Search.foxtab.com virus - How to remove

Search.foxtab.com virus is a browser hijacker that is installed to random computers using deceptive methods and that brings many problems for the computer users. The program comes bundled with various free software and any of us can download it without actually intending to get the application. It is usually added to free video players, video recorders, PDF creators. If you don’t pay attention while installing such tools, you may easily skip the step that informs about Search.foxtab.com virus to be activated by default and end up installing it to your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.

Once inside your computer, the program makes changes on your browser settings. It replaces your homepage and default search provider with Search.foxtab.com. The reason why these changes are made is because the program advertises several commercial websites. It includes affiliate links to your search results and expects you to click on them thinking the latter are relevant to your search. Search.foxtab.com virus also collects information about your browsing habits that can be useful for the third parties. Usually it records data about your search queries, most visited websites and so on.

Search.foxtab.com virus is supported by Funmoods which is already well known for using aggressive techniques in order to take over random browsers and hijack search results of their users. If you have noticed that any of your browsers has been affected by this malicious program, make sure you remove Search.foxtab.com virus as soon as possible. The tool doesn’t have any useful features and it will only annoy you when you browse the Internet. Moreover, it can cause your computer to be infected with Trojans, ransomware and similar malware via compromised websites to which you can get redirected to.

First of all, go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs list and uninstall it from there. It is recommended to delete ALL programs installed on the same date as problems have appeared. Some versions of this virus install software that blocks browser settings from changing. To identify them, scanning with Spyhunter or other reputable antispyware tool might be useful. Then you can uninstall the extensions and reset settings in your browsers.

How To remove Search.foxtab.com virus from Internet Explorer:

1. Click arrow on the right of search box
2. Do following: On IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, On ie7 click change search defaults
3. Remove the Search.foxtab.com from the list

How To remove Search.foxtab.com virus from Firefox :

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it & reset it.
5. Search for ‘browser.newtab.url’. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on each new tab.
6. If the settings revert and scan with anti-malware programs are clean: Close Firefox, open file explorer and enter %AppData% in the address bar. enter user.js in search box. If this file exists, rename it and start Firefox again. You will have to repeat the steps above.

How To remove Search.foxtab.com virus from Google Chrome:

1. Click 3 horizontal lines icon on browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines.
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from the list.
5. Go back to settings. On Startup choose open blank page ( you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).

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