What is Newtab.today?
Newtab.today might look like a legitimate search engine, and its appearance resembles Google’s new tab page of Google Chrome with its frequently visited sites thumbnails below the search bar. However, our researchers say that this search engine can be unreliable and recommend that you remove it from your browser as soon as the opportunity arises. Its search results can contain promoted links that can be deceiving and redirect you to malicious websites. In this short description, we will discuss how this search engine is distributed, how it works, and how you can get rid of it, so please continue reading to find out more.
Where does Newtab.today come from?
Our security specialists say that Newtab.today comes from an unknown publisher. There is no information on who developed it either. Furthermore, this search engine features no privacy policy or EULA, so there are no legal documents that can tell us anything about this search engine. For this reason alone it is unreliable, but there is more to it.
Cybersecurity specialists have come to the conclusion that you can get redirected to this search engine by potentially unwanted browser extensions. These extensions can be installed on your PC as a result of installing a software bundle that does not disclose its full contents. The installer can be set to install the browser extension that promotes Newtab.today on your PC by stealth, but you can avoid that by getting a powerful anti-malware program such as SpyHunter which would prevent such software from being installed.
What does Newtab.today do?
Newtab.today can come as a redirect from a shady browser extension. Our cyber security experts have not found any information that could prove that this search engine replaces a browser’s new tab page, homepage or search provider. Hence, you can be redirected to it at random. Newtab.today redirects all entered search queries to Google.com. Researchers say that the search engine is not modified. Nevertheless, its search results can be influenced by Newtab.today in that they can contain promotional links that can redirect you to unreliable websites.
While there is not too much information about this search engine’s information collection tactics, our researchers say that it might collect information such as your IP address, Internet Service Provider (ISP) domain name, browser type, operating system type, search terms entered, search history, links clicked, and so on. This information can help this search engine show you personalized links that should generate Newtab.today’s developers ad revenue. However, you should not trust this search engine to provide you with reliable search results as some of them might redirect you to questionable sites.
How do I remove Newtab.today?
We hope you found this article insightful and now see what Newtab.today is all about. It is a search engine that comes from an unknown developer, and its intentions are also suspect. It is likely that this search engine was created for web monetization purposes and this means that some of its promoted links can be unreliable. Therefore, we recommend that you remove Newtab.today and get an anti-malware program to protect your PC and browser from undesirable extensions that can tamper with your browser’s search-related settings.
Reset your browser to default
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open the browser.
- Simultaneously press Alt+T.
- Click Internet Options.
- Select the Advanced tab and click Reset.
- Tick the checkbox.
- Click Reset and then click Close.
Mozilla Firefox
- Open the browser.
- Simultaneously press Alt+H.
- Select Troubleshooting Information.
- Click Refresh Firefox.
- Click Refresh Firefox again in the dialog box.
- Click Finish.
Google Chrome
- Open the browser.
- Simultaneously press Alt+F.
- Click Settings and click Advanced.
- Click Reset and click Reset in the dialog.
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