MyVedicTab - How to remove

When MyVedicTab is installed, it takes over your browser’s home page and new tab page. Online, it is presented as a useful add-on to your browser, but it’s more of a search hijacker meant to inflate the traffic to Myway.com and Ask.com. For people who want to get more resources on Hinduism, MyVedicTab is mostly useless. There are safer and less intrusive alternatives.

About MyVedicTab:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
How MyVedicTab changes the browser	Takes over your home page and your new tab page, offers some links to third-party sites, has a search box that leads to Myway.com.
How it spreads	Deceptively advertised online, included in freeware installers.
How to remove MyVedicTab	Uninstall all malware and suspicious extensions with anti-malware tools (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, and others) and manually.

Problems with MyVedicTab

Useless browser extension

MyVedicTab is a browser extension released by MyWay. As a browser extension, it’s supposed to add some features to a web browser. It’s advertised as helping users access resources on Hinduism.

When MyVedicTab is installed, it replaces your browser’s home page with its own. This new page has a few links to other websites that deal with Hinduism. And… that’s it for the “Vedic” part of MyVedicTab.

For a browser extension, it is remarkably useless. Do you know how else you can quickly access useful links in your browser? By using bookmarks. A feature present in all major browsers by default, no extensions needed.

The new tab page that MyVedicTab takes over has other issues, as well. First, it does not reflect your frequently visited sites. Second, the search box in the middle of the page only goes to MyWay.com and not any other site.

It seems to me like MyVedicTab doesn’t add features to a web browser. Rather, it takes them away.

Search hijacker

In reality, MyVedicTab’s main purpose is to get more people to use the Myway.com search engine. That way, it can make money from advertising in the search engine results.

That’s why MyWay’s many browser extensions on so many diverse topics all work the same way – take over your home page and have a search box in the middle that leads to Myway.com.

Other hijackers by MyWay include InboxNow, ConvertDocsOnline, 100sofRecipes, etc. Other religion-themed extensions include KnowTheBible, MyGuidetoIslam, and Daily Bible Guide. They also work the same way that MyVedicTab does: a few links to third-party sites, and a search box in the middle of the hijacked new tab page.

How MyVedicTab gets installed

MyVedicTab is advertised online.

• One type of ad I often see is the “Start”/”Continue”/”Start Now” button that’s present on many file download sites. These button-looking ads are easy to mistake for real download buttons.
• Another type I often see is a search engine ad. Search engines like Topsearch.co (which is related to Ask, which is related to MyWay) often show ads for MyVedicTab and other hijackers. The ads say “Download” and “Install”. They appear when you search for popular software unrelated to the advertised hijackers. You can imagine how confusing such an ad would be.
• It’s also possible that MyVedicTab is advertised in some freeware installers as an optional offer.

All these ways could result in some accidental installations – people agreeing to get MyVedicTab because of a misunderstanding.

During my MyVedicTab installation, I was offered to install Search Extension by Ask. This is also an example of a misleading ad. It has what looks like a partially-filled loading bar, as well as a “Continue” button. Even just based on its reviews, I’m pretty sure some people installed the Ask extension through some kind of a misunderstanding.

How to remove MyVedicTab

It’s advisable to uninstall MyVedicTab, Search Extension by Ask, and any other hijackers.

Use anti-malware programs like Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and others to recognize malicious add-ons and other infections on your computer. Review your add-ons yourself, too.

The instructions for removing extensions can be found below. In case you can’t remove some of them because your browser is “managed by an organization”, refer to this article.

Use caution when installing free programs. Don’t let optional offers sneak in.

Be careful when clicking on ads. Question the site you’re on every step of the way. Don’t be afraid of quitting in the middle of the installation if something seems suspicious to you.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted browser extensions

TopHow To remove MyVedicTab 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 MyVedicTab, 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 MyVedicTab 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 MyVedicTab, 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 MyVedicTab 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 MyVedicTab 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 MyVedicTab, 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.