What is New Tab Aid plugin?
New Tab Aid plugin is a piece of undesirable software working on Google Chrome. Not much is known about its entrance, but specialists are 99% sure that it comes from pop-ups, i.e. users install it by clicking on one of those malicious pop-ups. Theoretically, other distribution methods could have been used too, e.g. it could have sneaked onto your computer with untrustworthy software developed by third parties. In any event, according to specialists working at anti-spyware-101.com, it is a bad idea to keep it installed. In fact, users should hurry to eliminate all suspicious applications that show up on their computers out of the blue because these are usually representatives of malware. We are not going to call New Tab Aid plugin malicious in this article because it does not act like Trojans or other harmful infections, but we can assure you that it is an undesirable piece of software, so the sooner you remove it from your Google Chrome browser, the better. A more detailed description of New Tab Aid plugin can be found in the paragraph that follows, so read it carefully. Information you find provided there should help you to arrive at a rational decision regarding its presence. We hope that your final decision will be its removal.
What does New Tab Aid plugin do?
New Tab Aid plugin does not have an interface and it is usually installed on users’ computers silently, so there is a bunch of users out there who know nothing about the presence of this browser plugin. Of course, they quickly notice the changes applied by it, but they usually cannot understand why they have been made on their browsers without their knowledge. Have modifications been applied to your Google Chrome browser without permission too? If the answer to this question is yes, we highly recommend opening the Add-ons Manager and checking the list of add-ons. If you can find New Tab Aid plugin there, it means that this plugin is installed on your browser. Also, this explains why you see new changes applied to your browser. Usually, after the successful installation, New Tab Aid plugin changes a default search engine on Google Chrome. From that moment on, users start seeing the Yahoo! search provider in the place of their favorite search tool. Of course, Yahoo! is not a malicious search engine; however, according to researchers who have tested New Tab Aid plugin, this plugin might insert modified search results among decent search results shown by this search tool. The so-called modified search results might expose users to potential threats situated on third-party pages by redirecting users to them, so clicking on them is not recommended. Unfortunately, these search results are not easy to recognize and ignore, so specialists say that users should stop using this Yahoo! version promoted by New Tab Aid plugin as soon as possible. If you have not understood yet, this can be done only by removing/disabling the untrustworthy browser plugin responsible for setting a new search tool.
Where does New Tab Aid plugin come from?
As mentioned in the 1st paragraph of this article, New Tab Aid plugin usually enters computers when users click on pop-up advertisements promoting it; however, be sure that we are talking about the same browser plugin if it has entered your computer somehow differently, e.g. in a software bundle with free applications. Undesirable software creators develop untrustworthy software every day, so it is highly recommended to install reputable security software – it is your only chance to prevent undesirable software from entering your computer without putting much effort into this.
How to remove New Tab Aid plugin
If your only wish is to remove search.yahoo.com from browsers and then set the preferred search tool, you should definitely not postpone the New Tab Aid plugin removal. Luckily, it affects only Google Chrome, so its removal should not be a time-consuming process. If you need some help, feel free to use the manual removal instructions located below this paragraph. Alternatively, it can be removed by performing a system scan with an automatic malware remover. Choose the most suitable method for you.
New Tab Aid plugin removal guide
Google Chrome
- Open Google Chrome.
- Press Alt+F.
- Select More tools and then click Extensions.
- Find New Tab Aid plugin on the list, select it, and click on the Recycle bin button.
- Click Remove.
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