How to Remove Speed Dial New Tab Hijacker

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The Speed Dial New Tab extension may seem as a nice and fresh change for your dull browser. The browser extension has nice functions which brighten your standard homepage. It’s a shame that the app is not safe. The Speed Dial New Tab extension is a browser hijacker. It is a parasite which forces numerous reshuffles on you and prevents you from restoring your preferences. The hijacker replaces both your homepage and default search engine. No matter how diligently you try, you cannot undo the change. Once this parasite calls your browser “home,” expect trouble. The invader turns your browser into an ad-displaying tool. It takes full control of your browsing experience. The parasite injects various ads on every website you visit. It displays dozens and dozens banner, in-text, and pop-up ads. Every time you click, it gets paid. Thus, it doesn’t limit the number of its ads. Quite the contrary, the hijacker increases their number with each passing day. If you, however, manage to resist the urge to click, the parasite, adapts its strategy and starts browser redirection. It loads sponsored websites is new tabs and windows. The Speed Dial New Tab hijacker knows no boundaries. It even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. It tends to get out of control. Do not wait for this scenario to unfold. Get back in control of your web browser. Remove the Speed Dial New Tab hijacker for good! The sooner this parasite is gone, the better!

How did I get infected with?

The Speed Dial New Tab hijacker cannot enter your OS without an invitation. As you can imagine, though, the parasite knows how to steal one. The hijacker hides in software bundles, fake updates, spam messages, and torrents. The parasite lurks in the shadows and waits for you to make a mistake. All it needs to succeed is one second of carelessness. Don’t give it a chance to infect your computer. Choose caution over carelessness. One keeps the parasites away, the other — invites them in. Only you can keep your computer virus-free. Take the time to do your due diligence. When installing a program, pay close attention to the fine print. Most of the apps we download off the web come bundled with bonus programs. These extras, unfortunately, are often parasite like the Speed Dial New Tab hijacker. To prevent the unwanted apps from installing, use the advanced/custom setup option. Don’t rush. Before you click that “Accept” button, read the terms and conditions. If you cannot spare enough time to read the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Abort the installation if you detect anything suspicious.

Why is this dangerous?

The Speed Dial New Tab hijacker has no place on your computer. The parasite is very intrusive and menacing. It bombards you with adverts, redirects your browser, and modifies your settings. It doesn’t matter whether you type a search query or watch an online video, the hijacker is always there to annoy you. But don’t classify the parasite as a mere annoyance. It is more than that. The hijacker is quite dangerous. The Speed Dial New Tab parasite opens your browser to surveillance and targeted ads. This parasite monitors your browsing related data and uses the collected information to target you with relevant ads. In theory, if you enter “sneakers” into a search engine, you would get ads for sports shoes. In practice, though, you get bombarded with countless unverified advertisements. The Speed Dial New Tab hijacker gets paid to display adverts, not to make sure that they are legitimate and safe. Numerous crooks use the parasite as an advertising platform. They create customized ads and push them on you. The crooks show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. The hijacker is very likely to redirect you to scam, phishing, and even corrupted websites. Don’t test your luck. Your best course of action is the immediate removal of the hijacker!

How to Remove Speed Dial New Tab virus

The Speed Dial New Tab infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Speed Dial New Tab 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.

STEP 1: Track down Speed Dial New Tab related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Speed Dial New Tab startup location

STEP 3: Delete Speed Dial New Tab traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Speed Dial New Tab related processes in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Speed Dial New Tab startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Speed Dial New Tab virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[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: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Speed Dial New Tab traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Speed Dial New Tab by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Speed Dial New Tab

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Speed Dial New Tab, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Speed Dial New Tab argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Speed Dial New Tab Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.