Home.mapsnt.com virus - How to remove

Home.mapsnt.com is classified as a browser hijacker for some obvious reasons. First of all, it is distributed using deceptive methods and users are not well informed about possible consequences that might occur due to the presence of this tool. Secondly, it will automatically make changes on your system without even warning you about that. Even though it won’t hijack your homepage, it will do that to new tab page and it is not less irritating. While this malware is not as threathful as trojans or ransomware viruses, it will still cause you a headache.

This post is dedicated to help you indicate whether your web browser is infected with this virus and help you remove it in a best way possible.

MapsNt – malicious browser extension

You might already know that this infection is operating as browser add-on. It’s a pretty common feature for most of browser hijackers – chromesearch.info, wheatherradarforecast virus and many others also operate as browser add-ons. Even though the add-on is publicly available on Google Chrome extensions store, usually it is not the place where people get it from.

Most of the time MapsNt comes as a bundle (free add-on) to other software that you are installing on your computer. Usually this option to add MapsNT comes as a default setting, so if you just run through the installation without actually paying attention to it, this extension will automatically end up on your web browser.

It is only relevant to Google Chrome users as other web browsers are not supported by it. Once installed on Google Chrome, it will instantly change your new tab page to home.mapsnt.comand create a new icon on the toolbar of the web browser.

It comes from Polarity Technologies LTD – all browser hijackers from this malware family are really similar to one another. Even though Mapsnt is described as a tool that will allow you to reach various maps faster and plan your routes more efficiently, it is just partially true. All you gonna get is two links to Bing and Google maps – both websites are easily accessible without installing any extensions.

Home.mapsnt.com also features a custom search box. Unfortunately, the search itself is not custom at all. You will only get redirected to Yahoo search engine, so expect same results most of the time. However, keep in mind that Home.mapsnt.com can possibly modify those results and insert links to websites that are affiliated with them, therefore they will be not relevant to your search query and misleading. You can also experience random redirects or pop-up advertisements due to this malicious add-on.

Finally, MapsNt will bring some privacy concerns along – take a look at their Privacy Policy:

BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO GRANT POLARITY PERMISSION TO COLLECT YOUR URLS AND SEARCH DATA, INCLUDING SEARCH QUERIES THAT MAY CONTAIN PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, SHARE THEM WITH THIRD PARTIES, AND USE SEARCH-RELATED COOKIES.

Basically, what that means is regardless of what information slips in that search box of mapsnt add-on, it can be collected and leaked. That’s why we highly suggest not to use it – your private data can be in danger due to it.

How to deal with this malware?

Fortunately, removing infection like this is not that complicated. First of all, you have to right-click on the MapsNT icon on the toolbar and select “Remove from Chrome”. From this moment Home.mapsnt.com won’t appear as your new tab page.

Depending on the way you got infected with this virus, you might want to scan your computer with anti-malware software – just to make sure that no other malware is operating on it and ensure that Home.mapsnt.com won’t come back. You can use either Spyhunter. Either one of those programs should do a good job in detecting and removing the virus.

Finally, look at the instructions provided below and consider completing all the steps to completely restore default settings of Google Chrome. If you have some questions or feel that we have left something out, feel free to contact us in the comments section below.

TopHow To remove Home.mapsnt.com virus 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 Home.mapsnt.com virus, 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.

 

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