Yourtv.link malware - How to remove

Yourtv.link malware is a browser hijacker that is promoted along free downloads and doesn’t requite users’ permission to be added to your browser. Once inside it replaces your homepage and default search provider. The program can attack Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari, so obviously it affects plenty of users.

If you have noticed Yourtv.link set as your default search engine, you must remove it as soon as possible. It is not that easy to do as you may think at first. For this reason we have developed a tutorial how to remove Yourtv.link malware, which you will find below this article. You can also remove it automatically, by running a full system scan with a reliable anti-malware program, for example, Spyhunter or StopZilla.

About Yourtv.link malware

As already mentioned, the first changes you will see after being infected by Yourtv.link malware are your homepage and default search provider. No matter which were your preferences before, you will now see Yourtv.link instead. Unfortunately, this is not a reliable search page, mainly because it modifies your search results by adding numerous commercial websites. If you try to use another search engine or choose a different website as your homepage, you will see that it is not that easy to do that either. Yourtv.link malware usally protects Internet browser settings from being changed.

What is more, Yourtv.link malware I sone of the program that collect information about your search queries, most visited websites and it can even get access to some of your sensitive information, like your emails, usernames, IP address, etc. Later this data can be sent to the third parties and used for marketing purposes or even try to steal your money. Also keep in mind that Yourtv.link malware may promote malicious websites and if you visit them, your computer can be infected there.

Distribution Methods of Yourtv.link malware

Yourtv.link malware infiltrates into systems using unfair methods. However, users can blame only themselves for that. Most of the times, the program comes bundled to free programs that one can download from the Internet. The application is installed automatically if you don’t reject it during the installation of some freeware. Since a lot of users choose a Basic installation instead of a Custom one, they may not even see that the program is going to change their homepage and search provider to Yourtv.link. Make sure you always follow installations steps of your new downloads and never accepts unknown applications to be added or unclear changes to be made in your system.

It is recommended to remove Yourtv.link malware as soon as you notice it on your computer.

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How to remove Yourtv.link malware using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Yourtv.link malware 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 Yourtv.link malware . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Yourtv.link malware 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 Yourtv.link malware from macOS

Delete Yourtv.link malware from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Yourtv.link malware 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 Yourtv.link malware 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 Yourtv.link malware, 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 Yourtv.link malware 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 Yourtv.link malware 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 Yourtv.link malware, 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 Yourtv.link malware 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 Yourtv.link malware, 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 Yourtv.link malware from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Yourtv.link malware 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 Yourtv.link malware, 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.

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