MixSportTV Hijacker - How to remove

MixSportTV Start or MixSportTV Search Plus is a browser extension compatible with the Google Chrome web browser. Sadly, it’s not the one you would want to have installed on your computer because it is categorized as a browser hijacker. That means once installed on a browser, it will automatically make changes to some of the most important settings – the new tab page and the default search engine will be changed. By the way, normally this extension is not installed on purpose – it comes to the computer using deceptive distribution methods, so those changes can be both unexpected and unwanted.

Changed new tab page is not the worst thing that you can experience due to the presence of MixSportTV hijacker. Either if you have MixSportTV Start or MixSportTV Search Plus on the system, your personal information can be collected, your personal information might be collected, your computer might get infected with other viruses and you are likely to experience additional advertisements, redirects to other websites.

If you have found yourself in this unfortunate situation, please continue reading the article and we will provide you with the instructions on how to remove MixSportTV from your web browser and ensure that this won’t happen ever again.

MixSportTV – Why It Is Malicious

MixSportTV is considered to be harmful due to a lot of reasons, but there are some of them that are really concerning:

• MixSportTV gets installed using deceptive distribution methods;
• MixSportTV can leak your personal information;
• MixSportTV can redirect you to harmful websites and display excessive advertisements;
• MixSportTV can be difficult to get rid of;
• MixSportTV can infiltrate other malicious applications into your system.

As you can see, there are plenty of dangerous features this free extension can offer. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said about beneficial features that are promised by the developers of MixSportTV. This extension should allow you to access various sport tv channels right on your web browser, as well as the ability to watch sports news and highlights of games. In a nutshell, it should deliver entertainment related to sports.

Sadly, this won’t happen. The landing page that will be automatically set by MixSportTV Hijacker is actually useless – it features a search field, a clock, and various links to other websites. Some of them are legitimate, while others link to sport-related websites, that are affiliated with MixSportTV and might be not really reliable. One of them is mix.tvnoop.vom – a website that contains various videos related to soccer, basketball, and other most popular sports. That’s all of the functionality you are going to get from this extension, and it is totally not worth it.

How MixSportTV Gets Installed

Deceptive installation methods are not something new or never seen before in malware distribution. Obviously, you haven’t installed this infection yourself – most probably it was infiltrated into your system as a bundle to some free software that you have downloaded from the Internet.

Also, you might have clicked on some kind of misleading advertisement online and eventually added this extension to your Google Chrome browser without even realizing what just happened.

There are other ways that might be used to infiltrate such malicious items into your system and it is really difficult to protect your computer. You should be extra cautious and continually thinking about your security. This is inconvenient, so instead of constantly worrying you can simply install anti-malware application with real-time protection features, such as Malware Fighter or Plumbytes and it will take care of that.

Those applications won’t bother you with questions or notifications – they will do their work silently in the background. If something bad is about to happen, such applications will stop the process and warn you about that, so it is definitely a useful tool to have on a computer.

Leakage of Personal Data

You might wonder why and how MixSportTV might leak your personal information. The answer to the first question is rather obvious – such information is very valuable and they can make a lot of money by selling it or simply using for further advertisement campaigns.

Now, they do it by employing several different methods. If you have the MixSportTV extension installed on your computer, it will have access to your cookies and information about your hardware and software. Next, if you actually use the web search function they provide, all search queries will be collected and might be leaked. That being said, if you provide that search with some sensitive information, it can easily get stolen.

Ads and Redirects by MixSportTV

Another way MixSportTV monetizes infected computers – they display various advertisements, sponsored links and redirect users to affiliated websites. Again, you have to use the web search provided on a new tab page for this to happen.

Even though they return results via Yahoo search engine, they have the ability to insert sponsored links in top positions and also display additional ads right on the results page.

The biggest problem is that usually those results promoted by MixSportTV are not even relevant to your search queries, so you will waste your time this way. Also, they might lead you to websites that can’t be trusted, so it can be dangerous as well.

All in all, you should not be using this web search feature, due to the consequences we have just explained to you. Luckily, this extension is only compatible with the Google Chrome web browser, so a good practice would be to switch to an alternative web browser until MixSportTV is completely removed from your computer.

Infiltration Of Other Malicious Tools

There are a lot of similar infections – Sports Addict, Watchallsports.co, or Search.hgetsports.net. Actually, there are even some browser hijackers that belong to the same developer and look almost identical to this one, such as Gomovix.

It’s not a surprise that MixSportTV will try to infiltrate some of those infections to your computer. That means the longer you keep it installed, the higher are chances that your system will be heavily infected.

There are two ways this can happen – they can infiltrate other malware secretly, or they can simply make you an offer to install something. If you notice that MixSportTV is offering you some additional goods, never accept it. 9 out of 10 times you will end up with additional malware on your computer.

How To Get Rid of MixSportTV

Now you are probably wondering how to get rid of this filthy computer virus. Well, you have two options here and it all depends on your needs. If you want to do it fast and effortless, you should scan your system with Spyhunter. Either one of those anti-malware programs will automatically detect all files associated with MixSportTV and eliminate it from your computer automatically. We encourage you to keep this application installed on your computer after the removal because it can ensure that similar infections won’t be able to sneak inside in the future.

In case you don’t want to download additional software and want to try your luck removing MixSportTV manually – scroll below the article and take a look at manual removal instructions. Also, if you have some questions regarding this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments section below.

Automatic Malware removal tools

TopHow To remove MixSportTV Hijacker 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 MixSportTV Hijacker, 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.

TopHow to remove MixSportTV Hijacker from Google Chrome on Mac:

• Open Chrome browser.
• Enter in the url field “chrome://extensions” address and hit Enter.
• Find MixSportTV Hijacker on the extensions list and click on the recycle bin icon next to it.
• Click on 'Chrome' button at the top left corner. Select 'Preferences' on a drop-down menu box.
• Find 'Search' options on Settings tab. If your search engine is changed, click 'Manage Search Engines' and set your preferred search engine.
• On the same page find 'Show home button' checkbox and change your homepage.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to MixSportTV Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• On the 'Preferences' menu window, scroll down to the bottom and find 'Reset settings' button. Click it.
• Confirm your selection and click 'Reset' on the following window.

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