What is MyOfficeTab?
If you need to create documents often, MyOfficeTab might be what you were looking for specifically. Although this extension promises to help you create document files online, it is not as useful as you might think. As a matter of fact, our research team classifies it as a potentially unwanted program, PUP. The best thing you can do about this program is to remove it, but do not do that just because our malware experts at Anti-Spyware-101.com are telling you to. Read the report, learn about the extension, and then come up with your own conclusion. If there is no need for that, go ahead and delete MyOfficeTab using the instructions below. At the time of research, this potentially unwanted program was compatible with Google Chrome, which is what we focus on in the guide. However, if you find that you need to eliminate the extension from a different browser, let us know via the comments below, and we will update the guide to help you out as soon as possible.
How does MyOfficeTab work?
MyOfficeTab is introduced to Google Chrome users as a tool that can offer you an amazing service. That is not the truth. In reality, once the extension is installed, newtab.myofficetab.com/43/default/index.html is presented via the New Tab page, and the tools that are supposed to help you create documents are, in fact, Google tools. You are not being provided with a unique or beneficial service here, and you can easily create the same kinds of documents – and with more options – by signing into your Google Account and using the available Google Apps. Overall, although the extension is not malicious per se, it certainly is not beneficial, and that is a good enough reason to delete it from your operating system. Unfortunately, that is not all. Our research team warns that it is most important to remove MyOfficeTab due to the search service it introduces all of its users to. If you have the extension installed, you know already that it presents a search box in the middle of the New Tab page. If you use it to browse the web, you are rerouted to Yahoo Search, and, unfortunately, the results are modified. That is exactly how MusicTab Newtab works too, and both PUPs were created by the same company, Tightrope Interactive, Inc.
Whether you downloaded the suspicious MyOfficeTab from myofficetab.com (in reality, the installer is on Chrome store, at chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/myofficetab/efaaaiddmmcbkijhpmfpbgidlmcihmie), or you used an unfamiliar installer, you should implement a legitimate malware scanner. This tool will let you know if there are any other threats that you need to delete along with the PUP. Unfortunately, there is always a possibility that other threats exist, and if that is the case, you need to be careful. If you decide to remove MyOfficeTab and other threats manually, do your research first. Hopefully, you can find all the removal guides and information on this website.
How to delete MyOfficeTab
MyOfficeTab does not offer exclusive services. As a matter of fact, you can use the same services without installing anything onto your web browser or your operating system. For example, you can create document files virtually using Google Apps, which are free to use, and all you need is a Google Account. Ultimately, that is not why you should remove MyOfficeTab from your Google Chrome web browser. Our research team classifies this extension as PUP because its search service is not trustworthy. When you use it, you are redirected to Yahoo Search, and while that is done without permission, it is most important to note that the results are modified. That is done, most likely, to show sponsored links. If you click on those, the developer of the PUP should earn a profit. Unfortunately, we cannot vouch for the trustworthiness of the links shown to you, and that is why we recommend removal. Deleting the PUP manually is not difficult, but if you find other threats, implementing reliable anti-malware software is the right move.
Removal Instructions
- Open the Google Chrome web browser.
- Tap Alt+F to open the menu on your right.
- Click More tools and then Extensions.
- Remove undesirable extensions.
- Tap Ctrl+Shift+Delete to access the Clear browsing data menu.
- Select the time range and boxes.
- Click the Clear data button.
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