Easy Games Tab Hijacker - How to remove

Easy Games Tab, or Easygamestab.com, is a browser extension that helps the user play browser games – and a browser hijacker that forces Yahoo.com to deliver your internet search results. Most people don’t install Easy Games Tab intentionally, so they don’t always know why their new tab page has suddenly been replaced with Easygamestab.com. Honestly, Easy Games Tab does not really do much for accessing browser games, but it does mess with your searches, so it’s better to remove it.

In short about Easy Games Tab/Easygamestab.com:

Type of threat	Browser hijacker, potentially unwanted program (PUP).
Hijacking effects	Replaced home page and new tab, Yahoo delivers search results, search history and browsing history are recorded and used for targeting ads.
How Easy Games Tab gets installed	Advertised online, pushed by adware infections, bundled with PUPs.
Removing Easy Games Tab	Scan your device with anti-malware applications (Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, etc.), remove unwanted browser extensions.

How to remove Easy Games Tab

If you got Easygamestab.com taking over your web browser, then the Easy Games Tab extension was installed. Browser extensions are little programs that can be installed on your web browser and change how it works.

Though many browser extensions are helpful, there are many that are only created to take advantage of users. Easy Games Tab is one such extension that does more harm than good.

You can manually remove Easy Games Tab in your browser settings. You can also right-click Easy Games Tab’s icon that should be visible next to your address bar in your browser, and then choose the Remove option in the drop-down menu that appears. You can also click the Uninstall link that appears at the bottom of Easygamestab.com.

You could also scan your computer with an antivirus program, for example, Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for Windows, and others. Easy Games Tab is not too malicious, but it is associated with other adware infections, so it’s worth it to scan your device just to make sure that it’s clean.

Easy Games Tab browser hijacker

Once Easy Games Tab is installed, it replaces the browser’s new tab page. The new tab page is the default page in a web browser. It’s also often the same as the home page. It’s where we usually search the internet from and where the links to our frequently visited websites are shown. The new tab has a lot of influence over how we use the browser.

So, it’s no wonder that there are dozens and dozens of browser extensions that do nothing but hijack your new tab. Easy Games Tab does the same. It replaces the new tab and puts its own search box in the middle – a search box that opens Yahoo.com. A browser hijacker trope.

Easy Games Tab also reads your browsing history and the search terms that you type into Easy Games Tab’s search box. That information is used to, among other things, show you targeted ads.

After all, Easy Games Tab is all about showing you ads. It’s made by Innover Group. This company has made many browser hijackers, including Weather Waves, Shield My Searches, Search Anything, Safeplex Search, and many others.

As for Easy Games Tab’s gaming features, they begin and end with nine links to third-party websites that have nothing to do with Easy Games Tab. You don’t need to let Easy Games Tab take over your browser to visit those sites.

How Easy Games Tab gets installed

People may install Easy Games Tab because of how it’s advertised: “Free Card Games, Puzzles, Crosswords & More.”. The Continue button leads to Easy Games Tab’s installation.

Easy Games Tab is advertised on browser game sites and on fake search engine sites, like Hidemyhistory.co, Searchincognito.com, and Safeplexsearch.com. These only appear in browsers that are already infected with some kind of adware.

Another way that adware gets installed is by being bundled with free programs. You may see optional offers when installing certain programs. It’s a problem, a lot of people end up letting these optional offers be installed by accident, and bundling is abused to spread potentially unwanted programs like Easy Games Tab to unwitting users.

That’s why it’s not enough to remove Easy Games Tab – it’s also important to scan your computer and check it for other malware. PUPs get installed in groups and cause more infections, so they all need to be removed as quickly as possible.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove browser extensions

TopRemoving Easy Games Tab Hijacker from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Easy Games Tab Hijacker. Click on the trash bin icon next to Easy Games Tab Hijacker or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Easy Games Tab Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset 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 Easy Games Tab Hijacker from Microsoft Edge:Top

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

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Easy Games Tab Hijacker. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Easy Games Tab Hijacker or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Easy Games Tab Hijacker from Firefox

• 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 Easy Games Tab Hijacker 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Easy Games Tab Hijacker, 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.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

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