Hpackagetrackerguru.com - How to remove

Hpackagetrackerguru.com is a webpage that, though it looks to be focused on delivering tracking information on packages, only exists to advertise to users. Hpackagetrackerguru.com is associated with the Package Tracker Guru browser extension whose developer is known for releasing browser hijackers, as well as for installing multiple browser hijackers at once. You can remove Hpackagetrackerguru.com from your browser by uninstalling suspicious extensions.

About Hpackagetrackerguru.com:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
How Hpackagetrackerguru.com gets installed	Promoted by adware, offered by other shady extensions, included in the installers of various free programs.
Problems and dangers	Hpackagetrackerguru.com replaces the new tab page and doesn’t allow it to be changed, it promotes related websites that are full of ads, it uses notifications to display ads.
How to remove Hpackagetrackerguru.com	Find malware and remove it (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, and other anti-malware tools), uninstall Package Tracker Guru and other suspicious extensions, block notifications from sites that abuse them.

Where did Package Tracker Guru come from?

If your browser started opening Hpackagetrackerguru.com where your home page and default new tab page should be, then the Package Tracker Guru extension must have been installed on your browser.

Browser extensions are little applications that, when installed, change your browser, usually by adding new features (price comparison, spellcheck, night mode, and others). Anyone can create a browser extension and make it available for download. Unfortunately, this means that malicious actors get in on it and release harmful extensions.

While Hpackagetrackerguru.com is not very dangerous as it’s only adware, it should still be avoided. And yet, it’s got over seven thousand users.

Hpackagetrackerguru.com isn’t the first package tracking browser extension of this type: Express Package Finder Tab, Track Packages Quick, Shipment Tracker, Track Your Package Now, and others. Here are a few ways that Hpackagetrackerguru.com and similar add-ons make their way into web browsers:

• They might be included in the installers of free programs and apps. Freeware download sites are especially risky because they sometimes package safe and reputable programs in installers that include junkware.
• Ads that target people who are trying to download and install software. You can find such ads in the search results of sites like Faqtoids.com. Fake download buttons (they also use labels like “Start” and “Continue”) work similarly.
• Specific to package trackers like Hpackagetrackerguru.com, fake package tracking sites pretend to search for your item and then prompt you to install a browser extension to see the results.

So it’s not surprising at all that Hpackagetrackerguru.com lacks any ratings or reviews in the Chrome Web Store despite having thousands of users. Maybe people didn’t mean to install Package Tracker Guru, or maybe they don’t even know that they have it installed.

Problems caused by Hpackagetrackerguru.com

When Package Tracker Guru gets installed, it replaces your home page and new tab page with Hpackagetrackerguru.com.

Hpackagetrackerguru.com has a search box that leads to Yahoo.com. That’s it’s likely a way for the company behind Hpackagetrackerguru.com, Eightpoint Technologies, to make a little bit of money by referring traffic. Naturally, you don’t get to choose another search engine.

Hpackagetrackerguru.com features a bunch of links. Five lead to Eightpoint’s other sites, low-effort clickbait sites like Thenewscorner.org. Two links are ads. Five links lead to real American and Canadian shipment tracking sites. One link leads to a tracking site that shows inaccurate results – it shows “Shipped” for fake tracking numbers, potentially confusing users.

At least the tracking widget on Hpackagetrackerguru.com seems to show accurate results, so that’s something.

Still, Hpackagetrackerguru.com is mostly there to advertise to its users. It should be removed as soon as it’s discovered in the browser.

How to remove Hpackagetrackerguru.com

Below are the instructions for finding and removing browser extensions. Remove Package Tracker Guru and other suspicious items. Anything that you did not install intentionally can be removed.

Scan your computer with an anti-malware application, such as Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and others to check all of your programs and browser add-ons for suspicious items. Bundlers (programs that install junkware) are usually detected as potentially unwanted programs (PUPs).

If pop-up ads from Hpackagetrackerguru.com or other sites are being shown on your screen, that’s probably notification abuse.

• Access 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. These are the sites that your browser accepts notifications from.
• Press the button next to each of them and then click “Block”. This prevents them from showing new pop-ups in your browser.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manual removal instructions

TopHow To remove Hpackagetrackerguru.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 Hpackagetrackerguru.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 Hpackagetrackerguru.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 Hpackagetrackerguru.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 Hpackagetrackerguru.com, 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 Hpackagetrackerguru.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 Hpackagetrackerguru.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.