What is MyTvTab.com?
MyTvTab.com is a rather worthless application that our researchers at Anti-spyware-101.com classified as a browser hijacker. The software promises to provide users with TV streaming sites, but it does more than that as it replaces default search engine and new tab page with tvtabsearch.com. Unfortunately, this website might show you modified Yahoo search results that could be injected with potentially harmful third-party advertisements. Naturally, we advise you to get rid of the browser hijacker as soon as possible because these ads might redirect you to malicious web pages. If you want to keep using the links to the TV streaming sites, you should add them to the bookmarks bar instead. This way you can reach your favorite websites quickly without risking the computer’s safety. Thus, follow the deletion instruction below and eliminate MyTvTab.com.
Where does MyTvTab.com come from?
The hijacker enters the system together with a browser extension called MyTvTab or just TV. It looks like the add-on is still available on the Chrome Web Store, although it does not seem to be popular. Nevertheless, there are also other sources to download the extension. For example, users could install it while visiting its official website (lp.mytvtab.com) or download it with bundled installers.
In any case, the fact that you downloaded the browser hijacker only shows that you need to pay more attention while installing software. Users should always make sure that a program is published by a reliable company. Also, it is always a good idea to read some user reviews and get an opinion from someone who already knows how the application you want to install works.
How does MyTvTab.com work?
For starters, we should tell you that the hijacker is compatible with just Google Chrome, so it should not work on any other browser. Once the add-on is installed, it places a small icon next to the menu button on the top-right corner. If you click the icon, it simply redirects you to a Chrome Web Store page where you can download the same extension.
What's more, MyTvTab.com hijacks Google Chrome by replacing your regular search engine and new tab page with tvtabsearch.com. The provided search engine uses yahoo.com to collect the results. However, the results you receive might be not the same ones that Yahoo would display. Apparently, the browser hijacker might inject them with ads. To be more precise, the modified results could have additional pop-ups, commercial ads, or other similar content that could contain links to third party web pages. The main problem with third-party ads is that they may originate from malicious or otherwise unreliable web pages. To give you an example, a malicious site could offer update installers that are infected with Trojans, ransomware, and so on.
How to erase MyTvTab.com?
There are two different ways you can eliminate the browser hijacker. The first option is to delete MyTvTab.com extension from Google Chrome and change your preferences through browser settings. If have no idea how to remove the add-on from your browser, take a look at the instructions available at the end of the text. The second option is to download a reliable antimalware tool and let it deal with the hijacker. A security tool would detect MyTvTab.com with a scanning feature and allow you to erase it; you just have to wait till it checks the system.
Delete MyTvTab.com from Google Chrome
- Press ALT+F and click on Settings.
- Select More tools and choose Extensions.
- Locate the unwanted extension.
- Press the trash bin button next to it, then click Remove.
tested removal of MyTvTab.com*
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