How to uninstall Tail Finder from Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge

What is Tail Finder?

According to cyber threat analysts, Tail Finder is a potentially unwanted application (PUA) that belongs to the family of browser hijackers . It affects your computer and changes browser settings. Tail Finder can take over your web-browser and force you to use an unwanted web site as your start page, default search provider and newtab page. When Tail Finder in the PC system, it can gather confidential information such as search queries as well as browsing history. so if you find this potentially unwanted program on the personal computer you need to delete it. The detailed removal guide will help you delete Tail Finder and protect your computer from more dangerous apps.

When you are performing searches using the browser that has been affected with Tail Finder, the search results will be returned from Bing, Yahoo or Google Custom Search. The creators of Tail Finder hijacker are most likely doing this to generate advertisement profit from the advertisements shown in the search results.

The IT security researchers do not recommend having potentially unwanted programs like Tail Finder on the computer, as it is not known exactly what it does. In addition to the above, it is able to gather confidential information that can be later sold to third parties. You don’t know if your home address, account names and passwords are safe. And of course you completely do not know what will happen when you click on any ads on the Tail Finder web-page.

Thus, Tail Finder is a PUP. If you noticed any of the symptoms mentioned above, we recommend you to follow tutorial below to get rid of browser hijacker and remove Tail Finder from your browser.

How can a browser hijacker get on your computer

Many browser hijackers and potentially unwanted programs such as Tail Finder are included in the free applications setup file. Most commonly, a user have a chance to disable all included “offers”, but some installers are designed to confuse the average users, in order to trick them into installing an adware software or PUPs. Anyway, easier to prevent the browser hijacker rather than clean up your device after one. So, keep the web browser updated (turn on automatic updates), run a good antivirus programs, double check a freeware before you open it (do a google search, scan a downloaded file with VirusTotal), avoid malicious and unknown webpages.

Threat Summary

Name	Tail Finder
Type	home page hijacker, browser hijacker, search engine hijacker, redirect virus, PUP
Affected Browser Settings	new tab URL, start page, search engine
Distribution	freeware installation packages, fake update tools, shady pop-up ads
Symptoms	Popup advertisements won’t go away. Web-page links reroute to web-sites different from what you expected. Unexpected application installed without your consent. Unexpected browser toolbars in your browser. Your internet browser home page or search engine keeps changing or is not set to Google anymor.
Removal	Tail Finder removal guide

How to remove Tail Finder from Google Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge

The answer is right here on this page. We have put together simplicity and efficiency. It will help you easily remove browser hijacker from your PC or browser. Moreover, you may choose manual or automatic removal solution. If you are familiar with the personal computer then use manual removal, otherwise run free malware removal tools that are designed specifically to remove hijacker such as Tail Finder. Of course, you can combine both methods. Read this manual carefully, bookmark it or open this page on your smartphone, because you may need to close your browser or reboot your PC.

To remove Tail Finder, follow the steps below:

1. How to manually delete Tail Finder
   • Delete potentially unwanted programs using MS Windows Control Panel
   • Remove Tail Finder hijacker from internet browsers
2. Automatic Removal of Tail Finder
   • Use Zemana to remove Tail Finder browser hijacker
   • Use HitmanPro to delete Tail Finder hijacker
   • Get rid of Tail Finder browser hijacker with MalwareBytes
3. How to stay safe online
4. Finish words

How to manually delete Tail Finder

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to get rid of the Tail Finder browser hijacker from the Chrome, Firefox, IE and MS Edge web-browsers.

Delete potentially unwanted programs using MS Windows Control Panel

First, you should try to identify and remove the application that causes the appearance of intrusive advertisements or internet browser redirect, using the ‘Uninstall a program’ which is located in the ‘Control panel’.

Make sure you have closed all internet browsers and other programs. Next, uninstall any unknown and suspicious programs from your Control panel.

Windows 10, 8.1, 8

Now, click the Windows button, type “Control panel” in search and press Enter. Choose “Programs and Features”, then “Uninstall a program”.

Look around the entire list of software installed on your PC. Most probably, one of them is the Tail Finder browser hijacker. Choose the dubious program or the program that name is not familiar to you and uninstall it.

Windows Vista, 7

From the “Start” menu in Microsoft Windows, choose “Control Panel”. Under the “Programs” icon, select “Uninstall a program”.

Choose the questionable or any unknown programs, then click “Uninstall/Change” button to remove this undesired program from your computer.

Windows XP

Click the “Start” button, select “Control Panel” option. Click on “Add/Remove Programs”.

Choose an unwanted program, then press “Change/Remove” button. Follow the prompts.

Remove Tail Finder hijacker from internet browsers

If you are still getting Tail Finder browser hijacker, then you can try to get rid of it by uninstalling harmful plugins.

Google Chrome	Mozilla Firefox
In the top-right corner, expand the Chrome menu. In the menu go to ‘More tools’, then ‘Extensions’. Click ‘Remove’ to uninstall an extension. Click ‘Remove’ in the dialog box. You can also try to remove Tail Finder browser hijacker by reset Google Chrome settings.	Click on ‘menu’ button and select ‘Add-ons’. Go to ‘Extensions’ tab. To uninstall an add-on, click on ‘Remove’ button next to it. If you are still experiencing issues with Tail Finder browser hijacker removal, you need to reset Mozilla Firefox browser.
Internet Explorer	Safari
Click ‘Tools’ button in the top-right corner. Select ‘Manage add-ons’. In the drop-down menu under ‘Show’, select ‘All add-ons’. To delete an add-on, double-click it; in the new window click ‘Remove’. Another method to remove Tail Finder browser hijacker from IE is reset Internet Explorer settings.	On the top menu select ‘Safari’, then ‘Preferences’. Select ‘Extensions’ tab. Select an extension you want to delete and click ‘Uninstall’ button next to it.

Automatic Removal of Tail Finder

If you’re not expert at computer technology, then all your attempts to remove Tail Finder browser hijacker by following the manual steps above might result in failure. To find and remove all of the Tail Finder related files and registry entries that keep this hijacker on your PC, run free anti malware software like Zemana Anti Malware, MalwareBytes Anti Malware and HitmanPro from our list below.

Use Zemana to remove Tail Finder browser hijacker

Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) is a lightweight utility that designed to run alongside your antivirus software, detecting and removing malicious software, adware and potentially unwanted applications that other programs miss. Zemana Anti-Malware is easy to use, fast, does not use many resources and have great detection and removal rates.

Now you can install and run Zemana Anti-Malware to remove Tail Finder browser hijacker from your browser by following the steps below:

Please go to the following link to download Zemana AntiMalware installation package named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup on your PC system. Save it on your Microsoft Windows desktop or in any other place.

Launch the setup file after it has been downloaded successfully and then follow the prompts to setup this tool on your PC system.

During installation you can change certain settings, but we recommend you do not make any changes to default settings.

When installation is done, this malware removal utility will automatically start and update itself. You will see its main window as shown on the image below.

Now click the “Scan” button . Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) tool will start scanning the whole personal computer to find out Tail Finder hijacker. This procedure may take some time, so please be patient. While the Zemana Free is checking, you can see how many objects it has identified either as being malicious software.

Once the system scan is complete, Zemana Anti Malware will display you the results. Once you have selected what you want to remove from your computer click “Next” button.

The Zemana will get rid of Tail Finder browser hijacker and move the selected items to the Quarantine. Once that process is finished, you can be prompted to reboot your PC system to make the change take effect.

Use HitmanPro to delete Tail Finder hijacker

Hitman Pro is a free removal tool that can be downloaded and run to delete browser hijackers, adware, malicious software, PUPs, toolbars and other threats from your computer. You can run this utility to find threats even if you have an antivirus or any other security program.

Installing the Hitman Pro is simple. First you will need to download HitmanPro from the link below. Save it on your MS Windows desktop.

Once the download is complete, open the file location and double-click the Hitman Pro icon. It will start the Hitman Pro utility. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to launch the program, click Yes button to continue.

Next, press “Next” . HitmanPro tool will start scanning the whole computer to find out Tail Finder browser hijacker. Depending on your computer, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour.

After Hitman Pro completes the scan, Hitman Pro will create a list of unwanted software and hijacker as displayed on the screen below.

Review the report and then click “Next” button. It will display a dialog box, press the “Activate free license” button. The Hitman Pro will remove Tail Finder browser hijacker. After the process is done, the tool may ask you to restart your personal computer.

Get rid of Tail Finder browser hijacker with MalwareBytes

We suggest using the MalwareBytes Free. You may download and install MalwareBytes to find and remove Tail Finder browser hijacker from your computer. When installed and updated, this free malicious software remover automatically finds and removes all threats present on the personal computer.

Download MalwareBytes on your personal computer from the following link.

When downloading is finished, close all applications and windows on your personal computer. Double-click the install file called MBSetup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up like below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the Setup wizard which will help you install MalwareBytes Free on your computer. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.

Once install is finished successfully, click “Get Started” button. MalwareBytes Anti Malware will automatically start and you can see its main screen as displayed in the following example.

Now press the “Scan” button to perform a system scan with this tool for the Tail Finder hijacker. A system scan may take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your PC. While the tool is checking, you can see number of objects and files has already scanned.

When MalwareBytes AntiMalware is finished scanning your computer, MalwareBytes Free will show a list of all items detected by the scan. In order to remove all items, simply click “Quarantine” button. The MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) will get rid of Tail Finder hijacker. When finished, you may be prompted to restart the computer.

We advise you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) to remove adware software, browser hijacker and other malicious software.

How to stay safe online

The AdGuard is a very good ad-blocking program for the Edge, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, with active user support. It does a great job by removing certain types of intrusive advertisements, popunders, popups, annoying newtabs, and even full page ads and web page overlay layers. Of course, the AdGuard can block unwanted websites automatically or by using a custom filter rule.

Installing the AdGuard is simple. First you’ll need to download AdGuard on your computer from the following link.

After downloading is complete, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as on the image below.

Follow the prompts. After the setup is complete, you will see a window similar to the one below.

You can click “Skip” to close the installation program and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will allow 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 start your PC, AdGuard will start automatically and stop unwanted ads, block malicious and 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, that can be found on your desktop.

Finish words

Now your device should be free of the Tail Finder hijacker. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted pop-up ads and undesired harmful web-sites) and Zemana (to periodically scan your PC for new browser hijackers and other malware). 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 remove Tail Finder from the IE, Edge, Google Chrome and Firefox, then ask for help here here.