Newtab.online Hijacker - How to remove

Newtab.online is a set of new tab pages, including Chill.newtab.online. These pages can take over your browser’s new tab and search. They promote Searchlee.com and Safefinder.com, search engines that are often associated with malware and junkware.

Although Newtab.online is not quite malware, it is bad for privacy and it hijacks browser settings to force people to visit potentially unwanted sites. If Newtab.online has taken over your browser, it’s best to remove it.

Newtab.online in short:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
Problems with Newtab.online	It appears uninvited, it takes over the new tab page but it doesn’t offer valuable features, it does not protect the user’s privacy.
How to avoid hijackers	Block malicious websites and ads, don’t install unfamiliar apps and extensions.
How to get rid of Newtab.online	Find and uninstall suspicious programs manually and with the help of antivirus tools (Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Malwarebytes, others).

How Newtab.online works

Newtab.online replaces the new tab

When people open their web browsers, their default new tab page or home page usually greets them. It’s like the lobby to the internet. Often, this page is where people search the internet from.

Newtab.online is a website that offers a minimal new tab/home page, such as Chill.newtab.online or Search.newtab.online. This new tab page shows a background picture and a search box in the middle.

Besides the picture and the search bar, Newtab.online lacks any customization or useful features. No frequently visited sites, no way to pin links, not even to change the background picture. And Newtab.online definitely does not allow changing which search engine is opened by the search box.

It hijacks web search

If you use Newtab.online’s search box to search the web, you’ll land on Searchlee.com or Safefinder.com: infamous search hijacking sites. While Newtab.online may have had its own original search engine a few years back, now it only promotes others.

Newtab.online is likely related to Mountainbrowse.com, Bazzsearch.com, Goldenbrowse.com, as well as Newtab.club. Also, Chill.newtab.online is very close to Search.chill-tab.com – they even use similar logos. The many search hijacking and newtab replacing sites form an intertwined web – having one of these sites take over your browser can expose you to many other hijackers.

• Newtab.online appears to fail to use any encryption. Feed.newtab.online always loads an Http version for me. This is very bad for privacy, as outsiders (such as your internet service provider) could read your search terms.
• Searchlee lacks features that other search engines have, such as graphical user interface to filter results by type, date, etc.

How to avoid browser hijackers

If Newtab.online appears in your browser, this is most likely caused by a bad application or browser add-on.

People don’t tend to install shady add-ons like Newtab.online themselves. There are a few ways in which unwanted apps and extensions infiltrate computers:

• Malicious ads – fake software updates. For example, fake Google Chrome updates.
• Installers that are bundled with adware. Such installers are especially likely to come from shady freeware download sites, like Softfamous.com.

You can avoid malware by using ad blockers to block dangerous advertisements and by securing your computer with anti-malware protection.

How to remove Newtab.online

To stop Newtab.online from showing up on your screen, uninstall suspicious programs and browser extensions. Sometimes people think that reinstalling their web browser should fix things, but that is not always the case.

So, how to find which programs and extensions might be causing the Newtab.online redirects?

• See what apps were installed at the same time as the Newtab.online redirects started happening.
• Scan your device with an anti-malware program, like Spyhunter for Windows, Spyhunter for Mac, Malwarebytes, and others. Security programs should recognize malicious apps and warn you about them.
• Disable all of your browser add-ons until Newtab.online disappears.

Remove the program or browser add-on that is responsible for showing Newtab.online and you should get back control over your browser.

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Manual removal instructions

How to remove Newtab.online using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Newtab.online Hijacker 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 Newtab.online . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Newtab.online Hijacker 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 Newtab.online from macOS

Delete Newtab.online Hijacker from your applications.

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

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Newtab.online Hijacker. 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 Newtab.online, 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.