Hmyemailchecker.co Hijacker - How to remove

Hmyemailchecker.co is a homepage and new tab page that takes over the browser after the My Email Checker Tab extension is installed. It causes pop-up ads and search redirects. If Hmyemailchecker.co took over your browser, you might be wondering how it got there. Thanks to deceptive ads and bundling, it’s possible that Hmyemailchecker.co was added to your browser without you realizing it.

How to remove Hmyemailchecker.co:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
How Hmyemailchecker.co affects the browser	Changes the home page, gets access to the browsing history, may get permission to show notification pop-ups.
Alternatives	Instead of a browser extension, use the features already present in the browser, find and remove all the search hijackers.
Remove Hmyemailchecker.co	Uninstall My Email Checker Tab and other unwanted browser add-ons, remove malware with anti-malware programs (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, others), block notification ads.

Hmyemailchecker.co – browser hijacker

Problems caused by My Email Checker Tab

Here are some concerns that make Hmyemailchecker.co worth writing about:

• It can show up without having been intentionally installed. Deceptive installation is the reason.
• Hmyemailchecker.co replaces the browser’s home page and new tab page. This makes it difficult to get to the old new tab page. It hides the most visited sites, bookmarks, and the old background picture.
• What sites Hmyemailchecker.co does promote are mostly clickbait sites. Seven links to various clickbait sites full of RevContent and AdBlade ads.
• Hmyemailchecker.co and the sites it promotes ask you to allow their notifications. If you do, they start showing pop-ups in the corner of your screen. The pop-ups are various low-quality ads. If it weren’t for My Email Checker Tab, this wouldn’t be happening.
• The stuff that Hmyemailchecker.co promotes includes other browser hijackers. Some of them, like Hide My History, hijack your search by taking over the address tab. So, if My Email Checker Tab remains installed, it could result in the browser getting infected with even more adware.

There’s some other, less visible stuff, like search history and other data being used to target ads. Hmyemailchecker.co is made by Eightpoint Technologies, which is a company that has released many, many dubious browser extensions. My Email Checker Tab is supposed to be for checking your email more easily, Hconvertfilestools.com – for converting files between different types, Easygamingapptab.com – for finding and playing games, but all they really do is just take over your homepage. All so that they can track you and spam you with ads.

How to avoid adware

Browser extensions are meant to help you by adding valuable features to your web browser or changing how it works in a good way.

Some free extensions subtly spy on users or show an ad somewhere as a way to make a bit of money. Hmyemailchecker.co just goes way further: not only does it promote low-quality clickbait, but it also fails at delivering useful features. It has links to Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook – three relatively popular email providers. That’s it – that’s all the functionality of My Email Checker Tab.

That sort of thing is extremely easy to replicate. Here’s an alternative for Chrome browsers:

• Remove Hmyemailchecker.co and other hijackers. Fix browser notification settings.
• Now go into your browser’s settings and click “On start-up”. Choose “Open the New Tab page”.
• Open the New Tab by pressing the plus ‘+’ button at the top.
• Press the plus button that’s labeled “Add shortcut”. Type in the name and the address of your email provider.

This way, you get to keep your browser under your control while also being able to add and remove links from your new tab page.

Alternatively, go to your email site and press together the Ctrl and D buttons for Windows or Cmd and D for macOS. This adds addresses to your bookmarks so that you can always easily get to them.

If searching online for your email was how you found My Email Checker Tab, that is not normal; it’s a sign that your browser might have already been infected with a search hijacker. It is mostly just low-quality alternative search engines, such as Kensaq.com, Zapmeta.com, and others that advertise browser hijackers like Hmyemailchecker.co.

How to remove Hmyemailchecker.co

Uninstall My Email Checker Tab. Open your browser, click on Settings, Extensions, and look at all the add-ons that are installed. Disable or remove all the ones that you did not install or didn’t want or mean to install.

Scan your computer with an antivirus program, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, or another one. Search manually for suspicious downloads and programs on your computer. Delete all the malicious items.

Next, notifications: Hmyemailchecker.co asks you to allow its “Daily notifications”. These can be used to show ads right in your browser.

• Go to your notification settings:
  • Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
  • Edge (Chromium) – 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.
• Scroll until you see a list of “Allowed” sites. If any website is sending notifications into your browser, this is where they are listed.
• Find Hmyemailchecker.co, Myemailchecker.co, or other sites that are sending unwanted notifications and press the button next to each of them and then click “Block”.

Each site you block in notification settings (Hmyemailchecker.co, Myemailchecker.co, and any others) aren’t blocked themselves, only their pop-ups are.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manually remove browser extensions

TopRemoving Hmyemailchecker.co 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 Hmyemailchecker.co. Click on the trash bin icon next to Hmyemailchecker.co 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 Hmyemailchecker.co, 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.

TopRemoving Hmyemailchecker.co 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 Hmyemailchecker.co 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 Hmyemailchecker.co 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.

How to remove Hmyemailchecker.co 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 Hmyemailchecker.co. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Hmyemailchecker.co 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.