Hotwebfree.com - How to remove

Hotwebfree.com is just another browser hijacker similar to Pixel.yabidos.com, Dozensearch.com, Sweetpage.com, Bitable.com, Goodasfound.com, just to name a few among these wide spread malwares of hijackware family. Hotwebfree.com virus is designed to attack the most popular web browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera as well as the product of Apple – Safari browser.

About Hotwebfree.com Browser Hijacker

Hotwebfree.com extension injects malicious codes to your browser and modifies its settings. Your default homepage, new tab page and search engine are replaced with hotwebfree.com. Additionally, it creates quick access buttons for the most visited websites including such social networking websites as Facebook and Twitter, social media platforms as BBC and ESPN, e-mail providers as Outlook and Gmail, entertainment and other sites as Youtube, Wikipedia, Booking, gaming platforms as Empire, Big Farm, Room Makeover, Fly with Rope, 2020 reloaded. In fact, on Hotwebfree.com you can perform online search without actually having this add-on on the system.

Hotwebfree.com manipulates Google search results by incorporating promoted domains in-between them. These sponsored websites display purely advertising content based on your browsing history and cache. For the latter purpose Hotwebfree.com plug-in inserts cookies into your browser. They monitor and collect your NPII (non-personally identifiable information). Likewise the non-affiliate websites you succeed to visit will be overcrowded with 3rd party advertisements encompassing pop-ups, pop-unders, in-text links, coupon boxes, banners, interstitial ads, floating ads, full-page ads, etc. They suggest bargain offers (on such e-commerce platforms as Amazon, eBay and many other), bogus updates and tech support services. If you surrender to such redirection of web traffic, you put yourself in danger of genuine malware intrusion risking your identity theft and financial loss.

How does Hotwebfree.com Browser Hijacker Infiltrate Your Computer

Such PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) are commonly bundled with other free applications available on the Internet. Instead of downloading the particular wanted program, after the install is over, you end up with a PUP putting hurt on your computer. Developers of potentially unwanted programs take advantage of this as they know how popular are various Flash Players, Adobe readers and other similar software. Consequently, always and forever read terms and conditions of use documentation. Opt for Customized/Advanced installation settings and deselect preselected installs. Typically, these are the PUPs disguised as recommended apps. Furthermore, avoid visiting junk links such as suspicious gaming or pornographic sites.

Lastly, if Hotwebfree.com has already infected your device, it is advisable to employ automatic malware removal tools such as Spyhunter, Malwarebytes or StopZilla. They will perform a full system scan, remove any malware threats and their related files as well as registry entries. Moreover, you will be secured from future like hazards. Follow the removal instructions for Hotwebfree.com virus below.

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Manual removal of Hotwebfree.com virus

How to remove Hotwebfree.com virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Hotwebfree.com from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Hotwebfree.com virus 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 Hotwebfree.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 Hotwebfree.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 Hotwebfree.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 Hotwebfree.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 Hotwebfree.com virus, 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 Hotwebfree.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 Hotwebfree.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 Hotwebfree.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 Hotwebfree.com virus 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 Hotwebfree.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.