Remove Chrome-tab.com Redirect Effectively

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This article provides step-by-step removal for Chrome-tab.com. Follow the guide below to remove the redirect entirely from Chrome, Firefox, Explorer, Safari, and Windows system.

Chrome-tab.com is a website of unknown origin that affects commonly used browsers in an attempt to push its rogue search engine. Chrome-tab.com may be spread with the help of various shady techniques. In case of infection, you may see its main page set as a homepage, new tab page, and its search engine as a default one. Chrome-tab.com acts like a typical browser hijacker that may cause privacy issues and serve as a gate for severe malware infections.

Threat Summary

Name	Chrome-tab.com
Type	Browser Hijacker, PUP
Short Description	The domain Chrome-tab.com can be set as homepage and new tab on each affected browser. A rogue search engine is set as default one.
Symptoms	The homepage, new tab and search engine of affected browsers can display the main page of Chrome-tab.com redirect. Many redirects and advertisements can occur during browsing sessions.
Distribution Method	Freeware Installations, Bundled Packages
Detection Tool	See If Your System Has Been Affected by Chrome-tab.com Download Malware Removal Tool
User Experience	Join Our Forum to Discuss Chrome-tab.com.

Chrome-tab.com – Distribution Methods

Chrome-tab.com may be spread with the help of various shady techniques. Hackers often use compromised software installers to deliver the redirect unnoticeably on the system. The setups of various free apps provide additional potentially unwanted programs like Chrome-tab.com. Most of the times the installation of such other components happens by default. So if you follow the regular installation steps and just click the Next button, there is great chance to see Chrome-tab.com in your browser after you click the Finish button. To prevent the nasty redirect from infecting your system and browser always look for the Advanced or Custom install options. Once you find them make sure to review the information they provide. It should present all setup components and give you the opportunity to choose whether you want the additional ones or not.

Chrome-tab.com may slightly infect your system via different kinds of online advertisements – banners, pop-ups, pop-unders, new tab pages, sliders, links to sponsored content. The ads can be set to land you on a corrupted web page that downloads the redirect automatically. They may also be designed to install a suspicious browser extension or a toolbar that affect the browser with Chrome-tab.com.

Chrome-tab.com – More Details

Chrome-tab.com is a website of unknown origin that affects commonly used browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari) in attempt to push its rogue search engine. In case of infection, you may see its main page each time you open the browser as the redirect may modify homepage, the new tab page, and default search engine settings.

Currently the main page of Chrome-tab.com provides several elements. The primary elements are a search field and a few recommended links to popular social media channels and services below the field. The additional features include customizable clock and date form as well as options to change background wallpaper and preferred theme. Below you can see a picture of the redirect’s homepage:

It all seems alright, but there are some details about the redirect that can remain out of sight. First is the fact that Chrome-tab.com tracks all search queries you enter in its search filed as well as your browsing history and many other details which you can see in the next paragraph of the article.

The second thing is that the search engine provided by Chrome-tab.com is a rogue one as it does not have its own database to generate search results but redirects to Yahoo search instead.

Last but not least is the wave of annoying advertisements that the redirect may generate in your browser. They cannot remain unnoticed as you may see them all over your browser. Consequently, the browser’s performance may become sluggish while new pages may load slowly.

Even though you may think that Chrome-tab.com is a reliable website with a good reputation, the analysis of its behavior show that it acts like a typical browser hijacker that may cause privacy issues and serve as a gate for severe malware infections.

Chrome-tab.com – Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy is a page that notifies how Chrome-tab.com receives, collects and uses information from you as a user of its services. The section can be found in the bottom of Chrome-tab.com main page.

In accordance with the Chrome-tab.com’s policy, the website may obtain and record personal information that may directly or indirectly identify you such as:

• Your name
• Address
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Information you provided in public forums and/or social networks
• Information you provided us including your device identifier or IP address when you use the Site

As well as anonymous information that does not directly or indirectly identify you, like:

• The number of page views
• Link clicks
• Login times
• Your browser type and language
• Access times
• Software installed upon and/or devices connected to your computer and/or device, and the referring website address

In addition, the website owners allow third-parties, including authorized service providers, parent and subsidiary companies, affiliates, advertising companies, and ad networks, to display advertisements or place ad tags on or via Chrome-tab.com. These companies also use tracking technologies to collect information about your online behavior. The data can be then used to deliver you targeted advertisements.

In case that you do not agree with the collection of all personally and non-personally identifiable details mentioned above you need to remove the Chrome-tab.com redirect from the affected machine.

How to Remove Chrome-tab.com Redirect Effectively

The removal steps for Chrome-tab.com redirect are listed below. If you don’t feel quite comfortable with the manual removal approach you can choose the automatic. For maximum efficiency and the complete removal of Chrome-tab.com from affected browsers and Windows system it is good to fulfill all steps.

Note! Your computer system may be affected by Chrome-tab.com or other threats.
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To remove Chrome-tab.com follow these steps:

1. Uninstall malicious programs from Windows

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How to Uninstall malicious programs from Windows:

Here is a method in few easy steps that should be able to uninstall most programs. No matter if you are using Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP, those steps will get the job done. Dragging the program or its folder to the recycle bin can be a very bad decision. If you do that, bits and pieces of the program are left behind, and that can lead to unstable work of your PC, errors with the file type associations and other unpleasant activities. The proper way to get a program off your computer is to Uninstall it. To do that:

Hold the Windows Logo Button and “R” on your keyboard. A Pop-up window will appear (fig.1).

In the field type in “appwiz.cpl” and press ENTER (fig.2).

This will open a window with all the programs installed on the PC.
Select the program that you want to remove, and press “Uninstall” (fig.3).

Follow the instructions above and you will successfully uninstall most programs.

2. Clean your Browser and Registry from Chrome-tab.com

Remove Chrome-tab.com by cleaning your Browser and Registry.

Remove an extension from Mozilla FirefoxRemove an extension from Google Chrome Remove an extension from Internet Explorer Remove an extension from Microsoft Edge Fix registry entries created by Chrome-tab.com on your PC.

Start Mozilla Firefox. Open the menu window

Select the “Add-ons” icon from the menu.

Select the unwanted extension and click “Remove“

After the extension is removed, restart Mozilla Firefox by closing it from the red “X” button at the top right corner and start it again.

Start Google Chrome and open the drop menu

Move the cursor over “Tools” and then from the extended menu choose “Extensions“

From the opened “Extensions” menu locate the unwanted extension and click on its “Remove” button.

After the extension is removed, restart Google Chrome by closing it from the red “X” button at the top right corner and start it again.

Start Internet Explorer:

Click on the gear icon labeled ‘Tools’ to open the drop menu and select ‘Manage Add-ons’

In the ‘Manage Add-ons’ window.

Select the extension you want to remove and then click ‘Disable’. A pop-up window will appear to inform you that you are about to disable the selected extension, and some more add-ons might be disabled as well. Leave all the boxes checked, and click ‘Disable’.

After the unwanted extension has been removed, restart Internet Explorer by closing it from the red ‘X’ button located at the top right corner and start it again.

Start Edge

Open the drop menu by clicking on the icon at the top right corner.

From the drop menu select “Extensions”.

Choose the suspected malicious extension you want to remove and then click on the gear icon.

Remove the malicious extension by scrolling down and then clicking on Uninstall.

Some malicious scripts may modify the registry entries on your computer to change different settings. This is why cleaning your Windows Registry Database is recommended. Since the tutorial on how to do this is a bit long and tampering with registries could damage your computer if not done properly you should refer and follow our instructive article about fixing registry entries, especially if you are unexperienced in that area.

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3. Scan for malware and unwanted programs with SpyHunter Anti-Malware Tool

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1. Install SpyHunter to scan for Chrome-tab.com and remove them.2. Scan with SpyHunter, Detect and Remove Chrome-tab.com. Back up your data to secure it from malware in the future.

Step 1: Click on the “Download” button to proceed to SpyHunter’s download page.

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Step 2: Guide yourself by the download instructions provided for each browser.

Step 3: After you have installed SpyHunter, wait for it to update automatically.

Step 1: After the update process has finished, click on the ‘Malware/PC Scan’ tab. A new window will appear. Click on ‘Start Scan’.

Step 2: After SpyHunter has finished scanning your PC for any files of the associated threat and found them, you can try to get them removed automatically and permanently by clicking on the ‘Next’ button.

Step 3: If any threats have been removed, it is highly recommended to restart your PC.

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Gergana Ivanova

Gergana has completed a bachelor degree in Marketing from the University of National and World Economy. She has been with the STF team for three years, researching malware and reporting on the latest infections. She believes that in times of constantly evolving dependency of network connected technologies, people should spread the word not the war.

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Gergana Ivanova

Gergana has completed a bachelor degree in Marketing from the University of National and World Economy. She has been with the STF team for three years, researching malware and reporting on the latest infections. She believes that in times of constantly evolving dependency of network connected technologies, people should spread the word not the war.

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