Smart Package Tracker - How to remove

Supposed to help track packages, Smart Package Tracker is yet another adware browser extension. It changes your new tab page to Smartpackagetracker.com and redirects your search queries to Yahoo.com. And it gets installed with the help of adware. I’d advise everyone who has Smart Package Tracker installed to look for other malicious extensions in their browser – and to remove them as quickly as possible.

In short about Smart Package Tracker:

Type of threat	Adware, browser hijacker.
How Smart Package Tracker affects your browser	Changes your new tab page, reads your browsing history.
How it gets installed	Promoted by adware infections, deceptively advertised online.
Remove Smart Package Tracker	Use an anti-malware program (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, etc.) to remove unwanted programs, uninstall Smart Package Tracker.

How Hijackers Get Installed

Smart Package Tracker can be installed from the Chrome Web Store, where all browser extensions for the Chrome browser live. But it also has a home page: Smartpackagetracker.com. You wouldn’t think it, though, because Smartpackagetracker.com looks like any package-tracking site. It’s not, though – it purely exists to promote the Smart Package Tracker extension. Here’s how the process goes:

• A person opens their browser and uses a search engine to look for a package-tracking site. For example, they type “fedex tracking” and press Search.
• This person gets a search results page and clicks on the first link that looks relevant.
• The newly opened page has a text box for a tracking number, so the person types it in.
• Instead of getting information on the package, the person is asked to install Smart Package Tracker.
• After installing Smart Package Tracker, there’s still no clear way of getting any package info, but the browser’s new tab page has now changed.

And that’s how Smart Package Tracker got over fifty thousand users.

Of course, it’s also possible for Smart Package Tracker to spread by being bundled with free programs or by showing normal ads on various websites.

However, search-engine advertising is the most common. Here’s the thing, though: people who see ads for Smart Package Tracker in their search results must have already had adware on their browser. Sites like Kensaq.com, Zapmeta.com, Info.com, Hidemysearches.com, Theweb.com, and others advertise browser hijackers all the time, and these sites are themselves forced by malicious extensions in your browser.

Smart Package Tracker also has a favorite search engine – Yahoo.com. When you search using the search box on Smart Package Tracker’s new tab page, Yahoo.com opens.

Problems With Smart Package Tracker

Smart Package Tracker is very similar to Map Directions Pro and Maps Now, all three seeming to be made by the same company – Webalytics Media. Smart Package Tracker may look professional and official, but it has nothing to do with FedEx, Ups, or any other shipping company. It’s just using their names so that more people go to  Smartpackagetracker.com, that’s all.

Most of Smart Package Tracker’s reviews are left by people very angry at FedEx for supposedly bungling their shipment tracking system. People are livid that they can’t seem to find a way to track their packages and are being directed to install Smart Package Tracker.

After getting installed by tricking people, Smart Package Tracker then hijacks your browser’s new tab page. Every new tab that you open in your browser will open a site on Smartpackagetracker.com/homepage. The entirety of Smart Package Tracker’s useful features is a pop-up at the top that prompts you to type in the package tracking number. When something goes wrong, it tells you to install Smart Package Tracker again. So, some people can’t even use that.

Don’t forget – Smart Package Tracker’s privacy policy says it can log all of the search queries that you type in Smartpackagetracker.com, which is really bad for your privacy. So, at the end of the day, Smart Package Tracker is worse than useless.

How to Remove Smart Package Tracker

The quickest way to find all the malware and adware on your computer is to scan it with a security program. Anti-malware apps like Combo Cleaner for Macs, Spyhunter for PCs, Malwarebytes, and other reputable programs can do that.

You can also check your programs manually. Just open your browser settings as shown in the instructions in the next section. You’ll see all the browser extensions currently installed, including Smart Package Tracker. Remove all the ones that you don’t recognize. If you don’t use any of them, then remove all of them.

Frankly, browser extensions are bad for privacy, so you should only install the ones that you really, truly trust.

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How to Remove an Extension

TopRemoving Smart Package Tracker 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 Smart Package Tracker. Click on the trash bin icon next to Smart Package Tracker 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 Smart Package Tracker, 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 Smart Package Tracker 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 Smart Package Tracker. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Smart Package Tracker 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 Smart Package Tracker 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 Smart Package Tracker 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 Smart Package Tracker, 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.