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Articles on malware and ways to remove it.

How to Remove Newtab.review

How to delete https://newtab.review/click.php. virus

What Is Newtab.review?

If the New Tab Page of your Chrome browser have been changed recently without your participation – the word “Google” disappeared from the page, and links below the search bar are not for your most visited sites anymore, then you have a browser hijacker on your PC. Browser hijackers can change browsers’ homepage, default search engine, etc., to make users repeatedly visit certain sites, bringing more ad revenue for site owners. This browser hijacker alters your default search engine to Chromesearch.club, and as the look of the New Tab Page on Chrome can change depending on the default search, the New Tab Page gets altered too. You may notice that clicking on links on the New Tab page makes https://newtab.review/click.php to appear briefly in the address bar, before redirecting you to the site where that link is supposed to lead. Newtab.review hijacker can be hard to delete, as it makes changes in Windows Group Policy of the infected computer, so that users cannot easily remove it. You may follow instructions below to reset Group Policy and remove Newtab.review new tab and Chromesearch.club search engine from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove “Cat Start” Extension

How to delete Cat Start 1.0.2 virus (ID: honeoiacmpjnbchlccbcbogafdfjgnim), chrome-extension://honeoiacmpjnbchlccbcbogafdfjgnim/newtab.html and https://catstart.com/

What Is Cat Start?

A browser extension named Cat Start – New Tab Page 1.0.2 (“Beautiful HD backgrounds with amazing cats on your New Tab and Homepage”) may get installed on your computer together with some program you’ve downloaded from the Internet for free. It would change your homepage and new tab page to display pictures of cats (URL: chrome-extension://honeoiacmpjnbchlccbcbogafdfjgnim/newtab.html). Your default search engine might get altered to https://catstart.com/ or another search engine that may be hard to get rid of. New tabs with ads or suspicious websites might start to open on your browser from time to time. You can follow instructions below to uninstall Cat Start – New Tab Page extension from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Abstract HD – New Tab

How to delete Abstract HD 1.0.2 virus (ID: pjhbkinhfbocaedfjdegdkkkjlmledlo)

What Is Abstract HD?

A browser extension called Abstract HD – New Tab 1.0.2 (“Beautiful Abstract HD backgrounds on your New Tab and Homepage”) may get installed on your computer together with some free software you’ve downloaded from the Internet. This extension changes the look of browser’s new tab page and sets default search engine to https://abstracthd-tab.com, https://chromesearch.club or some other search engine which will be hard to delete. Abstract HD extension might also cause new tabs to pop up from time to time, opening ads or sites urging you to download something. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to uninstall Abstract HD – New Tab and restore your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Chromesearch.club Search Engine

How to delete https://chromesearch.club/search/?q=... virus (“This setting is enforced by your administrator”)

What Is Chromesearch.club?

If your browser’s default search engine has been set to Web (default): https://chromesearch.club/search/?q=%s&uid=[…] without your input, and now you cannot change it to something else, that is the work of a browser hijacker. Browser hijackers usually come in the form of browser extensions (some examples of extensions that may cause Chromesearch.club to become your search engine: Handy Tab, Everyday Tab, my1tab, Spirals New Tab). This particular type of browser hijacker also makes changes in Windows Group Policy, making Chromesearch.club a search engine “enforced by your administrator”. Group Policies are intended for corporate networks and allow admins to force-install programs and change settings on end users’ computers. Chromesearch.club misuses this Windows feature to prevent users from changing their search engine even after they uninstall the malicious extension. If your default search engine on Chrome have been changed to Chromesearch.club, the new tab page will also change, and instead of your most visited sites you will see links to sites that are not necessarily your favorite. This step-by-step removal guide will help you to reset Group Policy and remove Chromesearch.club from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.hyoursportsinfonow.com

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

What Is Search.hyoursportsinfonow.com?


If Search.hyoursportsinfonow.com (Your Sports Info Now) has been set as your browser’s startup page or new tab page without your participation, and if you try to remove it from browser settings it just reappears later, then you have a browser hijacker installed. Browser hijackers usually end up on users’ computers together with freeware that users download from the web. They can alter homepage and similar browser settings and prevent users from changing those back. Browser hijackers also can collect data about users’ Internet habits – sites they visit, search queries they enter – and send it back to their servers, usually to be used for customized advertising later. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.hyoursportsinfonow.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchumrz.com

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

What Is Search.searchumrz.com?

A browser hijacker can make Search.searchumrz.com (Unlimited Music Radio) your browsers’ new tab page or start page and not allow you to change these settings to something else. A browser hijacker is a piece of software – usually a browser extension – that can alter homepage and similar browser settings to make users repeatedly visit certain sites, bringing more traffic to those sites and boosting their advertising revenue. Browser hijackers are usually distributed by bundling with freeware programs, although they can also be installed by malware downloaders. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchumrz.com from your browser settings. READ MORE

How to Remove Home.searchtuner.com

How to delete http://home.searchtuner.com/ virus

What Is Home.searchtuner.com?

Home.searchtuner.com may start to appear on your browsers’ homepage and new tab page, or become your default search engine, and reappear in settings after you remove it. If that happens on your PC, you likely have an unwanted browser extension installed. Extensions that change browser settings like homepage and search engine against users’ wishes are called browser hijackers. They can get installed on a computer together with free software users download from the web. Other than changing settings, browser hijackers often collect data about users’ browsing habits – what sites they visit, what search queries enter – as well as their IP addresses and some other technical data. This information is then used to generate targeted ads on users’ browsers or shared with third party advertisers. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Home.searchtuner.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchtzc.com

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

What Is Search.searchtzc.com?

Search.searchtzc.com (Time Zone Converter) may start appearing on your browser’s start page or new tab page after you install some free program downloaded from the web. That may happen because a browser hijacker has been installed together with that program and has added Search.searchtzc.com to your browser settings. Even if you remove Search.searchtzc.com from settings, the hijacker will just re-add it back. Browser hijackers’ main purpose is directing more traffic to specific sites, increasing their advertising revenue. Other than that, browser hijackers often collect data about users’ browsing habits – sites they visit, things they search for – and use this information to display customized ads in browser. You may follow instructions below to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchtzc.com from your browser. READ MORE

How to Remove Search.searchwmtn.com

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

What Is Search.searchwmtn.com?

Search.searchwmtn.com (Watch More TV Now) looks like a generic search engine, however it doesn’t have its own search capabilities and just redirects all searches to Yahoo. Search.searchwmtn.com may become your start page or new tab page after you install some free program from the Internet, and you might encounter problems when trying to remove this search engine from your browser. That’s because a browser extension got installed on your computer together with that free program, and it keeps re-adding Search.searchwmtn.com to your browser settings. Browser extensions that do this are called browser hijackers. You may follow this step-by-step removal guide to get rid of the browser hijacker and remove Search.searchwmtn.com from your browser. READ MORE

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