Streamsmob.com Hijacker - How to remove

If you see Streamsmob.com in your address bar or StreamsMob in your extensions list, you might be curious about what it is. After all, it’s doubtful that many people install them on purpose.

Streamsmob.com is a search redirect site. It usually opens Yahoo. It controls and tracks the user’s search. It can make money from advertising, promoting partner sites, and collecting user data.

Even though it’s not dangerous, Streamsmob.com doesn’t offer any useful features, so it’s advisable to remove it.

About Streamsmob.com:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
How to remove Streamsmob.com	Find and remove malware with antivirus tools like Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, and others, remove StreamsMob and other suspicious extensions, block unwanted notifications.
Problems and dangers	StreamsMob collects usage data, including search logs, which is not good for privacy, the default search engine is restricted by Streamsmob.com.
How Streamsmob.com spreads	Advertised online, bundled with other programs.

How to remove Streamsmob.com

Streamsmob.com is a website. It’s tied closely to the StreamsMob browser extension. While it’s possible to have Streamsmob.com take over your browser without the extension, it’s unlikely. To get rid of Streamsmob.com, you need to remove StreamsMob.

In addition, Streamsmob.com sometimes leads to other malicious sites, like Install.notify-service.com, Stream All, and others. This makes it important to check your extensions and apps/programs for unwanted additions.

You can use antivirus programs, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others. They can point out suspicious items in your apps and add-ons. However, you may need to block notifications manually.

Remove bad browser add-ons

You can find your extensions in the upper right corner of your browser. In Google Chrome, that’s the little puzzle button.

You can find more detailed descriptions in the extension settings (Settings -> Extensions). Also, check your Search engine and new tab settings to see if an extension is controlling them. More detailed instructions (with screenshots) can be found at the bottom.

Remove StreamsMob right away. Review your other add-ons. Use an antivirus tool, if you aren’t sure. Disable or remove those that you don’t use and those that are unfamiliar to you. Extensions are pretty powerful, especially in how they can invade your privacy, so it’s best to be careful with what you let on your browser.

Block notifications

There’s a good chance that Streamsmob.com offered you to subscribe to its notifications. As did the sites that it promotes.

If you clicked that Allow button (it’s very easy to do without even meaning to), then you may be getting pop-up ads from Streamsmob.com and those other sites.

Here’s how to block them:

1. Open Site content settings, the notifications section.
   • Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
   • Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
   • Edge (Chromium) – type “edge://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
   • Firefox – open Settings, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.
2. Find Streamsmob.com and other unwanted sites.
3. If they’re in the Allowed list, block their notifications by selecting Block from the drop-down to the right of the site’s name.

Consider disabling notifications completely.

What is Streamsmob.com

Streamsmob.com is just a website that accepts search queries and sends them off to Yahoo.com or any other site. When StreamsMob is installed on a browser, it sets Feed.streamsmob.com as the default search engine. This way, whenever the user searches the web, Streamsmob.com gets to decide how they do it and where the results come from.

In addition, StreamsMob can read the user’s browsing history while Streamsmob.com can read their search history.

I don’t know exactly how the people who operate Streamsmob.com make money, but they could do it by:

• Using affiliate links when redirecting searches to Yahoo.
• Having Streamsmob.com redirect to other promoted sites.
• Having StreamsMob open promoted sites.
• Selling data collected about users.

It’s not that bad, as I’ve only seen Streamsmob.com do the first thing, and the privacy policy is a little vague. Too many extensions, even those that promise to help your privacy, end up selling your data. It’s something to keep in mind.

How StreamsMob gets installed

Most likely, you didn’t install StreamsMob for its amazing features. It doesn’t really have any. It just changes the default search engine.

You might have encountered a suspicious ad, such as this one:

Some ads that promote browser hijackers are basically fake download buttons. Some try to pressure you into installing them by projecting confidence and pretending to not be an ad, but a legitimate warning or required software.

People who don’t regularly use browser extensions are most vulnerable because they might be unfamiliar with how normal installation looks – and they won’t recognize when something isn’t right. And Streamsmob.com abuses it.

That’s all good for StreamsMob. It benefits from staying hidden even after it’s installed. The same goes for its cousins, like Gaming-search.com, PDF-Searchz.com, and many others. Who knows how many browsers are infected when you add all these hijackers together.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove StreamsMob manually

TopHow To remove Streamsmob.com Hijacker 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 Streamsmob.com Hijacker, 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 Streamsmob.com Hijacker 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 Streamsmob.com Hijacker, 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.