How to remove Watch Online Streams New Tab [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Besides the fact that Watch Online Streams New Tab hijacker replaces your home page, this unwanted web-site can set yourself as your search provider. But, obviously, it does not give you a good search results, as they will consist of a huge number of ads, links to unwanted and ad web sites and only the remaining part is search results for your query from the major search engines. Of course, the very fact that you encounter with the inability to properly search the World Wide Web, is an unpleasant moment. Moreover, the Watch Online Streams New Tab browser hijacker infection can collect information about you, and in the future to transfer it to third parties. What creates the risk of theft of your personal data.

Some hijackers also contain adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) which can be used to show annoying ads and or gather personal data that can be used for marketing purposes. These unwanted advertisements can be displayed in the form of pop-unders, pop-ups, in-text advertisements, video advertisements, text links or banners or even massive full page advertisements. Most of the adware is developed to show advertisements, but some adware is form of spyware that often used to track users to gather personal information.

We suggest you to get rid of Watch Online Streams New Tab and clean your system of browser hijacker ASAP, until the presence of the browser hijacker infection has not led to even worse consequences. Use the step-by-step tutorial below that will allow you to completely remove Watch Online Streams New Tab , using only the built-in Windows features and a few of specialized free tools.

Watch Online Streams New Tab removal instructions

In the steps below we will have a look at the hijacker and how to remove Watch Online Streams New Tab from Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Internet Explorer web-browsers for MS Windows OS, natively or by using a few free removal utilities and software.

How to manually delete Watch Online Streams New Tab

The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually delete Watch Online Streams New Tab redirect from the FF, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge.

Removing the Watch Online Streams New Tab, check the list of installed software first

Some of PUPs, adware and browser hijacker can be uninstalled using the Add/Remove programs utility which is located in the Windows Control Panel. So, if you’re running any version of MS Windows and you have noticed an unwanted program, then first try to remove it through Add/Remove programs.

Carefully browse through the list of installed applications and delete all applications which has the name similar to the page that has been set as your Google Chrome, IE, Mozilla Firefox and Edge startpage, new tab and search engine by default. We recommend to click ‘Installed programs’ and even sorts all installed applications by date. uwhen you have found anything suspicious that may be the browser hijacker infection, adware or potentially unwanted software, then choose this application and click ‘Uninstall’ in the upper part of the window. If the suspicious program blocked from removal, then use Revo Uninstaller Freeware to fully delete it from your computer.

Fix infected internet browsers shortcuts

Unfortunately, the browser hijacker infection can also hijack Windows shortcuts (mostly, your web-browsers shortcuts}), so that an unwanted page will be shown when you launch the Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and MS Edge or another web-browser.

To clear the browser shortcut, right-click to it and select Properties. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text similar “http://site.address” that has been added here. You need to delete it.

When the text is removed, click the OK button. You need to clean all shortcuts of all your browsers, as they may be infected too.

Remove Watch Online Streams New Tab redirect from Google Chrome

1. First, launch the Chrome and click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
2. It will show the Chrome main menu, click the “Settings” menu.
3. Next, click “Show advanced settings” link, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
4. On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, click the “Reset settings” button.
5. The Chrome will display the reset settings prompt as shown on the image above.
6. Confirm the web browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
7. To learn more, read the article How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Remove Watch Online Streams New Tab from Internet Explorer

The Internet Explorer reset is great if your web browser is hijacked or you have unwanted addo-ons or toolbars on your browser, which installed by an malware.

First, open the Internet Explorer. Next, press the button in the form of gear (). It will display the Tools drop-down menu, click the “Internet Options” as on the image below.

In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then click the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will show the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as shown below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.

You will now need to reboot your machine for the changes to take effect.

Delete Watch Online Streams New Tab search from Firefox

First, open the Firefox. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will display the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button ().

In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page press on “Refresh Firefox” button as shown on the screen below.

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

How to remove Watch Online Streams New Tab redirect with free software

There are not many good free anti-malware programs with high detection ratio. The effectiveness of malicious software removal utilities depends on various factors, mostly on how often their virus/malware signatures DB are updated in order to effectively detect modern malicious software, ad-supported software, hijackers and other potentially unwanted software. We suggest to run several programs, not just one. These programs which listed below will help you remove all components of the hijacker infection from your disk and Windows registry and thereby get rid of Watch Online Streams New Tab .

Use Malwarebytes to delete Watch Online Streams New Tab

Delete Watch Online Streams New Tab hijacker 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 computer. Moreover, the free program will help you to get rid of malicious software, PUPs, toolbars and ‘ad-supported’ software (also known as adware) that your personal computer may be infected too.

Download Malwarebytes by clicking on the link below.

Malwarebytes Anti-malware
317783 downloads
Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020

Once downloaded, close all software and windows on your computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mbam-setup like below.

When the setup starts, you will see the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Malwarebytes on your machine.

Once setup is complete, you will see window as shown on the image below.

Now click the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the browser hijacker infection and other malware and ‘ad supported’ software. This task can take quite a while, so please be patient. While the utility is checking, you can see how many objects and files has already scanned.

When the scan is complete, it’ll show a list of all threats detected by this tool. In order to get rid of all threats, simply click “Quarantine Selected” button.

The Malwarebytes will start removing Watch Online Streams New Tab hijacker related files, folders, registry keys. Once disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to reboot your system.

The following video explains steps on how to remove browser hijacker with Malwarebytes Anti-malware.

Get rid of Watch Online Streams New Tab from web-browsers with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a free portable program that scans your personal computer for adware, potentially unwanted programs and hijacker infections such as Watch Online Streams New Tab and allows remove them easily. Moreover, it will also allow you get rid of any dangerous internet browser extensions and add-ons.

Download AdwCleaner by clicking on the link below.

AdwCleaner download
220808 downloads
Version: 8.3.2
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 28, 2022

When downloading is finished, open the folder in which you saved it. You will see an icon like below.

Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. When the utility is launched, you will see a screen as on the image below.

Further, click “Scan” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the Watch Online Streams New Tab browser hijacker and web-browser’s malicious extensions. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your computer. When it has finished scanning your system, it’ll display a screen that contains a list of malicious software that has been found as shown in the figure below.

Review the scan results and then click “Clean” button. It will display a dialog box as shown on the image below.

You need to click “OK”. Once the cleaning procedure is finished, the AdwCleaner may ask you to restart your system. When your PC is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.

These steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.

How to stop Watch Online Streams New Tab

In order to increase your security and protect your computer against new annoying ads and harmful web sites, you need to run ad blocking program that blocks an access to malicious ads and sites. Moreover, the program can block the display of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of web-sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

1. Download AdGuard program from the following link.
   

   Adguard download
   25676 downloads
   Version: 6.4
   Author: © Adguard
   Category: Security tools
   Update: November 15, 2018
   
2. Once downloading is complete, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. Once the installation is finished, press “Skip” to close the install program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will help 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 start your computer, AdGuard will start automatically and block popup advertisements, web pages such Watch Online Streams New Tab, as well as other dangerous 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, that may be found on your desktop.

How can you prevent the Watch Online Streams New Tab browser hijacker

Most often Watch Online Streams New Tab browser hijacker infection is bundled with free applications. So, think back, have you ever download and run any free programs? Because most users, in the Setup Wizard, simply click the Next button and do not read any information such as ‘Terms of use’ and ‘Software license’. This leads to the fact that the PC is infected, the browser’s settings are replaced and your’s home page, new tab and default search provider set to the Watch Online Streams New Tab. Even removing the free applications that contains this browser hijacker infection, your browser’s settings will not be restored. Therefore, you must follow the guide above to return the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge’s startpage, new tab page and search provider by default.

Finish words

Now your computer should be free of the Watch Online Streams New Tab. Delete AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted ads and annoying harmful pages) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your computer for new malware, browser hijackers and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new browser hijacker, dangerous applications and ad supported software are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove Watch Online Streams New Tab from your browser, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.