New Tab Aid - How to remove

New Tab Aid is a tricky application that pretends to be useful and free tool, but has some other intensions that make it undesirable. For that same reason, it is categorised as potentially unwanted program (PUP), although it could be listed as an adware as well.

It is not that difficult to tell whether your computer is infected with it or not because once inside of your computer it will flood your web browsers with various ads and those ads usually are labeled with a slogan “Ads by New Tab Aid” or “Brought to yo by New Tab Aid”. So if you have noticed this happening, your computer is definitely infected and you should take care of that. Don’t panic – New Tab Aid plugin is not that dangerous, yet it can be irritating and cause you some cyber security problems, so you should get rid of it nevertheless.

There are two most common ways to remove infection like this – it can be done either manually or automatically, thus feel free to choose the method that fits your needs the best.

If you have no previous experience in removing infections like this, we suggest to do it automatically – it’s much easier and less time consuming. All you have to do is to download reliable anti-malware application, such as Spyhunter or Malwarebytes, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these programs should detect and eliminate the virus in no time. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed.

However, if for some reasons you don’t feel like downloading and installing any additional anti-malware software, you can get rid of New Tab Aid PUP manually. This process might look complicated, thus we have developed a step-by-step New Tab Aid manual removal guide – scroll down below this article and take a look at it. Do your best to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate the virus manually by your own.

To learn more about specific features of New Tab Aid please continue reading this article. If you have some questions regarding this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments section below.

About New Tab Aid PUP

This infection is operating as browser add-on and is completely compatible with all most popular web browsers out there, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or even Safari. That means Apple users can get infected as well.

As we have mentioned above, this potentially unwanted extension has this bad reputation due to the qualities that are common to adware infections. I.e. once inside of your computer, New Tab Aid will flood all those web browsers with ads in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. New tab or even window with ads on it can be opened at any time as well.

Usually ads delivered by this virus appear while you are visiting e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon. You will be offered to purchase some particular goods at very appealing price rate. Do not fall for that trick – most of the time those offers are fake, they are just trying to win your attention and make you click on one of those ads this way. And we suggest not to do that.

If it happens so that you click on the advertisement displayed by New Tab Aid you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money.

Manual removal of New Tab Aid virus

How to remove New Tab Aid plugin using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete New Tab Aid from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the New Tab Aid plugin 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 New Tab Aid 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 New Tab Aid plugin, 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 New Tab Aid 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 New Tab Aid plugin. Click on the trash bin icon next to New Tab Aid 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 New Tab Aid plugin, 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 New Tab Aid 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 New Tab Aid plugin 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 New Tab Aid, 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 New Tab Aid 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 New Tab Aid plugin. Click on the "Remove" icon next to New Tab Aid 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 New Tab Aid plugin from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the New Tab Aid. 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 New Tab Aid plugin, 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.

Manual removal