Tmapsndirections.com Hijacker - How to remove

Maps N’ Directions Tab on Tmapsndirections.com is a browser hijacker that promotes Yahoo.com and Hidemysearches.com. Although Maps N’ Directions Tab can help you find driving directions quickly, it also ruins your new tab page, making other online apps harder to find. Tmapsndirections.com represents all of Maps N’ Directions Tab’s useful functionality and most of it is there to show you ads and spy on your browsing habits.

In short, Tmapsndirections.com is just an adware extension that’s not worth using:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker, newtab virus.
Symptoms of a Maps N’ Directions Tab hijacking	Tmapsndirections.com is set as your homepage, Yahoo.com and Hidemysearches.com return your internet search results.
Dangers of the hijackers	Can’t customize your new tab page anymore, your browsing habits are read by the extension.
How to remove Maps N’ Directions Tab	Get rid of adware with the help of an anti-malware program (SpyHunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for Mac OS, Malwarebytes, etc.), remove Tmapsndirections.com and other hijackers manually from your browser settings.

Problems with Maps N’ Directions Tab

A web browser is a program that we use to interact with the internet – examples include Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Maps N’ Directions Tab is a browser add-on – a small program that changes how your browser behaves. For example, it changes your new tab page and your homepage to Tmapsndirections.com.

Tmapsndirections.com looks kind of like a normal new tab page – it has a search bar in the middle and a few links to popular websites. But it’s worse than the default Chrome new tab page in a number of ways:

• Tmapsndirections.com doesn’t show your frequently visited websites, making it harder to quickly go to your favorite pages.
• Tmapsndirections.com shows a web search box that searches the internet, but it uses Yahoo.com instead of your previous search engine. There’s no way to change this and set your own engine.
• Overall, there’s almost nothing that you can customize on that page, unlike Chromes default new tab.
• Unsurprisingly, Tmapsndirections.com doesn’t have quick links to web apps like Google’s Gmail, Drive, Docs, and others. These links are quite useful for some people, so losing them can be very disorienting.
• Finally, there are ads on Tmapsndirections.com.

On top of all that, Maps N’ Directions Tab reads your browsing history. Data about you is used for showing you targeted ads.

How Maps N’ Directions Tab gets installed

You might have found Tmapsndirections.com while searching for driving directions online. Maps N’ Directions Tab is advertised on Mapsndirections.com – a site that pretends to be an online map, but actually it just redirects you to install Maps N’ Directions Tab.

It makes it look like you have to install it – which is a red flag. You should never have to install a browser extension to see results, download a file, or visit a website. This pressure is used by malicious software makers to attack inexperienced and unconfident internet users.

Seeing ads for Mapsndirections.com is unlikely – unless you have a search hijacker already infecting your computer. Not necessarily, but it’s very possible that a malicious browser extension or a bad program on your computer is messing with your search results – redirecting you and injecting ads. This would make links to browser hijackers like Maps N’ Directions Tab appear as ads on top of your web search results, along with sites like Zapmeta.com and Info.com.

This can be fixed by deleting malware with an antivirus program and getting rid of suspicious browser extensions. Browser extensions are usually the main way that adware infects computers nowadays.

So, after trying to look up directions on Mapsndirections.com, it tells you to install Maps N’ Directions Tab, but it also may tell you to install Hide My Searches and Email Search Tools. This would make your default search engine into Hidemysearches.com and constantly redirect you from other search sites to it.

When I tried to use Firefox to install Maps N’ Directions Tab, it blocked it, but it still works fine in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge (new).

How to remove Tmapsndirections.com

First, it’s a good idea to scan your device with an anti-malware program: SpyHunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, Malwarebytes, or other trusted software. This will find malicious software, if there is any.

Uninstalling Maps N’ Directions Tab and other browser extensions manually is pretty simple, it should be enough to just right-click the extension’s icon that should be visible near the top right corner of your browser and choose the “Remove” option. I put the more detailed instructions at the bottom.

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Manually remove Maps N’ Directions Tab

TopRemoving Tmapsndirections.com Hijacker 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 Tmapsndirections.com Hijacker. Click on the trash bin icon next to Tmapsndirections.com Hijacker 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 Tmapsndirections.com Hijacker, 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 Tmapsndirections.com Hijacker 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 Tmapsndirections.com Hijacker. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Tmapsndirections.com Hijacker 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.