Newtab.review ads - How to remove

It looks like we have a new version of Newtab.today virus. Newtab.today was launched back in October of 2017, while Newtab.review appeared online in November of 2017. It is much less popular, yet it still receives a decent amount of monthly visits, which means a lot of computers are infected and we feel a need to inform our readers about that. Moreover, those numbers are growing steadily, so you might expect that the threat of this infection will become more and more dangerous. You can see the graph of traffic growth of Newtab.rievew website in the graph by SimilarWeb below:

In fact, Newtab.review operates exactly the same way as Newtab.today – the only difference seems to be domain name used on the page. Even though it is categorised as browser hijacker (due to the tendency to change settings on infected web browsers), a lot of users are complaining not about hijacked search or new tab settings, but advertisements.

This leads to the conclusion that Newtab.review has some features of an adware infection and that is the most notorious symptom. Still, this malicious extension needs to be treated like a browser hijacker. Keep reading and lear about the methods that should be applied eliminate this extension from your infected Internet browser and protect your system from similar viruses in the future.

Newtab.review is modifying browser settings and stealing your private information

Changed settings on your web browser or additional dose of advertisements while browsing the web is not the only concern caused by Newtab virus. It might also steal your information. Well, it can only steal it if you let it do that, so this risk is relatively easy to avoid. Since this page is designed to look like a regular search engine, a lot of users tend to ignore the fact that their web browser was hijacked and just continue using it with changed settings. Users trying to execute a web search through newtab.review website are being automatically redirected to Google search results page, thus this looks even more natural. However, the truth is that this infection is tracking every search submitted to that website, so if it happens that you expose some of your sensitive information there, it can be easily leaked.

Also, even search results are displayed on Google, they can modify them and insert sponsored links or even ads that are not really relevant to the content you are looking for. A lot of people complain that using such search engine is just a waste of the time. Moreover, it can get you in trouble really easy because ads displayed by newtab.review can lead to websites that are not trustworthy.

How to get rid of NewTab ads?

Malware shares a common feature – usually it is difficult to get rid of it. In this case, you can find yourself struggling to remove NewTab ads because it just keeps coming back after the removal. We already told you that this infection is based on a browser extension, which seems to be compatible with Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers. However, disabling malicious add-on from the extensions list on infected web browser is not enough.

We highly recommend to get yourself a decent anti-malware tool for this job – try Spyhunter. Scanning your computer with either one of those apps will result with automatically removed malware 9 times out of 10.

In case you feel like downloading anti-malware tool is not a good idea (even though it will be protecting your computer in the future), you can try to remove Newtab.review manually. This process requires advanced knowledge, so we have developed a step-by-step removal guide to assist you – it can be fond below.

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How to remove Newtab.review ads using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Newtab.review ads from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Newtab.review ads 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 Newtab.review ads 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 Newtab.review ads, 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 Newtab.review ads 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 Newtab.review ads 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 Newtab.review ads, 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 Newtab.review ads 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 Newtab.review ads, 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 Newtab.review ads from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Newtab.review ads 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 Newtab.review ads, 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.