My Obituaries App New Tab - How to remove

My Obituaries App is a browser extension that sets your home page to one that looks like searchobituariestab.com and includes quicklinks to various ancestry-related websites that you might find interesting. This add-on also adds a search bar on the page that directs your search queries to Yahoo and might try to get you to install other extensions.

My Obituaries App applies to all the main browsers, including Chrome and Internet Explorer. According to the extension’s privacy policy, it was developed by Eightpoint Technologies (sister company of Polarity Technologies), a company which has a big portfolio of browser hijackers, including Search Hub and email.onesearch.com.

My Obituaries App can seem useful to those interested in ancestry. At first glance, it’s a normal and innocent extension that simply replaces your new tab page — something that a lot of add-ons do. It has links to a family tree builder, a name meanings site, and a family history site, plus it can show you the weather.

However, My Obituaries App does have some problems, such as restricting which search engines you can comfortably use and likely exposing you to more malicious ads than before.

My Obituaries App short description:

Symptoms	A page like search.searchobituariestab.com is set as your home page; Search queries get redirected to Yahoo or hidemysearches.com; Additional browser extensions were installed.
Classification	PUP (potentially unwanted program); Browser Hijacker; Adware.
Problems	My Obituaries App gets installed without getting clear consent; Home page and default search engine can’t be changed through the extension; Is associated with problematic ads.
Solution	Remove all malware (Combo Cleaner for Mac, SpyHunter for PC); Uninstall My Obituaries App and other browser hijackers; Block malicious websites.

Problems

My Obituaries App is not just a new tab replacer: it tries to change the browsing habits of the users and profit from the resulting ad revenue.

First, My Obituaries App tries to get you to install two other extensions by redirecting you to their installer pages. This can be confusing for inexperienced web users because the way to refuse the installation isn’t made clear, so some might go through even though they don’t really want to.

The add-ons that I saw My Obituaries App on Chrome promote were HideMySearches and Email Helper App and they took over the address bar. HideMySearches interfered when I tried using other search engines, like Google; it would redirect me, which was annoying. These add-ons make money from showing you ads in your search results when you perform searches using certain links. They need you to use their predetermined search sites. This is why they try to take over your new tab or your address bar.

Plus, My Obituaries App links to mynewswire.co, which not only seems to have more ad space than content, the ads are the same type that’s pushed by adware — potentially dangerous. They promote diet supplements, work-at-home schemes, scam seminars, and pages with even more misleading ads that don’t pass the scrutiny of regular ad-networks. Such ads aren’t really safe, they might promote unregulated medicines and supplements which can be dangerous to your health and fraudulent investment schemes that never deliver the promised returns.

This doesn’t bar My Obituaries App form being useful, but all it does is offer a few links to ancestry-related websites, which you can do yourself with bookmarks. There are other browser hijackers that allow you to customize your new tab page much more thoroughly and make it really beautiful, like YaTab.net or 4newtab.com.

Installation

The installation of My Obituaries App is also dubious. This add-on might use advertising, bundling.

Add-ons like My Obituaries App use advertising, but often it’s not exactly normal — malicious ads and redirects are a persistent problem on the internet. You have the highest chances to encounter My Obituaries App ads if you:

• Frequent websites that show many misleading and very aggressive ads. I’m talking about the types of websites where clicking anywhere has a chance to open a new tab. I often see them promoting browser hijackers very similar to My Obituaries App.
• Have an adware virus on your computer or an adware extension affecting your browser. Adware promotes ads that have mostly been rejected by mainstream networks for being too misleading and unsafe for users, but adware viruses don’t care about that.

So it might be a good idea to scan your computer and review what add-ons you have in your browser and possibly looking for safer websites than you currently use.

Bundling is another way that browser add-ons like My Obituaries App spread. Victims of bundling usually express that they don’t know how or when a particular program got installed on their computer, only that it appeared one day. Trojans could explain that, too, but I haven’t heard of them doing something as petty as installing browser hijackers, so you don’t need to worry about that. My Obituaries App is not some serious virus and won’t directly harm your computer.

Remove My Obituaries App

In conclusion, My Obituaries App is not really dangerous, but it can expose you to malicious ads and throw off your browsing habits.

Additionally, the way that My Obituaries App got installed on your computer needs examining because if it’s left open, more suspicious programs could get in the same way.

If you have adware or other dangerous programs, those could be found by an anti-spyware tool, like Combo Cleaner for Mac or SpyHunter for Windows. Real-time web protection by your anti-malware program or a blocklist could be used to stop malicious websites from loading, which would definitely curb the malvertising problem.

As for My Obituaries App, HideMySearches, Email Helper App, and other extensions that replace your new tab and your search engine, you can uninstall them manually by following the guide in the section below.

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How to remove My Obituaries App using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like My Obituaries App New Tab 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 My Obituaries App . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make My Obituaries App New Tab 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 My Obituaries App from macOS

Delete My Obituaries App New Tab from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the My Obituaries App 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.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to My Obituaries App New Tab 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 My Obituaries App, 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.

TopRemoving My Obituaries App New Tab 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 My Obituaries App. Click on the trash bin icon next to My Obituaries App New Tab 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 My Obituaries App, 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.

TopRemoving My Obituaries App New Tab 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 My Obituaries App 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 My Obituaries App New Tab, 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.

How to remove My Obituaries App New Tab 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 My Obituaries App. Click on the "Remove" icon next to My Obituaries App New Tab 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 My Obituaries App from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the My Obituaries App New Tab. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to My Obituaries App, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the 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.