Myphotoeditor.co virus - How to remove

Myphotoeditor.co virus promises you a quick access to various tools that should help you to edit photos. However, instead of promised goods you will receive unwanted toolbar and hijacked web browser. This is why this free tool is listed as browser hijacker malware and we suggest not to keep it installed on your computer.

We have seen similar infections in the past – MyImageConverter virus works almost identically as this particular virus. It offers users to convert pictures from one file type to the other and alongside that brings unwanted features that can really harm your computer and worsen your browsing experience.

Malicious features of MyPhotoEditor infection

Even though it was developed by a well-known company Polarity Technologies LTD, which is constantly producing malware like Search.searchmfd.com or Search.pe-cmf.com, MyPhotoEditor virus is a little bit different from other infections delivered by this company.

First of all, it is featuring two different websites – it’s www.myphotoeditor.com and search.hmyphotoeditor.co. Sp of your computer is infected with this browser hijacker, you are probably looking at the second website which was set as your default homepage and search engine automatically.

Myphotoeditor.co website is used only to promote this tool and distribute it. As described on this website, by installing MyPhotoEditor tool you will get an access to photo editing tutorials and some of the best photo editing apps in the world: “With My Photo Editor, we give you instant access to some of the best photo editors on the web. Are you a social media guru that is always looking to step up your social media game? With our app you are clicks away from being able to resize, crop, and add filters to your photos to help get the best-looking photo possible. Or are you just in need of a quick edit? My photo editor is 100% free and easy for anyone to use.”

However, this description is misleading and if you fall for it, your web browser will be hijacked. Yes, it features some links to websites that are related to photography and image editing, such as fotor.com or befunky.com, but that’s about it, no additional tools will be added to your web browser. Besides, those websites are accessible even if you do not have this add-on installed on your web browser, so it makes it entirely useless.

You already know that this free tool is operating as a browser add-on and as far as we know, it can be added to various web browsers, including but not limited to Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

Probably the most annoying feature of this malware is that it will make changes without even asking your permission to do that. Both your homepage and default search engine will be set to www.search.hmyphotoeditor.co and this website will appear every time you open your web browser. Even though it looks like a typical search engine, we do not recommend to use it because all your web searches will be recorded and then might be leaked to other parties. This feature is really dangerous as your sensitive information can end up in the hands of cyber criminals.

In case your Internet browser gets infected, you will notice a new extension in the extensions list of that particular web browser. Unfortunately, it’s not enough to simply disable MyPhotoeditor.co extension to get rid of this virus – you will also have to remove all files associated to this infection that are stored directly on your computer and then reset most important settings of your web browser. To do that, you will have to download a decent anti-malware software, such as Spyhunter and scan your computer with it. Either one of those apps will take care of business and remove all files associated to those infections automatically. Then, all you have left to do is to restore settings of your web browser by following our step-by-step tutorial provided below this article.

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Myphotoeditor.co virus removal guide

How to remove Myphotoeditor.co virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Myphotoeditor.co virus 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 Myphotoeditor.co virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Myphotoeditor.co virus 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 Myphotoeditor.co virus from macOS

Delete Myphotoeditor.co virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Myphotoeditor.co virus 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 Myphotoeditor.co 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 Myphotoeditor.co 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.

How To remove Myphotoeditor.co virus 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 Myphotoeditor.co virus 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 Myphotoeditor.co virus, 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 Myphotoeditor.co virus 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 Myphotoeditor.co virus, 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 Myphotoeditor.co virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Myphotoeditor.co virus 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 Myphotoeditor.co virus, 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