Sport Reminder Search Virus - How to remove

Sport Reminder Search is a browser hijacker that interferes into the way your browser works. It amends the default home page and search engine to https://apps.searchalgo.com/search/?category=web&s=mpds&q={searchTerms}. People are not really satisfied with such alterations, this is why they use the phrase ‘Sport Reminder Search virus’ when trying to describe the problem.

The term of browser hijacker is more applicable when summarizing what Sport Reminder Search does with your browser. It works by means of a special extension. Once installed, it gains control over all major settings and does not let you make your own decisions considering the following aspects:

• the default startup page;
• your preferred search engine;
• new tab URL.

The above-mentioned values will be fully controlled by the SportMuze Search extension. You will not be able to change any settings unless the extension is active. There are some other valid reasons why you should deactivate and delete it right away.

Sport Reminder Search distribution

Even though the landing page of SportMuze Search extension can be found on the Chrome Web Store, it is unlikely that you will make your personal decision to download and install it. For this simple reason, the developers of Sport Reminder Search refer to the practice of bundling the extension with many free programs. You may find a certain great free application online and decide to install it. However, during the setup process, a lot of other extra programs may be suggested by default. You will not clearly find this information unless you switch to the “Advanced” or “Custom” installation mode. You will see special boxes that are already checked. Completing the setup leads to injection of these extra utilities.

In order to prevent the unauthorized installation of PUPs, adware and browser hijackers, it is important to uncheck the boxes responsible for their default installation. Some people tend to skip reading the important details. They may blindly click on “Next” or “I agree” buttons, thus allowing many third-party programs like Sport Reminder Search to be enabled.

Distribution of the Sport Reminder Search hijacker may also occur through unexpected pop-up windows in your browser. This may be caused by the specific adware causing random redirections to dubious pages, including the one promoting the extension.

Even though it is not certain how exactly Sport Reminder Search was installed in your specific case, the analysis of its traits and behavior gives valid grounds to delete the SportMuze Search extension as soon as possible. This is confirmed by the thorough analysis of the issue by several security-related blogs and by detection of Sport Reminder Search by specific anti-virus programs.

How to get rid of Sport Reminder Search

Fixing your browser manually is the first step to neutralize the negative impact of the Sport Reminder Search hijacker. Access the list of browser extensions and look for SportMuze Search. Once you find it – great! Disable and delete the extension right away. You may additionally inspect your available programs to identify suspicious software that could forward your browser to the misleading installation page of the hijacker. We have to admit that there are many adware programs today that may be hidden deep in the system without visual identification.

You can’t find them in the Control Panel where all available software is listed, however, the browser and your entire computer will function in a very unstable manner. Even after removing the hijacker other problems may persist. To neutralize the malware completely, we recommend scanning your computer with Spyhunter to clean and protect your system in a professional way.

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How to remove Sport Reminder Search Virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search Virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search Virus from macOS

Delete Sport Reminder Search Virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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 Sport Reminder Search 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.