Joke Vault - How to remove

Joke Vault New Tab is a browser hijacker. It introduces itself as a search optimization tool that features jokes, pranks, stand-up comedy videos and other similar funny content. It may imply to make your browsing experience very entertaining, but below the surface of such advertising slogans, it is simply an unnecessary and potentially hazardous browser extension. Joke Vault impinges on the most popular web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.

About the Joke Vault Browser Hijacker

Joke Vault alters web browser’s settings without your permission. Your default search engine will be replaced with its own design. This browser plug-in affects such widely used search engines as Google, Yahoo and Bing. When it has accomplished its bad deeds, you will get promoted and irrelevant search results containing redirect links to 3rd party potentially malicious web pages. What is more irritating, the fact that your online surfing will be overloaded by advertisements of various kinds, especially those unstoppable pop-up windows. The operating system will be overloaded and the computer will begin to underperform causing the web browser to stop or even crash at times. But these are not the only inconveniences you are about to experience.

Every advertising businesses rely on the research on its target audience. Joke Vault is not an exception. This browser add-on engages in your secret web browsing tracking practice. Even though it tracks data which is not regarded as personally identifiable data, you are not secured from spyware infiltration through questionable 3rd party web pages.

How does the Joke Vault New Tab Browser Hijacker Spread?

Joke Vault is downloaded and installed on your computer in a bundle of free software off of the Internet. This happens without you being warned. Thus, it is imperative for you to commit the installation procedure paying great attention to detail. Go through end-user license agreements (EULA) and installation screens thoroughly. Change the basic installation mode to advanced. Select Advanced or Custom installation option (whenever possible) and deselect the program files you were not about to install. Nevertheless, if you have declined to follow these recommendations, there is still hope for your computer.

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How to remove Joke Vault using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Joke Vault from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Joke Vault  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 Joke Vault 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 Joke Vault, 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 Joke Vault 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 Joke Vault 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 Joke Vault , 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 Joke Vault 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 Joke Vault, 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 Joke Vault from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Joke Vault 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 Joke Vault, 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.

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