NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On - How to remove

NavFast is a potentially unwanted browser extension. It is promoted by monetized file download links.

NavFast doesn’t offer valuable or unique features, in fact, it doesn’t really add anything to web browsers. In addition, it gets access to a lot of user data, which could be bad for privacy. But despite that, users keep installing it.

NavFast in short:

Threat type	Adware, potentially unwanted program.
How NavFast works	NavFast is advertised online by download links and ads, once installed, it redirects search queries to unexpected sites.
Problems and issues	NavFast offers features that already exist in web browsers with no need for an extension, this add-on has permissions that give it access to user data and that are hard to justify.
How to remove NavFast	Uninstall the extension, review your notification settings, scan your computer with antivirus tools (Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, etc.)

What is NavFast?

NavFast is a search extension

NavFast is a browser add-on. It gets installed on your browser and allows you to quickly jump to any search engine.

Despite NavFast’s description, it does not offer useful features. In fact, it duplicates the functionality of Chrome browsers, where you type in the address of a search engine before your query to use that search engine – Tab to Search.

For example, if you type “Youtube.com puppies” into your address bar, Google Chrome opens Youtube.com with the results for “puppies”.

NavFast also allows you to select a favorite search engine. It then redirects search queries to that search engine by default.

Again, this is something that you can already do in your browser settings: open your browser’s main menu, click Settings, find the Search engine section, and select your preferred search engine.

It is advertised with download links

NavFast’s home page does not promote the extension and does not link to its Chrome Web Store page. There’s almost no mention of the NavFast extension online at the time of writing. And yet, the add-on apparently has more than 200,000 users. How do people even find out about this extension?

They don’t really. I suspect that many of the people who installed NavFast did it unintentionally. They might have encountered NavFast while trying to download some files from the internet. monetized download links lead to ad pages by sites like Linkvertise. Sometimes, these monetized download links require that you subscribe to notifications or install browser extensions.

NavFast makes no obviously visible changes to the browser, so it’s easy to overlook. Until your web search starts getting hijacked.

Ads and privacy

While I didn’t experience unexpected behavior while using NavFast, I only tried it for a minute or so. The reviews online indicate that NavFast injects ads and forces redirects to unwanted sites, like a browser hijacker.

If you installed a browser hijacker, you might have noticed more ads and redirects during your web browsing:

• Searching the web becomes frustrating as the search results are delivered on unexpected sites.
• Web pages show more ads than you’re used to.

NavFast’s privacy policy swears that your data isn’t logged or shared with anyone. But at the same time, the extension still gets access to “read and change all your data on the websites that you visit”. This is far too much for the functionality that NavFast promises. Permission to read your browsing history should be good enough.

How to remove NavFast

Uninstall the NavFast extension from your browser. You can do this from NavFast’s menu in the upper right corner, the extension area under the puzzle button. Or you can remove extensions from your settings, for which you can find the instructions below.

Check your notification settings and block sites from sending you unwanted notifications.

Use antivirus tools (Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, etc.) to scan your computer for other potentially unwanted items.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted browser extensions

TopRemoving NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On 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 NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On. Click on the trash bin icon next to NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On 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 NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On, 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.

How to remove NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On 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 NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On. Click on the "Remove" icon next to NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On 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 NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On 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 NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On 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 NavFast Potentially Unwanted Add-On, 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.