Hp.haccessgovdocs.com - How to remove

Access Gov Docs Tab, a browser extension, makes haccessgovdocs.com your home page and makes Yahoo return your search query results. In theory, it’s supposed to help you get government forms, but it does that in a very obtuse way, meanwhile tricking people to install extensions they don’t want or need. Access Gov Docs Tab is associated with dubious search engines that are full of ads, so it’s really better to just stay away from it.

In short about Hp.haccessgovdocs.com:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
How Access Gov Docs Tab spreads	Advertised with search results, promoted by a fake government forms site, installed by freeware bundlers.
Problems with the hijacker	Unfair installation, low-quality functionality, redirects, pop-ups, and search engine ads.
Remove Hp.haccessgovdocs.com	Manually uninstall unwanted extensions, scan your computer for malware (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, etc.), block notifications from unwanted sites.

How Access Gov Docs Tab gets installed

You look online for a specific government form. In your search results, you find Accessgovdocs.net. You try to open or download the form – and are sent over to the Chrome Web Store. There, if you agree to install Access Gov Docs Tab, then it redirects to Encrypted Search. And that redirects to Email Search Tools.

Finally, Hp.haccessgovdocs.com opens. This page, which is now your home page, has a link to Findmyforms.com. That site finally allows you to download government forms.

This renders Access Gov Docs Tab completely useless. If you had found another site that allowed directly downloading the forms, you could have got your documents in a few seconds. Instead, Access Gov Docs Tab wastes your time and messes with your browser settings. Hp.haccessgovdocs.net does not go away until you uninstall it, but most people do not need government forms all the time and every day. There is just no reason for Hp.haccessgovdocs.com to exist when Accessgovdocs.net could have easily let you download the forms when you originally found it.

What I’m saying is that Access Gov Docs Tab is installed dishonestly and is a browser hijacker.

What is Hp.haccessgovdocs.com

Once Access Gov Docs Tab gets installed, your web browser is changed:

• your home page is set to Hp.haccessgovdocs.com,
• the most visible search box in your home page opens Yahoo.com,
• your browsing history is read so that Access Gov Docs Tab’s makers can advertise stuff to you,
• Accessgovdocs.net and Hp.haccessgovdocs.com may start sending you pop-up notifications.

Browser hijackers usually survive on advertising. That’s why Access Gov Docs Tab gets you to install additional extensions and advertises more optional apps. These alternative search engines, like Faqtoids.com, Kensaq.com, Info.com, Theweb.com, and others, recycle search results and then inject too many ads into them, making money by offering subpar products without working for them.

If you’re stuck using one of these lame search engines, you have to scroll past screens full of ads before you get to your search results. And many of the ads are irrelevant and even unsafe. If you regularly see ads to Zapmeta.com, Izito.com, it’s likely that Access Gov Docs Tab is not the only bad browser extension on your machine.

Eightpoint made Access Gov Docs Tab, as well as Your Online Speed Test, Watch Online Streams Now, Tasty Online Recipes Tab, and a bunch of others. They all ultimately work the same: take over your home page, push other apps, and barely offer any functionality. The internet is full of these browser hijackers. Whenever you’re about to install a browser extension, think well before you do it, because some of them are not good for you.

How to remove Access Gov Docs Tab

Removing browser extensions is easy – just open browser settings, the extensions tab, and click the “Remove” button on Access Gov Docs Tab, Email Search Tools, and other unwanted add-ons.

If you want to scan your computer for malware and adware, then Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and other reputable antivirus programs can help you find out if there are malicious apps still on your computer. If you see excessive pop-ups if your programs are unstable, or if your computer is unusually slow, then it’s especially important to check your computer for malware.

However, Access Gov Docs Tab being installed certainly does not mean that your computer is infected.

If you see pop-up ads from Accessgovdocs.net, Hp.haccessgovdocs.com, etc. that you don’t want to see, then you need to block web push notifications from these sites. To see the settings:

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Edge – type “edge://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.

Find the addresses that you don’t wish to hear from, open the menus next to each address, and choose “Block”. Note that this doesn’t block the sites, just their notifications.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manually remove unwanted extensions

TopRemoving Hp.haccessgovdocs.com 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 Access Gov Docs Tab. Click on the trash bin icon next to Hp.haccessgovdocs.com 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 Access Gov Docs Tab, 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 Hp.haccessgovdocs.com 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 Hp.haccessgovdocs.com. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Access Gov Docs Tab 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.