Recipe Hub New Tab - How to remove

Recipe Hub is a browser extension that replaces the new tab page and redirects searches to the Myway.com site. Recipe Hub was made by Mindspark and though its function should be to help you search for recipes, it’s more interested in capturing your internet searches and inflating Myway.com’s userbase. Recipe Hub is not malicious, but there are much better ways to find recipes online.

In short about Recipe Hub:

Type of threat	Browser hijacker, adware.
Changes that Recipe Hub makes	The browser’s new tab page is changed to hp.myway.com/recipehub/ttab02chr/index.html, Myway.com is a promoted on the new tab page, your browsing data is read by the extension.
How adware gets installed	Bundled with other programs, advertised online, promoted by adware.
How to remove Recipe Hub	Scan your computer with anti-malware apps (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, etc.), uninstall adware programs and browser extensions.

What is Recipe Hub

New tab hijacker

Recipe Hub is presented by its creators as a browser extension to help with discovering recipes. As described in our article on Newtabtools.com, Recipe Hub, under its shiny surface, hides the core of a browser hijacker.

Browser hijackers are browser extensions that change the settings of a browser to manipulate how you search the internet and what ads you see. Web browsers are the programs we use to view webpages and browse the internet. Any program that manipulates the browser to inject ads or to redirect links gets a lot of power over the user. That’s the reason why many antivirus programs flag Recipe Hub as unwanted, malware, and adware (Virustotal link).

Recipe Hub changes the new tab page in the browser. It also reads your browsing history, manages your apps and themes, and can read your data on Ask.com and Myway.com. Other recipe-themed browser hijackers made by the same company include 100sofRecipes, DailyRecipeGuide, RecipeSearch, RecipeKart, and others.

The new tab page is the default page that your browser opens in a new tab. Some people use their favorite search engine, others use the new tab page where their frequently visited sites are listed. The new tab page opens when you press the buttons Ctrl and T on PC or Cmd and T on Mac, or when you click the little plus button at the top of your browser.

Adware

It’s very valuable for Recipe Hub to control your new tab page: it offers links to its own sites, as well as a search box that opens Myway.com, a site that belongs to Recipe Hub’s creators – Mindspark/Ask Applications. This means that Recipe Hub does indirectly make money for its makers from the ads shown in Myway.com’s search results.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with Recipe Hub being an ad-supported browser extension. But Recipe Hub hardly offers anything worth paying (with your time and attention) for. It links to Choosemyplate.gov and to Allrecipes.com, two sites that were not made by Mindspark and did not cost it anything. The third recipe link just opens Myway.com. Recipe Hub doesn’t really provide anything worth paying for.

How to remove Recipe Hub

Instructions for removing Recipe Hub from your web browser are posted below. I would only advise you to check each of your installed extensions and make sure that it’s safe. Browser hijackers sometimes promote one another or get installed in bundles, two or three at a time. So, it’s best to remove them all out in one fell swoop. Search extension by Ask, History Hide, etc. are some examples.

You can scan your computer with an anti-malware program, such as Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, and other apps that detect PUPs (potentially unwanted programs). This helps check and make sure that no malware is left on your computer. If there is, if antivirus programs detect something, you should look into it.

Knowing how Recipe Hub got installed can aid in its removal:

• You might have simply seen an ad for it online. Be wary of similar ads.
• Your browser or computer may have already been hijacked by adware, spamming malicious and deceptive ads, including those for browser hijackers.
• Recipe Hub could have been installed by another program, a bundler. Bundlers are programs (usually free) that offer optional software installations during setup and install them by default. It’s a widespread model to monetize free programs, a famous example is Flash Player installing McAfee.

If Recipe Hub or another site is forcing pop-up ads to appear in your web browser, that’s something that can be fixed in browser settings as described in this article on web push notifications.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted browser extension

TopHow To remove Recipe Hub New Tab 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 Recipe Hub New Tab, 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 Recipe Hub New Tab 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 Recipe Hub, 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 Recipe Hub New Tab 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 Recipe Hub New Tab 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 Recipe Hub New Tab, 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.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Recipe Hub 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 Recipe Hub New Tab, 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.