Packagetrackingtab.com - How to remove

Packagetrackingtab.com is a website that shows up in the browser, hijacks the home page, and redirects searches to Yahoo. It also tracks packages, though it’s strange that it needs to replace the home page to do that. Those who want to remove Packagetrackingtab.com can do it by uninstalling suspicious browser extensions and checking browser settings.

About Packagetrackingtab.com:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
Removing Packagetrackingtab.com	Uninstall Package Tracking Tab and other suspicious extensions, find and remove malware with anti-malware tools (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, etc.), block notifications, restore browser settings.
Related apps	Trackpackagetab.com, Trackyourpackagetab1.com, TrackaPackage.
Problems with Packagetrackingtab.com	Unwanted installation, hijacks the home page and restricts customization, promotes related sites, collects data about the user.

How to remove Packagetrackingtab.com

If you found this article, you may be looking for a way to get rid of Packagetrackingtab.com from your web browser. To do that, you need to remove the extension Package Tracking Tab. Generally, it’s best to combine manual removal with anti-malware tools.

Removing Packagetrackingtab.com should be easy enough. Please don’t be intimidated by the wall of text below – I am including possibly unnecessary details in case they are relevant.

Remove hijackers

Remove Package Tracking Tab

To remove an extension that is installed in your browser, look in the upper right corner, right between the address bar and the three-dot (or three-line) menu. Packagetrackingtab.com’s icon is a gray balloon shape. Right-click on it and, in the context menu, choose the option “Remove”. That’s it! More detailed instructions are posted at the very bottom. In case you get a warning about Packagetrackingtab.com being a managed extension, see this post.

Check other extensions

But that’s not all. Dishonest apps like Packagetrackingtab.com rarely infect a computer alone. It is likely that, if Packagetrackingtab.com was in your browser, so is another adware infection.

So, you need to review the rest of your installed extensions and disable or remove those that are suspicious. In the browser, go to Settings -> Extensions. Remove the extensions that you did not install or that you never use. Check the details of each extension and which permissions they ask for. For example, here are some risky permissions: Support.google.com.

Other malware and settings

Look for potentially unwanted programs

You should also check your computer for bundlers, wrappers, and similar potentially harmful programs. Those are the ones that smuggle adware like Packagetrackingtab.com into computers. You can use an anti-malware program that you trust, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, or another one to scan your computer. Then, review the scan results.

Block notifications

If notifications (little pop-ups in the corner of the screen) are spamming your browser, you also need to review your notification settings. Some sites trick people into allowing their notifications, then abuse them to send ads. This is similar to email spam. I didn’t see Packagetrackingtab.com offer notifications but nowadays, more and more browser hijackers use them, so it’s something to keep in mind.

• Go to your notification settings:
  • Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
  • Edge (Chromium) – 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.
• Scroll until you see a list of “Allowed” sites. These are the sites that can send notifications to the browser.
• Press the button next to each of them and then click “Block”. This prevents any new pop-ups being sent by the sites.

Reviews browser settings

It is also important to check your new tab, homepage, and default search engine settings. The instructions for all the popular browsers are at the bottom.

You should be under the control of these settings. What webpage greets you when you open your browser? Is it a page with a list of your most frequently visited sites (one that you can customize – Support.mozilla.org)? Or maybe it’s a search engine, like Google.com or Bing.com?

This is what Packagetrackingtab.com (by Innover Group) was about, after all: controlling your home page and your search engine so that it can promote affiliated sites, track your browsing activities, and make money from that. Be suspicious whenever something like Packagetrackingtab.com happens to your browser. When the search results look different all of a sudden, or when the browser opens a strange new page – that’s a browser infection.

Problems with Packagetrackingtab.com

But why would you want to remove Packagetrackingtab.com?

Well, like I mentioned earlier, you may have installed it unintentionally. It could have come bundled with a free installer for some unrelated app. Some sites take free apps and programs and wrap their installers in custom setups. These wrappers may have offers such as Packagetrackingtab.com, Safeplex Search, and others. Here is a post illustrating this process: Hanselman.com/blog.

Packagetrackingtab.com also gets advertised online on various websites, including some fake package tracking sites that tell you to install an extension to see your tracking results.

Packagetrackingtab.com does indeed show package tracking information, but so do many sites that don’t hijack your browser. Be suspicious of any site that tells you to install an extension to access them. I recommend closing the tab and looking for another site.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted browser extensions

TopHow To remove Packagetrackingtab.com 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 Packagetrackingtab.com, 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 Packagetrackingtab.com 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 Packagetrackingtab.com, 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 Packagetrackingtab.com 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 Packagetrackingtab.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.
  
• 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 Packagetrackingtab.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.
  
• 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.