Remove Social Media NewTab from Chrome/Firefox/IE

Can’t Remove Social Media NewTab? This page includes detailed Social Media NewTab Removal instructions!

Social Media NewTab is a potentially unwanted program. It invades your system via cunning and trickery and then proceeds to mess it up. The PUP wreaks havoc on a daily basis for as long as you allow it to remain. That’s why experts advise you to delete the dreaded tool as soon as you first become aware of its existence. By NOT delaying its deletion, you’ll save yourself a ton of time and energy, which you’ll otherwise spend cleaning up the mess it makes. To keep the PUP on your computer is to agree to put yourself through a pretty bad time. You’ll be forced to endure incessant meddling, inclusive of but not limited to, an endless pop-up ad bombardment and redirects to unreliable websites. These intrusions will occur each time you try to surf the web, which will quickly result in more issues. Due to the ever-present disruption of your browsing, your system will begin to crash frequently, and your computer’s performance will slow down to a crawl. What’s more, Social Media NewTab will expose you to a severe malware risk, as well as place your personal and financial information in jeopardy. The question is, do you honestly believe the tool is worth holding onto despite all of the headaches and grievances it ends up causing? Here’s a hint: it’s not. Social Media NewTab is NOT worth even half the hassles it puts you through, so delete it the first chance you get. It’s for the best.

How did I get infected with Social Media NewTab?

Social Media NewTab doesn’t just show up on your PC. Infections like it are bound to seek your approval before they install themselves, which means that you have to allow the tool’s installment. And, since you’re currently plagued by the nasty program, you must have complied with its inquiry. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be wreaking havoc on your PC. But do you remember approving it in? It’s more than likely that you have no memory of doing so. But don’t be too hard on yourself. Such tools are immensely skilled in the art of deception. They dupe you into giving them the green light and keep you oblivious to it by resorting to the usual antics. Through slyness and subtlety, and with the use of the old but gold means of infiltration, the tool fools you into installing it without you even realizing it. The most commonly used methods of invasion include hitching a ride with spam email attachments, freeware, corrupted links, or websites. Also, they can pretend to be fake updates. For example, while you may be convinced you’re updating your Adobe Flash Player or Java, you’ll be wrong. In reality, you’ll be permitting the installment of a hazardous, harmful tool. If you wish to prevent infections like Social Media NewTab from slithering into your system, be more cautious! Don’t give into naivety, haste, and distraction and always do your due diligence. Even a little extra attention can save you a ton of troubles. Remember that.

Why is Social Media NewTab dangerous?

Social Media NewTab is not a threat to be trifled with, so don’t underestimate the damages it can cause you. And, make no mistake! It WILL undoubtedly flood you with issues and headaches and grievances. That is if you let it. So, don’t! Do yourself a favor, and remove the dreadful infection from yourself immediately after you become aware of its existence! You’ll avoid a ton of troubles, and surely win the gratitude of your future self. If you read the tool’s description, you’ll probably think it’s amazing because it’s portrayed as a useful, reliable, and easy-to-use application from which you can only profit. Well, the thing is, once you look past the sugary layer of marketing, it’s quite evident that ‘profit’ is a loosely used term. You gain only negatives because of the program’s presence. No positives. It messes up with your online activities by putting you through a never-ending flood of pop-up advertisements each time you attempt to browse the web. Not just that, but it also redirects you to unreliable, suspicious websites. And, as was already explained, these incessant intrusions don’t go unnoticed. But don’t think the tool just tests the limits of your patience with such minor inconveniences. Oh, no. Social Media NewTab threatens your privacy. That’s right. It’s programmed to steal your personal and financial information, and then send it to the people that published it. To carry out its purpose, the PUP begins to spy on you from the moment it slithers into your system. It keep track of your online habits and thoroughly catalogs them until it determines it has sufficient data. Then it proceeds to grant it to strangers with questionable intentions, who can continue to use it as they wish. Does that sound like it will end well for you? Think long and hard before you decide whether Social Media NewTab is worth keeping as both your and your system’s well-being rest on your response. And, here’s a little hint: it’s not.

How Can I Remove Social Media NewTab?

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Social Media NewTab infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

• Open your task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Locate the process of fileopenerpro.exe and kill it

• Open your windows registry editor by typing”regedit” in the windows search box

Navigate to (Depending on your OS version)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

and delete the display Name: FileOpenerPro

Simultaneously press the Windows Logo Button and then “R” to open the Run Command

Type “Appwiz.cpl”

Locate the Social Media NewTab program and click on uninstall/change. To facilitate the search you can sort the programs by date. Review the most recent installed programs first. In general you should remove all unknown programs.

Navigate to C:/Program Files and delete FileOpenerPro folder. Double check with any antimalware program for any leftovers. Keep your software up-to date!