Directionsandmapsnowtab.com Add-on - How to remove

Directionsandmapsnowtab.com (and Directionsandmapsnowtab1.com) is a new tab virus that arrives via a malicious browser add-on (Directions and Maps Now). It is an advertising-based add-on that is quite bad for privacy, as well as for browser customization. It’s possible that you didn’t intentionally install Directionsandmapsnowtab.com, which is also problematic. Adware applications spread in groups and promote each other, so it’s best to delete Directionsandmapsnowtab.com quickly and check your device for any other infections.

About Directionsandmapsnowtab.com:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
How to remove Directionsandmapsnowtab.com	Uninstall Directions and Maps Now and other unwanted browser add-ons, check your computer with an antivirus program (such as Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, and others), if needed, change your notification settings to stop pop-up ads.
How the hijacker gets installed	Advertised online, especially by adware and dishonest websites, bundled with programs downloaded from the internet.
How Directionsandmapsnowtab.com affects the browser	Changes the new tab, redirects search queries, reads your browsing data and uses it for advertising purposes.

How to remove Directionsandmapsnowtab.com

Directionsandmapsnowtab.com is a new tab hijacker. To stop Directionsandmapsnowtab.com taking over your browser, you need to make sure that your browser’s new tab setting (instructions in the last section of this post) is the way you want it to be. Some people use the default new tab page (the one with links to your most visited websites), others like their default search engine.

More importantly, you need to remove all the browser add-ons that might be messing with your browser in unwanted ways: changing your new tab page, changing your default search engine, etc.

Use an antivirus app (whatever program you trust, or Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, etc.) to scan your computer. Or manually find and delete suspicious items. Remove unwanted browser add-ons, uninstall shady software that appeared at around the same time as Directionsandmapsnowtab.com did.

Check your web push notification settings:

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• New Edge – type “edge://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Firefox – open Settings, Preferences, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions and click on Settings next to Notifications.

If Directionsandmapsnowtab.com or some site that you don’t want to hear from is on the list of sites that are allowed to send notifications to your device, use this page to block their notifications.

If you have to deal with obnoxious pop-ups and redirects often, get something to block malicious sites on your computer, like an anti-malware application that has a real-time web filter or an ad-blocker. However, excessive ads often imply a malware infection that should be dealt with by removing it, not by installing an ad-blocker.

How Directionsandmapsnowtab.com gets installed

Directionsandmapsnowtab.com is unlikely to be installed on its own merits – there are much more trusted and popular map-related browser add-ons out there.

Online ads. When you’re looking for an online map to plan your trips, you could end up unwittingly installing Directionsandmapsnowtab.com.

Sites like Getmapsnow.org, Mapsonline.us, and many others show an online map and prompt you to type in your directions. Then, they tell you to install Directionsandmapsnowtab.com, Transit Maps Directions, Earth and Satellite Maps, or another add-on if you want to see your results. This is such an unfair way of promoting a browser add-on. It’s especially predatory regarding people who may be new to using the internet and not yet confident.

The sites that do this sort of unfair and dishonest promotion are advertised by Searchencrypt.com, Hidemysearches.com, Answersite.com, and some other alternative search engines. These are spread by malicious browser add-ons. That is to say, if your computer was already infected with adware, then you are more likely to be inundated with ads for more adware infections. Directionsandmapsnowtab.com, too, promotes other infections.

Most likely, Directionsandmapsnowtab.com came bundled with some free app. Bundling is when one program’s installer downloads and installs a few additional programs as a promotional tactic. You try to install one program but end up with a bunch of junkware. Bundling is used to monetize free programs. It doesn’t have to be problematic, but it often is because it continues to be abused for spreading malware.

Effects of the hijacking

Directionsandmapsnowtab.com really does provide map directions right on your new tab page. I’m skeptical that it’s worth it, though. Because when the Directionsandmapsnowtab.com add-on gets installed, it causes some issues:

• Replaces your new tab page. This is the default webpage opened by your web browser.
• On this new tab, Directionsandmapsnowtab.com promotes a few clickbait-filled sites.
• Reads your browsing history and your search data.
• Directs searches to Search.yahoo.com regardless of your preferences.

While Directionsandmapsnowtab.com is hijacking the new tab, this page can’t be changed and customized in any meaningful way. This robs the user of some freedoms. Honestly, Directionsandmapsnowtab.com didn’t need to replace the new tab to deliver the interactive map. And that allowed it to promote its clickbait sites and mess with internet searches.

The clickbait sites that Directionsandmapsnowtab.com promotes – Myquickmaps.org, Myemailcentral.com, Thenewscorner.org, etc. – belong to the same company as Directionsandmapsnowtab.com itself. So, even though it’s a free add-on, it does make money for its creators. That – making money – does seem to be Directionsandmapsnowtab.com’s main goal.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Uninstall browser add-ons

TopHow To remove Directionsandmapsnowtab.com Add-on 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 Directionsandmapsnowtab.com Add-on, 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 Directionsandmapsnowtab.com Add-on 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 Directionsandmapsnowtab.com Add-On, 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 Directionsandmapsnowtab.com Add-on 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 Directionsandmapsnowtab.com Add-on 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 Directionsandmapsnowtab.com Add-on, 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.