My99tab.com Redirect: What is it?

Developers present the my99tab.com as an Internet search engine and claims that it significantly improves the browsing experience by generating much  improved results. Based on the appearance alone, my99tab.com  appears to be  legitimate and useful, however, this website is promoted via rogue download/installation set-ups mainly developed to hijack browser settings and change various options. Moreover, it continually keep tracks information relating to browsing activity.
The  set-ups target most likely the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Following infiltration, they change the setting and as they assign the new tab URL, default search engine, and homepage options to my99tab.com. Set-ups then append this URL to the target of each browser shortcut and then automatically redirects the users to my99tab.com upon  opening a new browser tab and/or search via the URL bar. These redirects absolutely and significantly diminish the browsing experience since it brings hassle and annoyances. Additionally, users are unable to change back these changes to the desired default setting, since set-ups stealthily install a number of “helper objects” such as the third party applications and/or browser plug-ins and to reassign the aforementioned settings when attempts are made to change them back. Thus, returning browsers to their previous states becomes impossible. Another thing it does is information tracking which is risky. Helper objects and my99tab.com continually keep track on the IP addresses, URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries, and other similar information that might contain personal details, and these developers share this information with third parties which are potentially, cyber criminals who generate revenue by misusing and disposing personal information. Generally, information tracking can possibly  lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft. If you encounter unwanted redirects to my99tab.com, immediately do something about it, uninstall all suspicious applications and browser plug-ins, and never return to this site.
There are a number of fake Internet search engines virtually identical or at least similar to my99tab.com including, for example, websearchinc.net, weemi.com, trotux.com, and powerfulsearch.net, and all of them claim to improve the browsing experience by generating improved search results. But take note, however, that websites such as my99tab.com are purposely created only to generate revenue for the developers and are useless for regular users. Fake search engines merely cause unwanted redirects and continually record various user-system information and most annoyingly, appearance of endless pop-ups and redirections. In addition, some generate results leading to malicious websites that can be more  harmful and dangerous. Therefore, using a fake Internet search engine might result in high-risk computer infections and worst slowdowns and computer crash.
 

How did my99tab.com install on my computer?

The my99tab.com is primarily promoted via rogue download/installation set-ups. This deceptive marketing tactics is called “bundling”.  All the information regarding modification of browser settings are hidden by the developers  within the “Custom” or “Advanced” options of the download or installation processes. Rushing and skipping this section grants set-ups permission to modify various browser settings, exposes systems to risk of various infections, and compromises users’ privacy, so always take time to read everything prior to proceeding to the installation process.
 

How to prevent the installation of potentially unwanted applications?

The PUP installation can be prevented by taking two simple steps: 1) closely analyze each download/installation step using the “Custom” or “Advanced” settings, and; 2) never accept offers to download/install additional applications that is questionable. The key to computer safety is simply caution.
 

Removing my99tab.com redirect 

Windows 7

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.
 

Windows XP

Click Start, choose Settings and click Control Panel. Locate and click Add or Remove Programs.
 

Windows 10 and Windows 8

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.
 

Mac OSX

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.
 
In the uninstall programs window: look for any recently-installed potentially unwanted applications, select these entries and click “Uninstall” or “Remove“.
After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes browser redirects to my99tab.com, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.
 

Use an anti-malware program

We recommend using SpyRemover Pro,  a highly effective and widely used malware removal program to clean your computer of my99tab.com redirect. In addition to my99tab.com, this program can detect and remove the latest variants of other malware.
SpyRemover Pro has an intuitive user interface that is easy to use. To get rid of my99tab.com redirect, the first step is to install it, scan your computer, and remove the threat.
 

 
To remove my99tab.com from your computer using SpyRemover Pro, you need to perform the following steps:
 

Basic steps of SpyRemover Pro:

Step 1. Run SpyRemover Pro installer
Click on the .exe file that just downloaded in the lower right corner of your browser window.
 
Step 2.  Click Yes
Click Yes to accept the User Account Control settings dialog.
 
Step 3. Foll0w setup instructions
Follow the instructions to get SpyRemover Pro set up on your computer and you will be good to go!
 

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How to remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer

Fix Internet Explorer shortcut target:
Click the “gear” icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select “Manage Add-ons”. Look for any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select such entries and click “Remove”.
This browser hijacker changes the “Target” field of the Internet Explorer shortcut. To fix this, locate the shortcut on your Desktop and click the right mouse button over it. In the opened menu, choose “Properties”. In the opened window, locate the Target field and eliminate text (hxxp://www.my99tab.com/…), which is entered after “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”.
 
Change your homepage:
Click the “gear” icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select “Internet Options”, in the opened window, remove hxxp://www.my99tab.com and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you launch Internet Explorer.
 
Change your default search engine:
Click the “gear” icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select “Manage Add-ons”. In the opened window, select “Search Providers”, set “Google”, “Bing” or any other preferred search engine as your default, then remove “my99tab“.
 
 
 

Windows Vista and Windows 7

Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

 
 
Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.
In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

 
Click the Reset button.

 
Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

 
 

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Remove my99tab.com-related Google Chrome extensions:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select “Tools” and click “Extensions”. Locate any recently-installed suspicious add-ons, select these entries and click the trash can icon.
 
Fix Google Chrome shortcut target:
This browser hijacker modifies the “Target” field of the Google Chrome shortcut. To fix this, locate the shortcut on your Desktop and click the right mouse button over it. In the opened menu, choose “Properties”. In the opened window, locate the Target field and eliminate all text (hxxp://www.my99tab.com/…), which is entered after “C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe”
 
Change your homepage:
Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select “Settings”. In the “On startup” section, click “set pages”, hover your mouse over hxxp://www.my99tab.com and click the x symbol. Now, you can add your preferred website as your homepage.
 
Change your default search engine:
To change your default search engine in Google Chrome: Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select “Settings”, in “Search” section, click “Manage Search Engines…”, remove “my99tab” and add or select your preferred Internet search engine.
 

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Remove my99tab.com-related Mozilla Firefox add-ons:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”, in the opened window, remove any recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.
 
Fix Mozilla Firefox shortcut target:
This browser hijacker changes the “Target” field of the Mozilla Firefox shortcut. To fix this, locate the shortcut on your Desktop and click the right mouse button over it. In the opened menu, choose “Properties”. In the opened window, locate the Target field and eliminate all text (hxxp://www.my99tab.com/…), which is entered after “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”
 
Change your homepage:
To reset your homepage, click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window) then select “Options”, in the opened window, remove hxxp://www.my99tab.com and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you start Mozilla Firefox.
 
Change default search engine:
In the URL address bar, type about:config and press Enter.
Click “I’ll be careful, I promise!”.
In the search filter at the top, type: “my99tab.com”
Right-click on the found preferences and select “Reset” to restore default values.
 
 

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click Safari menu, then select Preferences…
 

In the preferences window select the Extensions tab. Look for any recently installed suspicious extensions and uninstall them.
 
 

In the preferences window select General tab and make sure that your homepage is set to a preferred URL, if its altered by a browser hijacker – change it.
 

In the preferences window select Search tab and make sure that your preferred Internet search engine is selected.
 

Prevention of My99tab.com browser hijacker infection

 
Generally, the My99tab.com browser hijacker is actively distributed with free programs, which is part of the installer of these programs. So it’s very much  important that when installing an unknown program even downloaded from known or big hosting web-site to carefully read the Terms of use and the Software license or ever step in the process, as well as to select the Manual, Advanced or Custom installation method. In this way, you can disable the setup of unneeded modules and programs and to simply protect your system from such browser hijackers like  the My99tab.com. Unluckily, most users when installing unknown applications rush things and would simply click the Next button, and don’t read any information that the free software display them during its installation. This leads to the fact that the web-browser settings may be replaced and web browser’s home page will be modified, as well as the newtab page and search engine by default set to My99tab.com.