CatHomepage Virus - How to remove

CatHomepage is a new tool released by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. This new application is aimed at pet lovers, specifically, the fans of cats. CatHomepage is, in fact, a browser extension, which is supposed to serve a user as a search engine. The special promotional feature of this extension is the background of various pictures of cats. For the latter reason, those who are obsessed with these little lovely creatures, will definitely want to have CatHomepage program on their web browsers. But, before downloading and installing it, we suggest reading the following.

About CatHomepage Browser Hijacker

The main search page of CatHomepage is available at the most elephantine address ever, which is http://hp.myway.com/cathomepage/ttab02chr/index.html?p2=$%7BpartnerID%7D&n=$%7BinstallDateHex%7D&st=tab&ptb=$%7BtoolbarID%7D&si=$%7BpartnerSubID%7D. It has a customization feature at the left bottom corner of the page, named Customize Page. This feature enables the user to select a wallpaper from dressed up cats, grumpy cats, sleepy cats, cute cats, funny cats, etc. You can even ask for more images of kittens, if you like. The feature has another property, which is the display of local weather forecast on the same main page. You can select either Fahrenheit or Celsius button. When, you have hit the Finish button, you are presented with the 5-day (including the present-day) weather forecast at the top left corner of the page, and the space above the search bar gets occupied with the current temperature and weather conditions, such as fog, for example, regarding your location at the moment. The search bar is glued enhanced by Google label at the right corner, implying that Google is going to be exploited as concerns the rendering of search results. This is all the main page of CatHomepage extension provides you with.

When you, actually, perform a search, you are redirected to a new tab page to be showed the websites which are supposed to answer the terms you have entered in the search field of the supposed-to-be search engine CatHomepage. In point of fact, though the main functionality of CatHomepage application is supposed to be the rendering of the search results to your search queries, this fake search engine displays you the modified version of the websites rendered by Google. This modification refers to the sponsoring of 3rd party advertising websites and the injection of 3rd party advertisements into the authentic web pages of Google. If you tried to visualize some kind of map, which would represent the search results rendered, the whole of the map would be pinned with the spots belonging to the 3rd party. This party is a shady group of online advertisers, who produce online scams. Being exposed to scam content to such a degree you can easily break your neck.

How does CatHomepage Browser Hijacker Usurp Your Computer?

CatHomepage hijacker can be downloaded and installed directly from its official website – cathomepage.com. But it can also get set on your computer’s system up, even if you’re not really into kitties. In the latter case CatHomepage browser extension travels in the bundled installers of free software available on various illegitimate, as well as, legitimate sources on the Internet. The user is gifted with such PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) as CatHomepage PUP, when he/ she executes the installation of free apps in the Default settings. In order one escaped the calamities, in the form of PUPs, he (she) must get accustomed to performing the setups of free programs in the Advanced settings and removing them from the bundled installer before their silent installation have taken place.

Spyhunter is the software, which is recommended to be utilized for the removal of CatHomepage browser hijacker. These professional tools quickly detect the particular malware app, its additional files and registry entries, as well as any other related or non-related malware threats present on the system. The free manual removal instructions are just at hand. See below.

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Manual removal of CatHomepage Virus

How to remove CatHomepage Virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like CatHomepage Virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to CatHomepage Virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make CatHomepage Virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove CatHomepage Virus from macOS

Delete CatHomepage Virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the CatHomepage Virus app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove CatHomepage Virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to CatHomepage Virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove CatHomepage Virus from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything CatHomepage Virus related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to CatHomepage Virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove CatHomepage Virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to CatHomepage Virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove CatHomepage Virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall CatHomepage Virus and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to CatHomepage Virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.