Onlinenewsnowtab1.com - How to remove

Onlinenewsnowtab1.com (and Onlinenewsnowtab.com) is a new tab page that appears after the Online News Now app gets installed. This causes problems – Onlinenewsnowtab1.com promotes adware, unsafe sites, logs the search queries, and tries to redirect searches. The installer for Onlinenewsnowtab1.com is detected by many antivirus programs (VirusTotal link). It’s better to just remove Online News Now. Some other adware might have infected the same computer, and it’s important to remove it, too.

About Onlinenewsnowtab1.com:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
How Onlinenewsnowtab1.com affects the browser	Replaces the new tab page, promotes a bunch of adware.
How to avoid adware	Check add-on permissions for intrusive and unjustified entries, refuse to install suspicious add-ons, regularly check your computer for malware.
How to remove Onlinenewsnowtab1.com	Uninstall Online News Now, scan your device with antivirus apps (Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, etc.), open notification settings and block pop-up ads.

Onlinenewsnowtab1.com is adware

New tab hijacker

Online News Now is a browser add-on. Add-ons are little programs that control certain settings and add (or take away) some functions to the web browser.

In this case, Online News Now takes over the new tab page which serves as a sort of lobby. Some people use the front page of their favorite search engine (like Google or Bing) as their new tab page. Others use the default new tab, which shows links to their most frequently visited websites. Whatever that page used to be, Onlinenewsnowtab1.com replaces it when Online News Now is installed.

Adware links

In theory, Onlinenewsnowtab1.com is supposed to help people access news, weather, email, shopping websites, etc. It is supposed to be useful and practical. However, many of the sites that Onlinenewsnowtab1.com promotes are actually just full of ads: Thenewscorner.org, Mynewswire.co, Nationalweatheragency.org, and Myemailcentral.com are absolutely full of ads by Revcontent. It’s not that they have ads, that’s not the issue – it’s that most of their space is takes up by obnoxious ads, with no space left for any useful functions. This means that most of the buttons on Onlinenewsnowtab1.com basically just open a bunch of ads.

Both Onlinenewsnowtab1.com and the adware sites it promotes offer notifications and then uses them to show pop-up ads. Because both Onlinenewsnowtab1.com and the adware sites that it promotes belong to the same company, Eightpoint, Onlinenewsnowtab1.com indirectly earns it ad-revenue.

Unwanted features

Were Onlinenewsnowtab1.com a genuine news-centered browser add-on, it would look different:

• it would not replace the new tab page and instead display is a less intrusive way,
• it would provide more useful functionality than links to news sites (for example, look into news aggregators),
• certainly, it would not try to manipulate your searches as Onlinenewsnowtab1.com does with its Yahoo redirects,
• there is also no good justification for Onlinenewsnowtab1.com reading your browsing history,
• it wouldn’t need to show you pop-up ads in web notifications.

How to stop Onlinenewsnowtab1.com

Remove the malware

Onlinenewsnowtab1.com is made by Eightpoint Technologies, just like Weather Online Now, Breaking News Now, and many other browser add-ons. They’re often advertised quite dishonestly. For example, the ad for Onlinenewsnowtab1.com implies news streams, access to the latest news, etc. – but it just does not deliver. Other adware infections are promoted together with Onlinenewsnowtab1.com, too.

So, when removing Onlinenewsnowtab1.com (that is, uninstalling Online News Now), look for other suspicious programs and browser extensions.

The quickest way to find them is with an antivirus program, like Combo Cleaner for Macs, Spyhunter for PCs, or another application that you are comfortable with. Good-quality antivirus apps that have PUP detection capabilities can flag suspicious files and browser add-ons, even when they’re not outright malware.

If you want to manually review your browser add-ons, open the appropriate settings window (settings and then extensions – more detailed instructions can be found below). Some browser hijackers are like Onlinenewsnowtab1.com and replace your new tab page. Others change search settings. Check your add-ons for these permissions:

• control what site opens in the new tab,
• change the default search engine,
• read and change your data on all websites (or only on search sites).

Block the notification spam

Disable or remove suspicious browser add-ons. Only leave the add-ons that you absolutely trust and that you find useful, uninstall the rest. You should be in control of your browser.

Finally, go into notification settings:

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• New Edge – type “edge://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Firefox – open Settings, Preferences, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.

There’s a list of addresses there of sites that can show ads on your screen through web notifications. Onlinenewsnowtab1.com might be there, as well as the sites that it promoted. Click the button next to each of those addresses and choose the “Block” (or “Deny”) option. That’ll stop the ads.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Uninstall unwanted browser extensions

TopRemoving Onlinenewsnowtab1.com 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 Onlinenewsnowtab1.com. Click on the trash bin icon next to Onlinenewsnowtab1.com 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 Onlinenewsnowtab1.com, 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 Onlinenewsnowtab1.com 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 Onlinenewsnowtab1.com. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Onlinenewsnowtab1.com 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 Onlinenewsnowtab1.com 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 Onlinenewsnowtab1.com 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 Onlinenewsnowtab1.com, 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.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Onlinenewsnowtab1.com 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 Onlinenewsnowtab1.com, 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.