Getquickdirections.com Adware - How to remove

Getquickdirections.com is a new tab replacer that comes with the Get Quick Directions browser extension. It is supposed to help you find directions in online maps. Instead, Getquickdirections.com promotes Yahoo.com and tries to hijack your notifications. As for the map directions, Getquickdirections.com designates that functionality to legitimate and unrelated sites. Get Quick Directions is essentially adware and it should be removed.

About Getquickdirections.com:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
How Get Quick Directions affects a browser	Changes the new tab page to Getquickdirections.com, reads your browsing history, promotes advertisements and tries to influence your searches.
How to avoid malware	Avoid deceptive, pushy, and aggressive ads, monitor your computer for adware and other malware.
How to remove Getquickdirections.com redirects	Uninstall Get Quick Directions, check your computer for malware (with an anti-malware program like Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for PC), block notifications from Getquickdirections.com.

The problems with Getquickdirections.com

Getquickdirections.com is a little website that has a search box in the middle, a few links to popular websites below it, and a few links to map sites at the top. Getquickdirections.com links to Google Maps and to Mapquest, neither of which have anything to do with Getquickdirections.com.

Getquickdirections.com is part of the Get Quick Directions extension. Browser extensions are little items that can be installed on a web browser to enhance it and add features. Get Quick Directions is about finding driving directions – and those two links to Google Maps and Mapquest are literally the entirety of Getquickdirections.com’s map functionality.

Now for the additional features:

• The search box in the middle of Getquickdirections.com goes to Search.yahoo.com – a staple of browser hijackers.
• Get Quick Directions replaces your new tab page with Getquickdirections.com and this is totally unjustified. There’s no need to replace the new tab.
• Getquickdirections.com asks you to allow it to send notifications to your screen. These notifications are used to promote ads.
• Get Quick Directions reads your browsing history (though not your search queries).

Overall, Get Quick Directions is a pretty low-quality browser extension. Its map feature is a couple of links – something that you can achieve without any extensions in just a few clicks (How to create an internet favorite). And yet, it redirects your searches and shows you notifications with advertisements. Getquickdirections.com is just a waste of people’s time.

How hijackers get installed

Getquickdirections.com was created by Innover Group, same as Findmanualsnow.com, Easygamestab.com, Shield My Searches, and others. They’re usually lacking in features and so they have to use dishonest, deceptive installation techniques to find users:

• Search engine advertisements that parrot your search query. They then tell you to install the extension to get access to the results.
• Ads for Getquickdirections.com appear on regular websites.
• Get Quick Directions gets bundled with free programs on software download sites. It is an optional offer but if you are careless about the settings, they can be installed and you might not even realize it until after the fact.

The deceptive search engine ads tend to only appear in alternative search engines, like Izito, Zapmeta, and similar ones. They appear in people’s browsers thanks to adware infections. This means that people whose computers are already infected and who get ads injected into their webpages are more likely to be attacked by more malware.

If you don’t use an anti-malware program with a web filter or an ad-blocker when you browse the internet, and if you then go to shady and unsafe websites, you probably get exposed to a lot of deceptive and very aggressive ads. Be skeptical of such ads: the more aggressive they are, the more likely they are to be dangerous. Examples of ads that you should be careful of:

• They open without you clicking on an ad. This is more the fault of the website that is publishing those ads. In some cases, it means that the site has been infected with malicious code.
• The ads try to scare you with claims that viruses were found on your computer or that your OS/browser/media player is outdated. These warnings are fake and the files they download are malicious.
• They automatically download a file without you initiating it. Immediately delete the file.
• The ads look like “Start” or “Download” buttons. These try to trick you to install the software they’re promoting unintentionally.

Visiting a malicious site isn’t necessarily enough to infect your computer; just close the site and you should be okay. But if you installed Get Quick Directions by accident, you should check your computer – maybe there are other potentially dangerous programs and apps that you don’t know about.

How to remove Getquickdirections.com

Remove Get Quick Directions from your installed browser extensions. You can do that yourself very easily – just right-click the extension’s icon and click on “Remove”. Or go into browser settings where the extensions are listed. Or use antivirus programs like Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and others to delete Get Quick Directions.

This might not be the only extension that you need to remove. Review your other browser extensions for suspicious permissions:

• changing the new tab page,
• reading your data on all the websites,
• changing your default search engine.

Remove them if these permissions aren’t justified. Or just if you don’t use that extension.

Getquickdirections.com uses web push notifications to deliver advertisements, among other content. If you are getting pop-up cards in your browser that are labeled with Getquickdirections.com or another web address, then check your notification settings:

1. Check your 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.
2. Then find Getquickdirections.com in the list, press the button next to it, and click on “Block”.

Automatic Malware removal tools

How to remove a browser extension

TopRemoving Getquickdirections.com Adware 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 Getquickdirections.com Adware. Click on the trash bin icon next to Getquickdirections.com Adware 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 Getquickdirections.com Adware, 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 Getquickdirections.com Adware 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 Getquickdirections.com Adware. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Getquickdirections.com Adware 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 Getquickdirections.com Adware 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 Getquickdirections.com Adware 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 Getquickdirections.com Adware, 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.