Stacktrending.com virus - How to remove

Stacktrending.com virus is a browser hijacker by Easy Access to Internet Services. It is promoted as search engine optimization software. But, in fact, it is on the contrary, this program will burden your searches with advertising content, slow down your PC and bring about other troubles.

About Stacktrending.com Browser Hijacker

If you go to stacktrending.com, you will bump into a warning in red, ‘‘Suspected Phishing Site’’. However, if you ignore this warning and go further, it will present you with Google search bar and shortcuts to Facebook, Outlook, Gmail, Wikipedia, Youtube, ESPN, BBC, CNET, Twitter, Yahoo!, Yahoo!Mail, Indeed, Booking.com and SoundCloud. This is a typical trait of illegitimate search engine optimizers to display icons of shortcuts to the most popular websites just below the search bar. Ironically, if you click the ‘‘About stacktrending’’ tag in the bottom of its main search page, you are again redirected to ‘‘Suspected Phishing Site’’ warning page. Accordingly, it should be pretty clear to you right now that Stacktrending.com is to be bypassed. But why this toolbar has such a bad reputation?

Stacktrending.com replaces your homepage (start page), new tab page and search engine with stacktrending.com which renders altered search results of Google. This browser extension corrupts all the most popular web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera and Safari. It performs system changes in Microsoft OS, Mac OS, Linux OS, etc. This means that if you try to restore your browser’s previous settings, you will only get deadlocked. The next time you launch the browser, you will again be redirected to stacktrending.com. Nevertheless, it is not the only one inconvenience this plug-in will cause you to experience. Modified search results of Google promotes 3rd party advertising websites. Additionally, the legitimate websites will be filled with various advertisements. Stacktrending.com virus will track your browsing and sell this info to 3rd parties. It will provide you with ads adapted to your browsing activities. Lastly, if you click them or visit suspicious 3rd party websites, you will invite further malware or even viruses.

How does Stacktrending.com Browser Hijacker Get on Your Computer?

It is very unlikely that there are any downloads of this application offered on the Internet. So how does it infiltrate your computer anyway? This question can be answered with one word – ‘‘bundling’’. This PUP (potentially unwanted program) is bundled with media players, download managers, PDF creators, etc. And these software bundles are presented as those sole programs. Thus, it is your duty to read Privacy Policies and User Agreements. Secondly, setup your installation wizard in Advanced/Custom installation mode to cancel the setup of such PUPs. What is more, various game servers or other dubious entertainment platforms is to be sidestepped.To exterminate the described parasite apply automatic malware removal tools such as Spyhunter, Malwarebytes or StopZilla. Follow the removal guide of Stacktrending.com browser hijacker below.

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Manual removal of Stacktrending.com virus

How to remove Stacktrending.com virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Stacktrending.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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 Stacktrending.com 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