Htemplateshere.co Hijacker - How to remove

Htemplateshere.co is a new tab hijacker that is forced onto your browser by Templates Here Tab – a simple browser extension. Templates Here Tab is advertised online and can be installed very easily. Once it’s installed, it causes Htemplateshere.co to open in place of your usual new tab page. Htemplateshere.co leads to some unwanted ads and tries to redirect your searches. Even though Htemplateshere.co is not harmful, there’s no benefit to using it.

In short about Htemplateshere.co:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
Problems with Templates Here Tab	Hijacks your new tab page, promotes adware, barely provides any useful functionality.
How to remove Htemplateshere.co	Uninstall Templates Here Tab, look for other malware (with Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, etc.) and remove it, check your notifications, restore browser settings.
How adware gets installed	Advertised online, promoted by adware.

What is Htemplateshere.co

Htemplateshere.co is a website that replaces the new tab page on the web browsers where a browser extension called Templates Here Tab is installed. Htemplateshere.co provides a search box that opens Search.yahoo.com, a few links to clickbait sites, and a small list of websites that provide brochures, calendars, coloring pages, and other templates.

While Htemplateshere.co does provide a list of relevant template-themed websites in a menu. That list is pretty much the extent of Htemplateshere.co’s useful functionality. The rest is more problematic.

Htemplateshere.co promotes clickbait sites and a particular search engine. The Templates Here Tab also gets access to the user’s browsing history and the search terms that are typed into the search box on Htemplateshere.co. There is no need for Templates Here Tab to hijack the new tab page except to more effectively promote the clickbait sites.

It’s for a reason that so many antivirus programs detect the installer for Template Here Tab and related browser hijackers (VirusTotal link). Templates Here Tab can be the consequence or cause of more adware infections. It should be removed as quickly as possible.

How to remove Htemplateshere.co

The removal process of Htemplateshere.co should contain more than one step:

1. To remove Htemplateshere.co from your browser, you need to remove Templates Here Tab – the browser extension that’s responsible for controlling your new tab page. Remove Templates Here Tab manually or with an antivirus program.
2. Check your device for other infections. Check recently installed programs and browser extensions yourself or scan your device with an antivirus tool (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, etc.).
3. Restore your browser settings: make sure that your default search engine and new tab page are as you want them to be.
4. Review your notification settings and block unwanted sites from sending notifications to your browser.

It’s likely that if Templates Here Tab was on your device, then so were a few other adware infections because they all use similar installation tactics and even promote each other.

Causes of adware infections

Templates Here Tab was developed by Eightpoint Technologies, a company that has developed dozens and dozens of other browser hijackers, including Classifieds List, My Search Finder, My Login Helper, and many others. Sometimes, these apps promote each other with notification ads and redirects.

Also, some of the browser extensions that might be installed together with Htemplateshere.co are not new tab extensions like it. Instead, they’re search hijackers – extensions that take over your address bar and change the default search engine. If you encounter Info.com, Hidemyhistory.co, or other alternative search engines, then a search-hijacking browser extension got into your browser.

Templates Here Tab can be found on Templatecreator.co, which is widely advertised on regular, unsuspicious websites.

Remember that just clicking on an ad won’t infect your browser with Templates Here Tab. A couple more clicks are required for that to happen. If you find yourself on a suspicious website, just close it and you’ll probably be fine. To avoid Htemplateshere.co and other new tab hijackers, just be careful and patient. Avoid installing unfamiliar software because infections can be easy to download but difficult to remove. It’s just lucky that Htemplateshere.co is relatively simple to get rid of.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manually remove unwanted browser extensions

TopRemoving Htemplateshere.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 Htemplateshere.co Hijacker. Click on the trash bin icon next to Htemplateshere.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 Htemplateshere.co Hijacker, 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 Htemplateshere.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 Htemplateshere.co Hijacker. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Htemplateshere.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.

TopRemoving Htemplateshere.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 Htemplateshere.co Hijacker 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 Htemplateshere.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.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Htemplateshere.co Hijacker and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Htemplateshere.co Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.