journal-good.net - How to remove

journal-good.net might appear as a homepage every time you open a web browser on your computer. If this happens, it’s a clear sign that your computer is infected with this browser hijacker and you should take care of that.

Now, there are two most convenient methods to eliminate infection like this – it can be done either manually or automatically, thus feel free to choose which method fits your needs the best.

If you have no previous experience in removing infections like this, we recommend to do it automatically – it’s much easier and less time consuming. All you have to do is to download reliable anti-malware application, such as Malwarebytes or Plumbytes, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these programs should be able to detect and eliminate the infection in no time. It will also protect your computer from similar viruses in the future so it’s worth to keep it installed.

However, if for some reasons you don’t feel like downloading any additional anti-malware software, you can get rid of this malware manually. This process might be complicated, therefore we have developed a step-by-step journal-good.net manual removal guide to assist you – scroll down below this article and check it out. Do your best to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate this virus manually by your own.

If you have some questions regarding this removal process or virus itself, feel free to ask them in the comments section below and we will do our best to answer them all. To learn more about specific features of journal-good.net please continue reading this article.

About journal-good.net browser hijacker

journal-good.net is your typical browser hijacker which aims to build traffic to certain websites and make money this way. The problem is that this malware most of the time is used as advertising network by cyber criminals. This being said, if you keep journal-good.net installed on your computer, various hackers and scammers will be able to reach you on a daily basis, and that’s very dangerous.

journal-good.net will change some settings on your web browsers, such as homepage and default search engine. They will be set to www.journal-good.net and from now on every time you open a web browser, this website will appear.

Even though journal-good.net might look like legitimate search engine to some of you, we do not recommend to use it. If you try to search for something via journal-good.net you will notice a lot of sponsored results that are not relevant to your search queries, so you will waste your time this way. Moreover, we suggest not to click on any of them.

If it happens so that you click on a sponsored link on journal-good.net you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your money.

Distribution Methods of journal-good.net browser hijacker

journal-good.net is traveling the same way as most of other malware of this type – bundled with various freeware. So next time you download and install some free PDF generator or media player from unreliable website, there is a chance that journal-good.net will be downloaded and installed alongside. That’s why you should always pay very close attention to the installation process of freeware and keep your computer secured with reliable anti-malware software all the time.

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How to remove journal-good.net using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like journal-good.net 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 journal-good.net . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make journal-good.net 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 journal-good.net from macOS

Delete journal-good.net from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the journal-good.net 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 journal-good.net 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 journal-good.net, 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 journal-good.net 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 journal-good.net 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 journal-good.net, 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 journal-good.net 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 journal-good.net, 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 journal-good.net from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall journal-good.net 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 journal-good.net, 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.

Manual removal