Search.hgetsports.net virus - How to remove

It seems like Search.hgetsports.net is a new version of search.getsports.co website. A malicious browser extension called Get Sports used to set mentioned website as a new tab page once it infected a browser, and now it switched to this website.

This post is dedicated to provide you valuable information about best ways to completely remove Search.hgetsports.net  and make the protection of your computer stronger so malware like this can’t attack it next time.

Malware behind extension that looks to be useful

So as you should already know, Search.hgetsports.net virus is operating as browser extension that is only compatible with Google Chrome web browser. Once again, it was developed by Polarity Technologies LTD and we have reviews a lot of malicious extensions coming from this distributor.

In case you are wondering how this virus managed to get into your computer – most of the timemalicious extensions come as a bundle to some free software. They also have an official website where this tool is described and promoted as “instant access to all your favorte sports sites”. However, it is unlikely that anyone would download it from there. So try to recall if you have installed some freeware lately? That’s might be the cause of this malware operating on your system.

Another typical trait for hijacker coming from Polarity – immediately after the installation they will try to convince you to also add Search Encrypt virus, which will take over your homepage. So if you fell for this trick too, not 1 but 2 malware infections are operating on your web browser.

When installed, Get Sport extension will create a new icon on your toolbar and set both new tab page and default search provider to www.search.hgetsports.net.

Since this website looks much like a normal search provider, a lot of users just ignore changes and continue using it for a daily web browser. We must warn you – that is dangerous. If you take a look at the Privacy Policy rules provided in the footer, you will soon realise why:

BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO GRANT POLARITY PERMISSION TO COLLECT YOUR URLS AND SEARCH DATA, INCLUDING SEARCH QUERIES THAT MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, SHARE THEM WITH THIRD PARTIES, AND USE SEARCH-RELATED COOKIES.

While other major search engines might also be tracking your searches, in this case it’s much dangerous because Polarity publicly declares that it might transfer your sensitive data to third parties. Moreover, it wouldn’t be a surprise that those third parties are also cyber criminals, since malware creators often are affiliated with crooks.

It’s promised that Search.hgetsports.net will provide you with easier access to favourite sport websites, and that’s true:

This toolbar contains links to Espn, NFL and other popular sport websites. It’s up to you to decide whether you need such function or not. Also, first to links are not related to sport – they will direct you to websites about the weather and world news. Both of them are unreliable and affiliated with Polarity, thus we suggest to avoid them.

Last but not least, Search.hgetsports.net might also implement other malicious software into your computer as we saw it with Search Encrypt. So if you keep using it, chances are that other malware will be able to enter your computer easier. It’s like a time bomb, you just never know when the things are going to get worse.

How to remove Search.hgetsports.net-toolbar effectively?

That’s more than enough reasons to get rid of this extension. Unfortunately, some of the users fail to do that, even though it seems not complicated at all.

First thing to do – open new tab and find “Restore Chrome Tab Page” option in the footer. Click it, on the following window select option “Yes”.

After that, no symptoms of Search.hgetsports.net virus should be felt anymore. Don’t get tricked by that – the fact that you can’t see it anymore doesn’t mean that it is removed. Extension is probably still there (only disabled) and some malicious files implemented by this malware are also stored on your computer.

Unless you are an advanced computer user, it can be a difficult task to detect where those malicious files are at and remove them by yourself. Luckily, there are great tools that will do it for you – scan your computer with Spyhunter and Get Sports extension should be eliminated from your system for good.

 

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