GetPoliticalNews.com - How to remove

GetPoliticalNews.com might be bothering you on a daily basis if your computer is infected with an unwanted extension. It is a browser hijacker that will modify your personal settings and change the way you are browsing the Internet. If you have noticed that this infection is operating on your computer – please continue reading the article and learn how to remove GetPoliticalNews.com from your computer right now.

There are other symptoms that might be posed by this infection – your computer can get much slower, you will also experience random redirects to other websites as well as additional advertisements on various websites.

Probably the scariest part about this infection is that it can leak your personal data and even infiltrate other malicious applications. That’s why we recommend getting rid of it as soon as possible. In case you are not sure whether your computer is infected with this virus or not, san it with an anti-malware program and find it out. If you don’t have an anti-malware application yet, please take a look at our reviews section and select the tool that fits your needs the best.

Why GetPoliticalNews.com tool is unwanted

Obviously, this extension is listed as a browser hijacker not for no reason. Not to mention the fact that it is distributed using  deceptive methods and will be installed on your computer without even informing you about that, it will also make unwanted changes on your computer once installed.

To be more exact, your new tab page will be set to hp.myway.com, once the extension is active on the web browser. That’s right, this hijacker is just another tool to expand the network of Myway hijackers. From now on, every time you open a new tab on the infected web browser it will take you to hp.myway.com.

While some of the browser hijackers are targeted to taking over the homepage or default search engine settings, GetPoliticalNews.com only modifies your new tab page. Also, it won’t affect all web browsers that are operating on your computer, as the extension has to be active in order to change settings. That being said, you should use an alternative web browser until the virus is removed from the main browser that you used to use. As far as we know, it can affect all most common web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari.

Malicious Features of GetPoliticalNews.com website

You should know that the GetPoliticalNews.com website is only used to distribute the extension and won’t appear on your web browser once it’s installed. The tool is described as a modern way to “get unbiased political news across a variety of categories such as politics, healthcare, civil rights, elections, and taxes”. Unfortunately, that is not true – you won’t get any of those functions.

Instead of that, you will be presented with the default Myway website and custom toolbar which features links to various websites about politics, elections, and similar topics. However, those websites can be reached directly from your web browser without installing any additional tools, thus there is no need to do so.

The main function on that website is definitely a search. You are suggested to use Myway Search which should provide you with enhanced results and faster web browsing. That is not true either and we do not recommend using this search engine at all.

Even though it employs Google Search in order to deliver results, it can modify them and insert some links that you should not click. They might be not relevant to your search queries or lead you to websites that are possibly dangerous.

Another bad feature of this search – data gathering. Every search query you insert in this search will be recorded, so in case some of your personal information is revealed in there, it can be collected and leaked to third parties later.

In fact, there are many viruses just like GetPoliticalNews.com. OnTargetYoga or Pconverter also hijack new tab page and redirects users to Myway search pages. All those infections are designed in the same manner – they promise to deliver something good for free, but instead of that they only hijack settings on infected web browsers. Also, they all operate as browser extensions.

How GetPoliticalNews can infect your computer

We have mentioned that this malicious extension is advertised on the GetPoliticalNews.com website, but that’s definitely not the most popular way to get infected with this virus.

Even though there are plenty of methods used to distribute malicious extensions, arguably the most common one is bundling. It’s when you download some free program from the internet or using peer-to-peer software and during the installation, malware gets installed alongside, secretly.

Try to recall if you have installed some free application recently – that might be the reason why GetPoliticalNews is operating on your computer right now. It places malicious files on your computer’s hard drive and the extension is automatically added to the web browser.

In addition to that, immediately after the infiltration, you will be offered to add the Ask extension too, so the virus itself is bundled with another unwanted tool. This way you can end up with multiple malicious programs running on your computer.

How to solve the GetPoliticalNews problem

To stop GetPoliticalNews from appearing on your new tab page once and for all you have to get rid of malicious extension that is operating on the infected web browser as well as all files associated with this virus that is stored directly on your computer.

You can follow the removal guide provided below and eliminate it by yourself, or simply download an anti-malware application and run a scan. It should detect and remove everything that has to be removed automatically. We suggest using Spyhunter – both of those programs are good at detecting and removing malware like this.

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How to remove GetPoliticalNews.com using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like GetPoliticalNews.com 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 GetPoliticalNews.com . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make GetPoliticalNews.com 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 GetPoliticalNews.com from macOS

Delete GetPoliticalNews.com from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the GetPoliticalNews.com 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 GetPoliticalNews.com 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 GetPoliticalNews.com, 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 GetPoliticalNews.com 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 GetPoliticalNews.com 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 GetPoliticalNews.com, 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 GetPoliticalNews.com 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 GetPoliticalNews.com, 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 GetPoliticalNews.com from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall GetPoliticalNews.com 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 GetPoliticalNews.com, 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.