Forms Hub App Hijacker - How to remove

Forms Hub App is an extension for Google Chrome browser advertised as a helpful utility that forms quick links instantly with free web search from your new tab page. The tool is also presented as a valuable feature to access online form information and print offs from your new tab in a single click. It is said that by installing the extension, the users may start searching online for forms the quick and easy way, plus they can get a supplementary web searching app.

In spite of the positive description, Forms Hub App is considered as almost a rogue application that promotes a fake search engine search.formshubtab.com. It additionally amends important browser settings and may be involved in data tracking without asking about the user’s permission. Considering the fact that the majority of people install Forms Hub App unintentionally, it is correctly classified as a PUP (potentially unwanted program).

Unwanted browser amendments by Forms Hub App.

The majority of browser hijackers affect all popular browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. However, Forms Hub App has Google Chrome as its main target. Once the extension is installed, the majority of important browser settings are amended, for example:

• homepage;
• new tab URL;
• default search engine.

All the above-said values are changed by the Forms Hub App extension to search.formshubtab.com. Whenever the user attempts to open a new tab or starts submitting the specific search query into the URL bar, the browser redirects to the fictitious search engine instead of Google Search or some other decent search provider set by the computer owner. Nevertheless, seach.formshubtab.com does not provide the people with its own search results. It instead redirects to search.yahoo.com, which is a decent search engine, however, it has nothing to do with the Forms Hub App extension.

At the first glance, it looks like it attempts to revert the browser settings back to their original values, however, things are not as expected. The extension controls all the aforesaid parameters. When the users attempts to perform any changes manually, the access to do that is denied by the extension. Even if when the attempt to change some browser parameters is successful, the extension restores its own values whenever the browser is restarted. As you see, the Forms Hub App extension does not let the people make their own choices and acts in a very aggressive way in its attempt to remain in the browser.

Furthermore, Forms Hub App is regularly spying over the user’s browsing activities and gathers important data, such as:

• visited URLs;
• viewed pages;
• submitted search queries;
• previous browsing history.

A lot of personal details about the user may be collected by the extension. It’s important to realize that this data may be easily shared with third parties or even reach cyber frauds why may wrongfully manipulate this information for the purpose of generating the revenue. The illegal data tracking by Forms Hub App may result in privacy issues or even cause identity theft. Hence, the only logical solution is to get rid of this unwanted software as soon as possible.

How to remove Forms Hub App in a proper way?

If you have been striving hard to restore your browser back to the initial settings with the Forms Hub App extension enabled, your attempts were most likely in vain. The only working solution is to disable and delete the extension causing the trouble. In Google Chrome, follow these steps carefully:

• access the browser menu, click on “More Tools”;
• select “Extensions”;
• locate Forms Hub App, disable and remove it.

After you restart your browser, the hijacker should be completely gone. Of course, if you notice some other suspicious extensions, something like SearchEncrypt, Incognito Searches, Hide My Searches or something similar, make sure to delete them as well because they often arrive alongside browser hijackers to help take over the browser. Also, the intrusion of the hijacker into your browser could be the result of installing certain free software through bundling with other unwanted programs. We recommend you to additionally examine your system with the reliable security software for proper detection and deletion of all other malicious software that may still be active — Combo-Cleaner (Mac) or Spyhunter (PC) should be able to notice and warn you about any low-reputation programs if they’re on your computer.

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How to remove Forms Hub App using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Forms Hub App Hijacker 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 Forms Hub App . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Forms Hub App Hijacker 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 Forms Hub App from macOS

Delete Forms Hub App Hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Forms Hub App 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 Forms Hub App Hijacker 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 Forms Hub App Hijacker, 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 Forms Hub App Hijacker 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 Forms Hub App 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.
  
• 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 Forms Hub App, 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 Forms Hub App Hijacker 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 Forms Hub App Hijacker, 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 Forms Hub App Hijacker from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Forms Hub App 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 Forms Hub App Hijacker, 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.