Myfirsttab.com virus - How to remove

Myfirsttab.com virus is a browser hijacker, arriving into users’ devices with “Watch Series – MediaTabTV” extension for Google Chrome. These products are associated with a popular online-streaming website called Dwatchseries.to. Such services are known to cause problems: their visitors are often exposed to deceptive ads like “Potential threats detected” and “Updates were released for your version of Chrome”.

When users install the MediaTabTV toolbar, they give this add-on following permissions: to read and change content on all visited websites, and to change search preferences to Myfirsttab.com hijacker (What is search hijacking?). The permission to modify all websites you visit will definitely be exploited. The suspicious add-on is very likely to add hyperlinks, banners, and other types of advertisements into websites that do not usually feature such content. We also figured out that Search.mediatab.tv is probably created by the same developers that introduced Myfirsttab.com virus.

Watch Series – MediaTabTV toolbar sets Myfirsttab.com malware parasite as your default search provider

After installing the malicious MediaTabTV plugin, we noticed that the add-on changes the default search provider. After entering search queries into your address bar, you will notice Myfirsttab.com link for a few moments. After that, you will be transferred to Search.yahoo.com, presenting results to search queries.

This small, but significant detail means that results to search queries feature sponsored links from Myfirsttab.com virus. Long story short, the creators of this browser hijacker attempt to make money from various advertising strategies. Therefore, the compromised users will be constantly disturbed with online advertisements, and will also notice sponsored links in the results to search queries.

Some suspicious websites are sending traffic to Myfirsttab.com hijacker. According to our analysis, Hp.myway.com and Fidonav.com promote the Myfirsttab.com virus. The latter engine is currently the most active in United States, Indonesia, India, United Kingdom and Germany. However, this does not mean that people from other countries cannot be compromised by this suspicious hijackware parasite.

Myfirsttab.com search platform raised even more questions when we noticed that the Terms and Privacy sections do not work. After clicking on these shortcuts, you will be expecting to read EULA and Privacy Policy documents. However, the Myfirsttab.com virus refuses to provide people with this information. Without knowing how this search engine and MediaTabTV toolbar will handle your personally-identifiable information, you should not agree to use it. It could be that the hijacker will record your online activities, and send this information to third-party advertisers.

Even though this Myfirsttab.com hijacker should not be considered as a highly dangerous computer virus, it could be a stepping point to more harmful infections. Hijackers can display malware-laden content (When malware strikes via bad ads on good sites). For instance, you could even be exposed to one of the font not found scams and become a victim of a ransomware infection. Therefore, make sure that unknown search platforms would not be set as browsers’ preferences.

How can you become infected with Myfirsttab.com hijacker?

As we have mentioned, Myfirsttab.com virus will be installed together with “Watch Series – MediaTabTV” extension. It is currently found in the Chrome Web Store and has over nine thousand users. However, we do not think that installing this toolbar will in any way improve your browsing. The effect could be opposite: your browsing activities will be constantly interrupted by online ads, redirection and sponsored results to search queries. In order to be safe online, you must not compromise your privacy and safety. Therefore, using programs or browser extensions from unknown third-parties is not considered as a wise idea.

Users that have been experiencing redirection to Myfirsttab.com virus should take a close look at the list of active plugins. If you notice the culprit “Watch Series – MediaTabTV” extension, do not hesitate to remove it from your Google Chrome browser. After this modification, you should not notice Myfirsttab.com as your default search provider. However, if you do, we recommend running a scan with an anti-malware tool. If your computer is not protected by this type of program, we recommend considering Malwarebytes or . Both of these programs are perfectly capable of detecting and removing malware from operating systems.

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