Remove StartJoy New Tab Hijacker

Suddenly StartJoy New Tab took over your homepage and you cannot remove it.

There’s nothing joyful about a browser hijacker. Therefore, we find this program’s name not only misleading but also quite ironic. Yes, something named StartJoy New Tab could make your browsing experience unpleasant. Its developers are really doing their best to disguise the hijacker as an attractive search engine. However, you should know better than to be attracted to a parasite. StartJoy New Tab is extremely deceptive and problematic. Once installed, this pest takes down your browsers in practically no time. You will notice a brand new browser plugin which, of course, was added behind your back. That is how hijackers work. Your entire browsing experience is not even up to you anymore; it’s up to hackers. The virus makes various changes in your browser settings and, again, none of them requires your permission or consent. Furthermore, StartJoy New Tab replaces both your default browser homepage and default search engine with its own domain. This way it effectively forces a malicious search engine on you. As you probably figured out already, StartJoy New Tab is unreliable. All this pest generates is a huge pile of sponsored, potentially corrupted web links. What’s even worse is the fact these links are presented as accurate search results. And you know what happens when you click a deceptive link, don’t you? You’ll end up on a malicious website infested with parasites. To prevent it, stay away from all the links StartJoy New Tab bombards you with. There’s no telling which one is safe and which one leads straight to malware so be careful. The only way to make sure you don’t fall victim to hackers’ trickery is by ignoring StartJoy New Tab’s dangerous search results. As if that wasn’t enough, the virus also redirects you and monitors your browsing-related activities. Obviously, nobody would want their private data to end up in the wrong hands as this poses the immense threat of identity theft. Identity theft may a rather rare scenario but such a great danger should never be overlooked. StartJoy New Tab slows down the PC speed and causes your browser to often crash/freeze. Your Internet connection might also be unstable due to the hijacker’s presence. The virus serves as a back door to malware and overall disturbs you on a daily basis. Long story short, there’s not even a single reason to tolerate this nuisance. On the other hand, you’ve got plenty of reasons to uninstall the virus for good.

How did I get infected with?

Third-party pop-ups and malicious websites offer all kinds of infections a convenient infiltration method. However, hackers have many more options to choose from. Unfortunately, crooks could be very creative when it comes to spreading malware online. For example, some parasites follow the old but gold techniques of spam messages and spam email-attachments. Some viruses use a much more stealthy and secretive method called freeware/shareware bundling. This is also the most commonly used technique at the moment so it’s very likely that’s how StartJoy New Tab got to you. Now, this time you got stuck with a hijacker. However, some incredibly virulent types of infections travel the Web bundled too (including ransomware and Trojans). Our advice for you is to  always pay attention to the programs you give green light to. If you rush the installation, you have no one to blame later on. Opt for the Advanced or Custom option in the Setup Wizard instead of the Basic one. Also, check out the Terms and Conditions or EULA (End User License Agreement). Clicking the “I accept” option is a lot less time-consuming but it guarantees you no safety whatsoever. Deleting a virus is a much bigger hassle than preventing installation, keep that in mind.

Why is this dangerous?

StartJoy New Tab generates web traffic towards some specific websites. That is why it hijacks all your browsers – so it could take control over your online experience. The ultimate goal here is quite prosaic, as you could imagine. Money. Hackers gain profit for all the dubious web links their program displays which means your safety is not a part of the picture. Crooks’ illegitimate revenue is. Unless for some reason you’re deliberately trying to become a sponsor of hackers, you will stay away from these links. They are not worth the risk. The parasite’s browser extension is perfectly compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer so you can’t avoid its shenanigans. What you can (and should) do is uninstall the hijacker. There’s no doubt StartJoy New Tab is very dangerous so why hesitate? This misleading infection will become more malicious as time passes so do the right thing. To get rid of the intruder manually, please follow the comprehensive removal guide you’ll find down below.

How to Remove StartJoy New Tab virus

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the StartJoy 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.

The StartJoy New Tab adware is specifically designed to make money. It generates web traffic, collects sales leads for other dubious sites, and will display advertisements and sponsored links within your web browser.

STEP 1: Uninstall StartJoy New Tab from Add\Remove Programs

STEP 2: Clean StartJoy New Tab from Chrome Firefox or Internet Explorer

STEP 3: Permanently Remove StartJoy New Tab leftovers from the System

STEP 1 : Uninstall StartJoy New Tab from your computer

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

 

Type “regedit”

 

navigate to HKCU\software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Modify the string with a value data and set it to google.com for example.

STEP 2 : Remove StartJoy New Tab homepage from Chrome, Firefox and IE

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the StartJoy 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

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

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.