How to remove Newtab.review [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

If the Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Microsoft Edge opens automatically to Newtab.review web page, then your PC system is affected with a browser hijacker. As a result, your homepage, search provider and new tab page are replaced to Newtab.review and all your search results are redirected to this unwanted site or other domains. It may also create a lot of pop-up ads on your computer and increase your vulnerability. With the step by step tutorial below, you may remove Newtab.review completely.

As mentioned above, the Newtab.review browser hijacker also modifies the web-browser’s search provider. So, your internet browser, when searching something, will open a hodgepodge of ads, links to unwanted and ad web-pages and search results from the big search engines such as Google or Bing. As a result, actual use of a browser’s search becomes uncomfortable. Moreover, it can also lead to slowing or even freeze your browser.

As well as unwanted web-browser redirections to Newtab.review, the hijacker can gather your Web surfing activity by saving URLs visited, IP addresses, web-browser version and type, cookie information, Internet Service Provider (ISP) and sites visited. Such kind of behavior can lead to serious security problems or personal info theft. This is another reason why the hijacker that reroutes the web-browser to Newtab.review, is classified as potentially unwanted application (PUA).

The Newtab.review browser hijacker infection mostly affects only the Firefox, Edge, IE and Google Chrome. However, possible situations, when any other web-browsers will be affected too. The browser hijacker infection will perform a scan of the machine for browser shortcuts and change them without your permission. When it infects the internet browser shortcuts, it’ll add the argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you launch the web browser, you will see the Newtab.review intrusive web-site.

It is important, don’t use Newtab.review web-site and do not click on ads placed on it, as they can lead you to a more malicious or misleading web-sites. The best option is to use the steps posted below to free your system of browser hijacker, delete the Newtab.review , and thus revert back your previous home page and search provider.

Remove Newtab.review redirect (removal tutorial)

Not all undesired programs like hijacker infection responsible for Newtab.review start page are easily uninstallable. You might see a new homepage, new tab, search provider and other type of unwanted changes to the Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge settings and might not be able to figure out the application responsible for this activity. The reason for this is that many unwanted applications neither appear in MS Windows Control Panel. Therefore in order to fully remove Newtab.review start page, you need to perform the steps below. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your browser or reboot your personal computer.

To remove Newtab.review, use the steps below:

1. How to manually get rid of Newtab.review
   • Remove PUPs through the MS Windows Control Panel
   • Remove Newtab.review search from Internet Explorer
   • Remove Newtab.review from Mozilla Firefox
   • Get rid of Newtab.review redirect from Google Chrome
   • Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of Newtab.review redirect
2. Newtab.review automatic removal
   • How to automatically remove Newtab.review with Zemana Free
   • Scan your PC and get rid of Newtab.review with Hitman Pro
   • Run Malwarebytes to remove Newtab.review redirect
3. How to block Newtab.review
4. Prevent Newtab.review browser hijacker from installing
5. Finish words

How to manually get rid of Newtab.review

Most common hijackers may be deleted without any antivirus apps. The manual browser hijacker removal is step by step tutorial that will teach you how to get rid of the Newtab.review .

Remove PUPs through the MS Windows Control Panel

First, go to Microsoft Windows Control Panel and delete questionable programs, all applications you do not remember installing. It is important to pay the most attention to programs you installed just before Newtab.review hijacker appeared on your web-browser. If you do not know what a program does, look for the answer on the World Wide Web.

Carefully browse through the list of installed programs and get rid of all questionable and unknown software. We advise to click ‘Installed programs’ and even sorts all installed applications by date. Once you have found anything dubious that may be the browser hijacker that causes browsers to show annoying Newtab.review page or other potentially unwanted application (PUA), then choose this application and click ‘Uninstall’ in the upper part of the window. If the suspicious application blocked from removal, then run Revo Uninstaller Freeware to completely remove it from your computer.

Remove Newtab.review search from Internet Explorer

If you find that Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser settings like start page, default search engine and new tab having been hijacked, then you may return your settings, via the reset web-browser procedure.

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

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

You will now need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Remove Newtab.review from Mozilla Firefox

If the Firefox web browser program is hijacked, then resetting its settings can help. The Reset feature is available on all modern version of Firefox. A reset can fix many issues by restoring FF settings such as newtab page, default search provider and startpage to its default state. It will save your personal information like saved passwords, bookmarks, and open tabs.

Click the Menu button (looks like three horizontal lines), and press the blue Help icon located at the bottom of the drop down menu like below.

A small menu will appear, click the “Troubleshooting Information”. On this page, click “Refresh Firefox” button like below.

Follow the onscreen procedure to return your FF internet browser settings to its original state.

Get rid of Newtab.review redirect from Google Chrome

Reset Google Chrome settings is a simple way to delete the browser hijacker, malicious and adware extensions, as well as to restore the web browser’s start page, new tab and search provider that have been replaced by browser hijacker.

1. First, start the Chrome and click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three dots).
2. It will open the Chrome main menu. Select More Tools, then press Extensions.
3. You will see the list of installed plugins. If the list has the extension labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following guidance: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
4. Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, click the “Settings” menu.
5. Next, click “Advanced” link, which located at the bottom of the Settings page.
6. On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, press the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
7. The Chrome will open the reset settings prompt as shown on the screen above.
8. Confirm the internet browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
9. To learn more, read the post How to reset Chrome settings to default.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to get rid of Newtab.review redirect

The browser hijacker responsible for redirecting your browser to Newtab.review web-site, can hijack various Windows shortcuts on your desktop (most often, all internet browsers shortcut files), so in this step you need to check and clean them by removing the argument like http://site.address/.

Click the right mouse button to a desktop shortcut file which you use to open your browser. Next, select the “Properties” option. Important: necessary to click on the desktop shortcut for the web browser that is redirected to the Newtab.review or other annoying web-page.

Further, necessary to look at the text that is written in the “Target” field. The browser hijacker which redirects your web-browser to intrusive Newtab.review page can replace the contents of this field, which describes the file to be run when you run your web-browser. Depending on the browser you’re 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 similar to “http://site.addres” that has been added here, then you should remove it, as on the image below.

Next, click the “OK” button to save the changes. Now, when you start the internet browser from this desktop shortcut, it does not occur automatically redirect on the Newtab.review web-site or any other annoying sites. Once the step is finished, we recommend to go to the next step.

Newtab.review automatic removal

After completing the manual removal instructions above all unwanted applications and web-browser’s extensions that causes browser redirects to the Newtab.review page should be removed. If the problem with Newtab.review browser hijacker is still remained, then we suggest to scan your system for any remaining malicious components. Use recommended free hijacker removal software below.

How to automatically remove Newtab.review with Zemana Free

You can get rid of Newtab.review home page automatically with a help of Zemana Anti Malware. We suggest this malware removal utility because it can easily delete hijacker infections, potentially unwanted programs, adware and toolbars with all their components such as folders, files and registry entries.

Click the following link to download the latest version of Zemana Free for MS Windows. Save it to your Desktop.

After downloading is done, close all applications and windows on your system. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup like below.

When the installation begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” that will allow you install Zemana on your machine.

Once setup is complete, you will see window as displayed in the figure below.

Now click the “Scan” button to start scanning your PC for the browser hijacker that cause Newtab.review web page to appear. This task can take some time, so please be patient. When a threat is detected, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the scanning is complete.

After the checking is done, the results are displayed in the scan report. All detected items will be marked. You can remove them all by simply press “Next” button.

The Zemana will get rid of browser hijacker related to Newtab.review start page.

Scan your PC and get rid of Newtab.review with Hitman Pro

Hitman Pro is a portable program which requires no hard install to identify and remove hijacker responsible for redirections to Newtab.review. The program itself is small in size (only a few Mb). HitmanPro does not need any drivers and special dlls. It’s probably easier to use than any alternative malware removal tools you have ever tried. Hitman Pro works on 64 and 32-bit versions of Windows 10, 8, 7 and XP. It proves that removal utility can be just as useful as the widely known antivirus applications.

Visit the following page to download Hitman Pro. Save it on your Desktop.

When the download is finished, open the directory in which you saved it and double-click the HitmanPro icon. It will run the Hitman Pro tool. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to run the program, click Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Next” . HitmanPro utility will start scanning the whole PC system to find out browser hijacker infection that cause a reroute to Newtab.review page. When a malware, adware or PUPs are detected, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the checking is done.

After Hitman Pro has finished scanning your PC system, a list of all items found is produced as displayed below.

Review the scan results and then click “Next” button. It will show a dialog box, click the “Activate free license” button. The HitmanPro will remove hijacker that responsible for browser reroute to the unwanted Newtab.review web-page and add threats to the Quarantine. After the clean-up is done, the utility may ask you to restart your system.

Run Malwarebytes to remove Newtab.review redirect

We suggest using the Malwarebytes Free which are completely clean your PC of the hijacker. The free tool is an advanced malicious software removal application created by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular anti-malware technology. It’s able to help you remove hijackers, potentially unwanted applications, malicious software, ad supported software, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your personal computer for free.

Click the following link to download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware. Save it directly to your MS Windows Desktop.

After the downloading process is finished, close all windows on your computer. Further, run the file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as shown in the figure below, click the “Yes” button.

It will display the “Setup wizard” which will help you install MalwareBytes on the system. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is done successfully, click Finish button. Then MalwareBytes will automatically start and you may see its main window as displayed below.

Next, click the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the browser hijacker responsible for modifying your web-browser settings to Newtab.review. This task can take quite a while, so please be patient. When a malicious software, adware or PUPs are found, the count of the security threats will change accordingly. Wait until the the checking is complete.

Once MalwareBytes Anti-Malware has completed scanning, you’ll be opened the list of all detected threats on your personal computer. In order to get rid of all threats, simply press “Quarantine Selected” button.

The MalwareBytes Free will remove hijacker infection which designed to redirect your browser to the Newtab.review page and move items to the program’s quarantine. After the procedure is finished, you may be prompted to restart your computer. We advise you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the MalwareBytes to remove hijackers, adware and other malicious software.

How to block Newtab.review

The AdGuard is a very good ad blocking application for the MS Edge, Google Chrome, IE and Firefox, with active user support. It does a great job by removing certain types of annoying ads, popunders, pop-ups, unwanted new tab pages, and even full page ads and web-site overlay layers. Of course, the AdGuard can stop the Newtab.review redirect automatically or by using a custom filter rule.

Visit the page linked below to download the latest version of AdGuard for MS Windows. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

After the download is finished, double-click the downloaded file to start it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen like below.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick guide as shown on the screen below.

Press “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick guide that will assist you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will run automatically and stop advertisements, sites such as Newtab.review, as well as other harmful 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 AdGuard icon, that may be found on your desktop.

Prevent Newtab.review browser hijacker from installing

Most often Newtab.review browser hijacker infection gets on your PC system along with various freeware, as a bonus. Therefore it’s very important at the stage of installing apps downloaded from the World Wide Web carefully review the Terms of use and the License agreement, as well as to always select the Advanced, Custom or Manual installation mode. In this mode, you can turn off all unwanted add-ons, including the Newtab.review browser hijacker, which will be installed along with the desired program. Of course, if you uninstall the free applications from your PC, your favorite internet browser’s settings will not be restored. So, to restore the Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox and IE’s homepage, newtab and search engine you need to follow the step-by-step guide above.

Finish words

Now your system should be free of the hijacker related to Newtab.review . Delete AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted ads and unwanted malicious web-pages) and Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) (to periodically scan your system for new malware, browser hijacker infections and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for MS Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new hijackers, malicious applications and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to remove Newtab.review from your web-browser, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.