How to remove Services.searchtabnew.com [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Have you become that your browser permanently opens Services.searchtabnew.com unwanted page instead of your search engine? It is a sign that your internet browser’s settings replaced and your computer is infected with malware from the browser hijacker family. You need to perform the step-by-step guide below as soon as possible to remove Services.searchtabnew.com redirect and block the ability to penetrate of more malicious viruses and trojans on your machine.

The Services.searchtabnew.com hijacker usually affects only the Chrome, Firefox, Edge and IE. However, possible situations, when any other web browsers will be affected too. The hijacker will perform a scan of the PC system for internet browser shortcuts and modify them without your permission. When it infects the web-browser shortcuts, it’ll add the argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you open the web-browser, you will see the Services.searchtabnew.com annoying web-site.

The Services.searchtabnew.com hijacker may also alter the default search engine that will virtually block the possibility of finding information on the Internet. The reason for this is that the Services.searchtabnew.com search results may open lots of advertisements, links to unwanted and ad web pages. Only the remaining part is the result of your search request, loaded from the major search engines such as Google, Yahoo or Bing.

Also, ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware) can be installed on the computer together with Services.searchtabnew.com hijacker infection. It will insert a large amount of ads directly to the sites that you view, creating a sense that ads has been added by the creators of the web-page. Moreover, legal ads may be replaced on fake advertisements which will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful applications. Moreover, the Services.searchtabnew.com browser hijacker has the ability to collect lots of personal information about you, which can later transfer to third parties.

We suggest you to remove Services.searchtabnew.com and free your computer as quickly as possible, until the presence of the browser hijacker has not led to even worse consequences. Follow the steps below that will assist you to completely remove Services.searchtabnew.com redirect, using only the built-in Windows features and a few of specialized free tools.

Tips to prevent Services.searchtabnew.com and other unwanted software

The Services.searchtabnew.com browser hijacker infection spreads with a simple but quite effective way. It is integrated into the installation package of various freeware. Thus on the process of install, it will infect your web browser and change it’s settings on the Services.searchtabnew.com. To avoid hijacker, you just need to follow a few simple rules: carefully read the Terms of Use and the license, select only a Manual, Custom or Advanced install mode, which enables you to make sure that the program you want to install, thereby protect your system from the hijacker like the Services.searchtabnew.com.

How to manually remove Services.searchtabnew.com

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually remove Services.searchtabnew.com redirect from the Google Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge and Internet Explorer.

1. Delete Services.searchtabnew.com associated software by using Windows Control Panel
2. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Services.searchtabnew.com homepage
3. Remove Services.searchtabnew.com startpage from FF
4. Remove Services.searchtabnew.com search from Google Chrome
5. Get rid of Services.searchtabnew.com startpage from IE

Remove Services.searchtabnew.com associated software by using Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you begin the system cleaning procedure by checking the list of installed applications and remove all unknown or suspicious programs. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the harmful programs such as adware and browser hijackers may be bundled with free programs. Uninstall the unwanted programs can remove the annoying ads or internet browser redirect.

It will display the Windows Control Panel as on the image below.

Next, click “Uninstall a program” It will display a list of all programs installed on your personal computer. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed software, we recommend sort programs by date in the Control panel.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove Services.searchtabnew.com homepage

Click the right mouse button to a desktop shortcut that you use to launch your web browser. Next, select the “Properties” option. Important: necessary to click on the desktop shortcut for the web browser which is redirected to the Services.searchtabnew.com or other unwanted web-site.

Further, necessary to look at the text which is written in the “Target” field. The hijacker infection can rewrite the contents of this field, which describes the file to be launch when you start your web browser. Depending on the internet browser you are using, there should be:

• Google Chrome: chrome.exe
• Opera: opera.exe
• Firefox: firefox.exe
• Internet Explorer: iexplore.exe

If you are seeing an unknown text like “http://services.searchtabnew.com/crx/search.php” that has been added here, then you should remove it, as on the image below.

Next, press the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you start the web browser from this desktop shortcut, it does not occur automatically redirect on the Services.searchtabnew.com site or any other unwanted web pages. Once the step is finished, we recommend to go to the next step.

Remove Services.searchtabnew.com startpage from FF

If the Firefox settings such as homepage, new tab page and search engine by default have been modified by the browser hijacker infection, then resetting it to the default state can help.

First, start the Mozilla Firefox and click button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the browser. Further, click the Help button () as shown on the image below

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In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the web browser adress bar and press Enter. It will show the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown on the image below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, click the “Refresh Firefox” button.

It will open the confirmation dialog box. Further, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will start a task to fix your problems that caused by the Services.searchtabnew.com browser hijacker. When, it’s finished, click the “Finish” button.

Remove Services.searchtabnew.com search from Google Chrome

Reset Chrome settings is a easy way to remove the browser hijacker, malicious and ‘ad-supported’ extensions, as well as to restore the internet browser’s start page and search provider by default that have been replaced by Services.searchtabnew.com hijacker.

1. First run the Google Chrome and click Menu button (small button in the form of three horizontal stripes).
2. It will display the Chrome main menu. Select “Settings” option.
3. You will see the Google Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and press “Show advanced settings” link.
4. Scroll down again and click the “Reset settings” button.
5. The Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as shown on the screen above.
6. Next click the “Reset” button.
7. Once this procedure is complete, your web-browser’s startpage, new tab page and default search engine will be restored to their original defaults.
8. To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Get rid of Services.searchtabnew.com startpage from IE

To restore the start page and search provider by default you need to reset the IE to the state, that was when the Windows was installed on your system.

First, run the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then click ‘gear’ icon . It will display the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the web browser, then click the “Internet Options” as shown in the figure below.

In the “Internet Options” screen, select the “Advanced” tab, then click the “Reset” button. The Internet Explorer will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” dialog box. Further, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, click the “Reset” button as shown on the screen below.

When the procedure is complete, click “Close” button. Close the Internet Explorer and reboot your PC for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web browser’s start page and search provider by default to default state.

How to remove Services.searchtabnew.com with Malwarebytes

Remove Services.searchtabnew.com hijacker infection manually is difficult and often the hijacker is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your machine. Moreover, the free program will help you to remove malware, toolbars and adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) that your computer may be infected too.

1. Download Malwarebytes (MBAM) by clicking on the link below.
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
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   Author: Malwarebytes
   Category: Security tools
   Update: April 15, 2020
   
2. Close all software and windows on your PC system. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
3. Further, click Next button and follow the prompts.
4. Once setup is finished, click the “Scan Now” button to start checking your system for Services.searchtabnew.com hijacker infection. This process can take some time, so please be patient.
5. When the scan is finished, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected”. Once disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to reboot your PC system.

The following video offers a step-by-step guide on how to get rid of browser hijacker with Malwarebytes.

How to block Services.searchtabnew.com search

To increase your security and protect your system against new unwanted advertisements and malicious web sites, you need to use program that blocks access to dangerous advertisements and web-sites. Moreover, the software can block the show of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

1. Download AdGuard application by clicking on the following link.
   
   

   Adguard download
   26658 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. Once the downloading process is finished, run the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. When the install is complete, click “Skip” to close the installation application and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will allow you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you run your personal computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-ups, web sites such Services.searchtabnew.com, as well as other malicious or misleading web sites. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, which is located on your desktop.

Scan your machine and remove Services.searchtabnew.com with AdwCleaner.

This removal program is free and easy to use. It can scan and delete browser hijacker such as Services.searchtabnew.com, malware and ad supported software in FF, Google Chrome, IE and Edge web-browsers and thereby restore back their default settings (start page and search provider by default). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and delete malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the computer.

Download AdwCleaner utility by clicking on the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

After downloading is finished, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will run the AdwCleaner utility and you will see a screen like below. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to show the program, click Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Scan” for scanning your computer for the Services.searchtabnew.com infection and other malware and ad supported software.

When it has finished scanning your computer is finished, it will display a list of all items detected by this utility as shown in the figure below.

You need to press “Clean” button. It will open a prompt. Click “OK” to start the cleaning process. Once the cleaning process is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your personal computer. After reboot, the AdwCleaner will show the log file.

All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video instructions.

Finish words

Now your computer should be free of the Services.searchtabnew.com search. Uninstall AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop-up ads and unwanted dangerous sites) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your computer for new browser hijackers, malware and ad-supported software). Probably you are running an older version of Java or Adobe Flash Player. This can be a security risk, so download and install the latest version right now.

If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of Services.searchtabnew.com from the Chrome, IE, Mozilla Firefox and MS Edge, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.