search engine yourself), then you probably have a browser hijacker on your Mac. Browser hijackers often come in the form of browser extensions/add-ons, though sometimes they can be apps too. Hijackers set default search engine or homepage/start page of a browser to specific search engines, and stop users from changing those back. Sometimes instead of that they just intercept users’ search queries to Google, Bing and other popular search engines and display search results on the hijacker’s search engine. You may follow instructions below to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Yahoo Search from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchrgmni.com (Get News Instantly)

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

What Is Search.searchrgmni.com?

Search.searchrgmni.com or Get News Instantly New Tab may start to appear on your browser when you open a new tab or browser window. The reason for that is a browser extension that got installed on your computer and has set Get News Instantly as your browser’s new tab page or start page. Extensions that change homepage and similar settings are called browser hijackers. Many hijackers also keep track of users’ browsing activity (what sites they go to, what search queries they enter on search engines) and generate targeted ads in the browser based on that data. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchrgmni.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hgetinstantrecipes.com

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

What Is Search.hgetinstantrecipes.com?

Search.hgetinstantrecipes.com (Get Instant Recipes New Tab) may become your browser’s new tab page and start page and resist your attempts to remove it from browser settings. If this happens on your computer, that means you have a browser hijacker installed. A browser hijacker is a piece of software (usually a browser add-on/extension) that alters homepage, new tab page or similar settings of a browser to make users repeatedly go to unwanted search engines, bringing more ad revenue to those. A browser hijacker may end up on a user’s PC, for example, after the user installs a free program and doesn’t opt out of extra software installation. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Search.hgetinstantrecipes.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Quick PDF Merger New Tab

Delete Quick PDF Merger New Tab virus

What Is Quick PDF Merger?

If your browsers’ new tab page have been changed to Quick PDF Merger page (“enhanced by Google”) without your input, then you have a browser hijacker installed. A browser hijacker is a piece of software (most of the time it’s a browser extension, but sometimes there may be a separate program that will the reinstall that extension after users delete the latter) that can change homepage, default search engine or new tab page of a browser to make people use specific search engines, to boost advertising revenue for those. Some browser hijackers also generate ads or pop-ups in browsers they are installed on. You may follow this step-by-step guide to uninstall the browser hijacker and remove Quick PDF Merger from your browser. READ MORE

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