Watch-tvlivetab.com Hijacker - How to remove

Watch-tvlivetab.com may appear in your web browser unexpectedly if you install the TV Streaming Online extension. This can happen thanks to misleading ads that tell you that TV Streaming Online will let you watch television shows online (it doesn’t really do that). In reality, Watch-tvlivetab.com just directs you paid online streaming sites while monetizing your internet searches and showing you too many ads.

Issues with Watch-tvlivetab.com:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
TV Streaming Online features	Replaces your new tab page, makes your search queries go to Yahoo.com.
Issues and problems	Might get installed by people unintentionally or under a false impression as to what TV Streaming Online does, features offered are lacking, private data is collected.
How to remove Watch-tvlivetab.com	Use anti-malware tools (Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, etc.) to check your computer, uninstall all suspicious and unwanted browser extensions.

What does TV Streaming Online do?

If your web browser was taken over by TV Streaming Online, then every time you open the browser or open a new tab, Watch-tvlivetab.com appears. This page has a search box in the middle and a ribbon at the top. The search box is linked to Yahoo.com. The ribbon has links to various TV sites, like CBS All Access and Hulu.

TV Streaming Online is the browser extension that sets Watch-tvlivetab.com to replace your new tab page. A browser extension is a little add-on to your browser that changes some way in which your browser works. There are hundreds of thousands of browser extensions. Some are helpful, some – not so much.

TV Streaming Online is made to profit off of its users by showing them sponsored Yahoo search results. Using Watch-tvlivetab.com, you see ads with search results, which makes money to the people behind the website. Each user is a drip in the bucket in terms of how much ad revenue we generate, but TV Stream Online has over ten thousand users. Also, its creator, Eightpoint Technologies Ltd., has made dozens and dozens of browser extensions that work by this principle (Game Finder Pro, Easy Recipes Search, Hide My History, etc.) and they continue to release more, so business must be going well.

If you use your browser with Watch-tvlivetab.com, TV Streaming Online collects your IP, each of your internet search queries (the stuff you type into the search box), and some technical data. This is data useful to advertisers and market researchers, so it can be sold or rented. It’s pretty valuable, especially if you’re the person who is responsible for purchases in your home or if you have a lot of money to spend.

How the hijacker got on your computer

You might have got TV Streaming Online from a free program that you installed recently. Some free apps bundle browser extensions and other unwanted software and then install them, sometimes without you even realizing.

Another possibility is that you already had a browser extension messing with your internet search results, adding links to Info.com, Encryptedsearch.org, Zapmeta.com, and other sites as ads. This can cause your search results to reload briefly after appearing.

You can find TV Streaming Online while searching for ways to watch television online. For example, by searching for the name of a television channel or a show. You may get a link to Watchtvlive.co, Watch-tvlive.com, or another site. These sites show a page that says in big bold letters:

Quick Access to
Watch Free Online TV

Sometimes the page says exactly what you searched for, like:

Watch [the show you searched for] Online

Now, in fine print, it’s explained that you’re about to install a browser extension, but even then, it’s not clear what you can expect. So, many people go in thinking that they’ve found a way to watch the show that they wanted, only to have Watch-tvlivetab.com take over their browser. This is reflected in TV Streaming Online’s Web Store reviews:

Could not get it to work

It’s useless.. Waste of like 15 minutes

Watch-tvlivetab.com does offer links to various online streaming sites, but many of them are paid and require you to register. It’s a very roundabout way of doing things. Just go to the website of the network whose show you want to watch and you will probably find how to do it. No TV Streaming Online needed.

How to remove Watch-tvlivetab.com

Watch-tvlivetab.com will be gone from your browser if you remove the TV Streaming Online extension. Luckily, there’s a link at the bottom of Watch-tvlivetab.com called “Uninstall” that includes instructions. I also included a guide at the bottom of this article.

It’s also advisable to scan your computer with an anti-malware program, such as Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, or another app that you trust. If you have adware bundlers (programs that install unwanted software) or adware infections, a scan should let you know. If there’s anything wrong with your device, you will know to take measures to clean it.

Some people spend months or even years with adware on their computers. Some adware programs are stealthy and modest enough that they don’t make your computer unusable – they just sprinkle a few ads on top of every webpage you visit, or show a pop-up now and again. A competent antivirus program should prevent that.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Uninstall unwanted extensions

TopRemoving Watch-tvlivetab.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 Watch-tvlivetab.com Hijacker. Click on the trash bin icon next to Watch-tvlivetab.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 Watch-tvlivetab.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 Watch-tvlivetab.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 Watch-tvlivetab.com Hijacker. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Watch-tvlivetab.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.

TopRemoving Watch-tvlivetab.com Hijacker 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 Watch-tvlivetab.com Hijacker 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 Watch-tvlivetab.com Hijacker, 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.