• Downloads
  • Threats
    • Adware
    • Browser Hijacking
    • Phishing
    • Ransomware
  • Questions and Answers
  • Recover Encrypted Files
  • Free Malware Removal Tools

MyAntiSpyware

Menu
  • Downloads
  • Threats
    • Adware
    • Browser Hijacking
    • Phishing
    • Ransomware
  • Questions and Answers
  • Recover Encrypted Files
  • Free Malware Removal Tools

How to remove Search.hyourmapview.com [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Myantispyware team December 2, 2017    

The appearance Search.hyourmapview.com instead of your start page or search engine is a classic sign of hijacker that installed on your computer. Moreover, the hijacker can lead to weird web browser behavior (freezing/crash), delays when starting a new web-browser window or delays when searching for anything on the Web. We think you definitely want to solve this problem. For this purpose, necessity to perform cleanup of your PC. Follow the steps below that will help you to remove Search.hyourmapview.com redirect and clean your web-browser from the browser hijacker using the standard features of Microsoft Windows and some proven free applications.

Search.hyourmapview.com

http://search.hyourmapview.com/

The Search.hyourmapview.com browser hijacker infection takes over your web browser’s default search engine and controls what will be displayed to you whenever you do a searching. Other than the search results, it also provides a huge number of undesired advertisements on the search page. Some of these advertisements developed to trick you into buying certain questionable products and applications. Moreover, sometimes, those ads could redirect you to misleading or malicious web-pages.

The Search.hyourmapview.com browser hijacker infection is not a virus, but the virus behaves similarly. As a rootkit hides in the system, can introduce changes to web-browsers settings, and blocks them from modifying. Also this hijacker infection can install additional web browser add-ons and modules that will open advertisements and pop-ups. And finally, the Search.hyourmapview.com hijacker infection can be used to gather a wide variety of privacy data like what web-sites you are opening, what you’re looking for the Internet and so on. This information, in the future, can be used for marketing purposes.

In order to get rid of hijacker responsible for Search.hyourmapview.com homepage from your PC system, clean the infected browsers and return the Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Edge and Google Chrome settings to its default state, please use the Search.hyourmapview.com removal guide below.

Remove Search.hyourmapview.com (removal guide)

As with deleting ad supported software, malicious software or PUPs, there are few steps you can do. We advise trying them all. If you do only one part of the instructions, then it should be use malware removal tool, because it should remove browser hijacker and stop any further infection. But to completely remove the Search.hyourmapview.com you’ll have to at least reset your web-browser settings like newtab, homepage and default search provider to default state, disinfect internet browsers shortcuts, uninstall all unwanted and suspicious programs, and remove browser hijacker infection by malware removal tools. Certain of the steps will require you to restart your system or shut down this web site. So, read this tutorial carefully, then bookmark or print it for later reference.




If you are using an Apple computer running Mac OS, then use the following instructions How to remove browser hijacker, pop-ups, ads from Mac

To remove Search.hyourmapview.com, perform the steps below:

  1. How to manually delete Search.hyourmapview.com
    • Remove Search.hyourmapview.com related software through the Control Panel of your system
    • Delete Search.hyourmapview.com redirect from Internet Explorer
    • Get rid of Search.hyourmapview.com startpage from Chrome
    • Remove Search.hyourmapview.com search from Firefox
  2. Search.hyourmapview.com home page automatic removal
    • Get rid of Search.hyourmapview.com redirect with Zemana
    • Use Malwarebytes to remove browser hijacker infection
    • Run AdwCleaner to remove Search.hyourmapview.com start page
  3. How to block Search.hyourmapview.com
  4. Where the Search.hyourmapview.com browser hijacker comes from
  5. Finish words

How to manually delete Search.hyourmapview.com

The step by step instructions will help you remove Search.hyourmapview.com . These Search.hyourmapview.com removal steps work for the Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and MS Edge, as well as every version of Windows operating system.

Remove Search.hyourmapview.com related software through the Control Panel of your system

First, you should try to identify and uninstall the program that causes the appearance of undesired ads or browser redirect, using the ‘Uninstall a program’ which is located in the ‘Control panel’.

Windows 8, 8.1, 10


First, click Windows button windows key, then click Search windows search. Type ‘Control panel’and press Enter as displayed on the image below.
search
Once the ‘Control Panel’ opens, click the ‘Uninstall a program’ link under Programs category as shown on the image below.
windows 10 control panel
You will see the ‘Uninstall a program’ panel as on the image below.
uninstall a program
Very carefully look around the entire list of software installed on your personal computer. Most likely, one of them is the browser hijacker responsible for redirecting user searches to Search.hyourmapview.com. If you’ve many applications installed, you can help simplify the search of malicious apps by sort the list by date of installation. Once you’ve found a questionable, unwanted or unused application, right click to it, after that press ‘Uninstall’.

Windows XP, Vista, 7


First, press ‘Start’ button and select ‘Control Panel’ at right panel as shown on the image below.
windows7 start menu
After the Windows ‘Control Panel’ opens, you need to click ‘Uninstall a program’ under ‘Programs’ as displayed in the figure below.
windows 7 control panel
You will see a list of apps installed on your machine. We recommend to sort the list by date of installation to quickly find the programs that were installed last. Most likely, it’s the hijacker infection responsible for redirecting user searches to Search.hyourmapview.com. If you’re in doubt, you can always check the program by doing a search for her name in Google, Yahoo or Bing. When the program which you need to uninstall is found, simply click on its name, and then click ‘Uninstall’ as on the image below.
Delete a program in Windows 7

Delete Search.hyourmapview.com redirect from Internet Explorer

In order to restore all web browser new tab page, homepage and search provider by default you need to reset the Internet Explorer to the state, which was when the MS Windows was installed on your personal computer.

First, start the IE, click Internet Explorer tools menu icon) button. Next, press “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.

reset Internet Explorer tools menu

In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, press Reset button. The Internet Explorer will display the Reset Internet Explorer settings dialog box. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button.

reset IE settings

You will now need to reboot your system for the changes to take effect. It will remove Search.hyourmapview.com browser hijacker and other web browser’s harmful addons, disable malicious and ad-supported web-browser’s extensions and restore the IE’s settings like search engine by default, homepage and new tab to default state.

Get rid of Search.hyourmapview.com startpage from Chrome

Reset Google Chrome settings is a easy way to delete the hijacker infection, harmful and ‘ad-supported’ extensions, as well as to restore the browser’s newtab, homepage and search engine by default that have been replaced by Search.hyourmapview.com browser hijacker.

Google Chrome settings reset dialog

  1. First start the Google Chrome and press Menu button (small button in the form of three dots).
  2. It will open the Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then click Extensions.
  3. You’ll see the list of installed addons. If the list has the extension labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following steps: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
  4. Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, click the “Settings” menu.
  5. You will see the Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and click “Advanced” link.
  6. Scroll down again and click the “Reset” button.
  7. The Google Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as shown on the image above.
  8. Next click the “Reset” button.
  9. Once this task is complete, your web-browser’s new tab, startpage and search provider will be restored to their original defaults.
  10. To learn more, read the article How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.

Remove Search.hyourmapview.com search from Firefox

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

FF settings menu

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

Firefox troubleshooting info window

Confirm your action, click the “Refresh Firefox”.

Search.hyourmapview.com home page automatic removal

Manual removal guide does not always help to completely remove the browser hijacker infection, as it’s not easy to identify and delete components of hijacker infection and all malicious files from hard disk. Therefore, it is recommended that you use malicious software removal utility to completely delete Search.hyourmapview.com off your PC. Several free malware removal utilities are currently available that may be used against the hijacker. The optimum way would be to use Zemana, MalwareBytes and AdwCleaner.




Get rid of Search.hyourmapview.com redirect with Zemana

Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) is a free application for MS Windows operating system to search for and remove PUPs, adware, harmful web browser extensions, browser toolbars, and other undesired programs such as hijacker infection responsible for redirecting user searches to Search.hyourmapview.com, installed on your system.

Download Zemana Free on your PC by clicking on the following link.

Zemana AntiMalware
Zemana AntiMalware
165033 downloads
Author: Zemana Ltd
Category: Security tools
Update: July 16, 2019

When the download is finished, close all applications and windows on your PC. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup as displayed in the following example.

Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) icon

When the setup begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Zemana AntiMalware on your personal computer.

Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) SetupWizard

Once installation is finished, you will see window as shown on the screen below.

Now press the “Scan” button . Zemana Anti Malware tool will begin scanning the whole system to find out hijacker that cause a reroute to Search.hyourmapview.com web-site. When a malware, adware or PUPs are found, the count of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the checking is finished.

Zemana search for browser hijacker responsible for Search.hyourmapview.com

Once the scan is done, a list of all threats detected is produced. You may move threats to Quarantine (all selected by default) by simply click “Next” button.

Zemana Anti Malware scan is finished

The Zemana Anti Malware will start to get rid of browser hijacker responsible for Search.hyourmapview.com .

Use Malwarebytes to remove browser hijacker infection

Manual Search.hyourmapview.com removal requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the browser hijacker can be not completely removed. We recommend that use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely free your system of hijacker. Moreover, the free program will help you to delete malware, PUPs, ‘ad supported’ software and toolbars that your machine may be infected too.

Download MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) from the following link.

Malwarebytes Anti-malware
Malwarebytes Anti-malware
327260 downloads
Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020

Once the downloading process is finished, close all software and windows on your personal computer. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s called mb3-setup as on the image below.

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) for Windows icon

When the installation starts, you’ll see the “Setup wizard” which will help you set up Malwarebytes on your system.

MalwareBytes Free for MS Windows setup wizard

Once install is finished, you will see window as on the image below.

MalwareBytes Free for Windows

Now press the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the browser hijacker responsible for Search.hyourmapview.com . This task may take some time, so please be patient. While the tool is checking, you can see how many objects and files has already scanned.

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for MS Windows scan for browser hijacker responsible for redirecting user searches to Search.hyourmapview.com

Once the checking is finished, MalwareBytes Anti-Malware will display a screen that contains a list of malicious software that has been found. Next, you need to press “Quarantine Selected” button.

MalwareBytes Free for Microsoft Windows, scan for browser hijacker infection is complete

The Malwarebytes will now remove browser hijacker which cause Search.hyourmapview.com web site to appear and move threats to the program’s quarantine. Once finished, you may be prompted to restart your computer.

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for Windows reboot dialog box

The following video explains steps on how to remove hijacker, adware and other malware with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM).

Run AdwCleaner to remove Search.hyourmapview.com start page

AdwCleaner is a free removal tool that can be downloaded and use to delete hijackers, adware, malware, PUPs, toolbars and other threats from your machine. You can run this utility to scan for threats even if you have an antivirus or any other security application.

Installing the AdwCleaner is simple. First you’ll need to download AdwCleaner from the following link.

AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner download
225628 downloads
Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024

Once the downloading process is complete, open the file location and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will start the AdwCleaner tool. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to run the program, click Yes button to continue.

AdwCleaner for Microsoft Windows uac dialog box

Next, click “Scan” to perform a system scan for the hijacker that reroutes your web browser to intrusive Search.hyourmapview.com web page. While the AdwCleaner utility is checking, you may see how many objects it has identified as being affected by malware.

AdwCleaner for Microsoft Windows detect browser hijacker related to Search.hyourmapview.com homepage

Once the scan is finished, you will be opened the list of all detected items on your computer as shown in the following example.

AdwCleaner for MS Windows detect browser hijacker infection is complete

Review the report and then click “Clean” button. It will show a dialog box. Click “OK” button. The AdwCleaner will delete browser hijacker responsible for redirects to Search.hyourmapview.com and add items to the Quarantine. After the process is done, the tool may ask you to restart your computer. After restart, the AdwCleaner will display the log file.

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

How to block Search.hyourmapview.com

In order to increase your security and protect your machine against new intrusive advertisements and harmful web-sites, you need to run ad-blocker program that stops an access to malicious ads and pages. Moreover, the application may stop the show of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of web-sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Please go to the link below to download the latest version of AdGuard for Microsoft Windows. Save it directly to your MS Windows Desktop.

Adguard
Adguard download
26897 downloads
Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018

After the download is done, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as on the image below.

adguard installer

Follow the prompts. After the installation is finished, you will see a window as displayed below.

adguard installation is competed

You can click “Skip” to close the installation application and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will help you get to know AdGuard better.

In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you run your machine, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop-up ads, Search.hyourmapview.com redirect, as well as other malicious or misleading web sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your desktop.

Where the Search.hyourmapview.com browser hijacker comes from

The Search.hyourmapview.com browser hijacker infection spreads with a simple but quite effective way. It’s integrated into the setup file of various free software. Thus on the process of installation, it will infect your web-browser and change it’s settings on the Search.hyourmapview.com. To avoid browser hijacker infection, you just need to follow a few simple rules: carefully read the Terms of Use and the license, choose only a Manual, Custom or Advanced installation type, which enables you to make sure that the program you want to install, thereby protect your machine from the hijacker like the Search.hyourmapview.com.

Finish words

After completing the guidance shown above, your personal computer should be clean from this hijacker and other malware. The Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and MS Edge will no longer open intrusive Search.hyourmapview.com web site on startup. Unfortunately, if the tutorial does not help you, then you have caught a new browser hijacker, and then the best way – ask for help.

Please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the annoying Search.hyourmapview.com start page.

 

Browser Hijacking

 Previous Post

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

Next Post 

How to remove Your Map View [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Author: Myantispyware team

Myantispyware is an information security website created in 2004. Our content is written in collaboration with Cyber Security specialists, IT experts, under the direction of Patrik Holder and Valeri Tchmych, founders of Myantispyware.com.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

New Guides

Dr. Emma Clark Pumpkin Seed Recipe Review, Gut Drops – Weight Loss Scam?
CrazyLeaf SMGT-GLP-1 Nano Microneedle Patch Review, Scam or Legit? What You Need to Know
scam alert
Retro Revive Chrome extension (Virus removal guide)
scam alert
DesignHub malicious extension (Virus Removal Guide)
Vital Breeze AC Review, Scam or Legit? What You Need to Know

Follow Us

Search

Useful Guides

ads by adware
How to remove Adware from Windows 10 (Virus removal guide)
DNSChanger
How to remove DNSChanger malware virus [Updated Apr. 2018]
adwcleaner
AdwCleaner – Review, How to use, Comments
Iphone Calendar virus spam
Iphone Calendar Virus/Spam 2022 (Removal guide)
How to reset Google Chrome settings to default

Recent Guides

apusx.com
How to remove Apusx.com [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]
StudyHQ
How to remove StudyHQ [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]
How to remove Adwizz adware [Virus removal guide]
Virus Found
How to remove “Virus Found” fake alerts [Support Scam]
WANNACRY DETECTED
How to remove “WANNACRY DETECTED” pop up scam

Myantispyware.com

Myantispyware has been a trusted source for computer security and technology advice since 2004. Our mission is to provide reliable tech guidance and expert, practical solutions to help you stay safe online and protect your digital life.

Social Links

Pages

About Us
Contact Us
Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2004 - 2024 MASW - Myantispyware.com.