Search.starttab.co virus - How to remove

Search.starttab.co is not your regular search engine. This website is listed as browser hijacker and that is that way not for no reason – it will cause you some cyber security problems and it might be difficult to get it off of your web browsers. And that’s where we step in – we are here to help you to get rid of this infection.

If you want to do it really fast and with almost no effort – get yourself a reliable anti-malware program. We recommend to use either Spyhunter, install it on your computer and then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. Either one of these programs should detect and remove the virus in no time. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed.

In case you prefer to perform this removal manually, without any help of anti-malware software – take a look at our step-by-step Search.starttab.co manual removal guide, which can be found below this article. We have created it to assist you through this complicated process of virus removal. Try to complete all steps correctly and you should be able to eliminate the virus manually by your own.

If you have faced some difficulties during the removal, feel free to ask us for help in the comments section below and we will do our best to provide you with needed help. To learn more about specific features of Search.starttab.co please continue reading the article.

About Search.starttab.co browser hijacker

As most of other malware of this type, Search.starttab.co is operating as browser add-on. It is completely compatible with all most popular web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or even Safari. That means Apple users can get infected too.

Once inside of a computer, Search.starttab, will change both homepage and default search engines on all of your web browsers, so this website will pop-up every time you open a browser.

Even though this site might look like legitimate one in a first sight, it is not true and you should not trust it. If you attempt to search for something using Search.starttab.co you will notice a lot of sponsored results that are not even relevant to your search queries, thus you will waste your time this way. In addition to that, it might be dangerous to click on those results, so we do not recommend to do that.

If it happens so that you click on a result sponsored by Search.starttab.co you will be immediately redirected to other websites that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money.

In addition to that, this browser hijacker might bring some qualities of adware virus too. You might experience additional dose of advertisements in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual ads. New tab or even window with ads might be opened at any time too.

Distritbution Methods of Search.starttab.co browser hijacker

Search.starttab.co can infect your system when you download and install some PDF generator or media player from unreliable website, because it is traveling bundled with freeware. So if you want to avoid this happening, make sure to pay close attention to the installation process of freeware and keep your computer secured with reliable anti-malware software all the time.

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Manual removal of Search.starttab.co virus

How to remove starttab virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search.starttab.co virus 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 starttab virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Search.starttab.co virus 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 starttab virus from macOS

Delete Search.starttab.co virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the starttab virus 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 Search.starttab.co virus 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 Search.starttab.co virus, 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 Search.starttab.co virus 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 Search.starttab.co virus 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 starttab virus, 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 Search.starttab.co virus 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 Search.starttab.co virus, 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 Search.starttab.co virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall starttab virus 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 Search.starttab.co virus, 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.

Manual removal