How to remove Email Fanatic by MyWay (Chrome, Firefox, IE)

The Email Fanatic as your startpage can be just the beginning, because your PC system is infected by malware, that in the future can increase the amount of problems with the Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Edge. Its appearance will prevent you normally browse the Internet, and more, may lead to crash the internet browser.

If your PC system has been infected with Email Fanatic browser hijacker you will be forced to use its own search provider. It could seem not to be dangerous, but you still should be very careful, since it may display undesired and harmful ads created to trick you into buying some questionable software or products, provide search results that may redirect your browser to certain deceptive, misleading or malicious web sites. We recommend that you use only the reliable search engine like Google, Yahoo or Bing.

Although, Email Fanatic browser hijacker infection is not a virus, but it does bad things, and it can impose changes to settings of browsers. Moreover, an adware (also known as ‘ad-supported’ software) can be additionally installed on to your computer with this hijacker, which will display a ton of ads, or even massive full page advertisements that blocks surfing the Net. Often such these advertisements may recommend to install other unknown and unwanted software or visit harmful web-sites.

We recommend you to remove Email Fanatic start page and clean your machine of hijacker as quickly as possible, until the presence of the hijacker infection has not led to even worse consequences. You need to perform the step by step tutorial below that will assist you to completely delete Email Fanatic start page, using only the built-in Windows features and a few of specialized free utilities.

Remove Email Fanatic

Without a doubt, the hijacker is harmful to your system. So you need to quickly and completely remove this malicious software. To delete this browser hijacker, you can use the manual removal steps that are given below or free malware removal tool like Zemana Anti-malware, Malwarebytes or AdwCleaner (all are free). We recommend you use automatic removal method which will help you to get rid of Email Fanatic redirect easily and safely. Manual removal is best used only if you are well versed in PC system or in the case where browser hijacker is not deleted automatically. Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your browser or reboot your personal computer.

Manual Email Fanatic by MyWay removal

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to delete the Email Fanatic redirect from the Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer web-browsers.

Uninstall suspicious and potentially unwanted programs using Windows Control Panel

The process of hijacker removal is generally the same across all versions of Microsoft Windows OS from 10 to XP. To start with, it’s necessary to check the list of installed programs on your personal computer and remove all unused, unknown and suspicious applications.

It will display the Windows Control Panel like below.

Next, click “Uninstall a program”
It will display a list of all applications installed on your personal computer. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort programs by date in the Control panel.

Get rid of Email Fanatic start page from Microsoft Internet Explorer

If you find that Internet Explorer internet browser settings such as start page, newtab and search engine by default having been hijacked, then you may revert back your settings, via the reset web browser process.

First, launch the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then press ‘gear’ icon . It will display the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the web browser, then click the “Internet Options” as shown in the figure below.

In the “Internet Options” screen, select the “Advanced” tab, then click the “Reset” button. The IE will open the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” dialog box. Further, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, press the “Reset” button like below.

After the task is finished, click “Close” button. Close the Internet Explorer and reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web browser’s start page, new tab and default search provider to default state.

Delete Email Fanatic by MyWay from Chrome

Reset Google Chrome settings is a easy way to get rid of the browser hijacker infection, malicious and adware extensions, as well as to restore the browser’s newtab page, home page and search provider by default that have been replaced by browser hijacker infection.

First open the Google Chrome. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will show the main menu. Further, press the option named “Settings”. Another way to open the Google Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the web-browser adress bar and press Enter.

The web-browser will display the settings screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset settings” section is visible, as shown below and press the “Reset settings” button.

The Chrome will display the confirmation prompt. You need to confirm your action, click the “Reset” button. The browser will run the procedure of cleaning. When it is finished, the web-browser’s settings including homepage, newtab page and search provider by default back to the values that have been when the Google Chrome was first installed on your PC.

Remove Email Fanatic home page from Firefox

The Mozilla Firefox reset will keep your personal information such as bookmarks, passwords, web form auto-fill data and remove unwanted search engine and startpage such as Email Fanatic, modified preferences, extensions and security settings.

Start the Firefox and press the menu button (it looks like three stacked lines) at the top right of the web-browser screen. Next, click the question-mark icon at the bottom of the drop-down menu. It will show the slide-out menu.

Select the “Troubleshooting information”. If you are unable to access the Help menu, then type “about:support” in your address bar and press Enter. It bring up the “Troubleshooting Information” page as shown in the figure below.

Click the “Refresh Firefox” button at the top right of the Troubleshooting Information page. Select “Refresh Firefox” in the confirmation prompt. The Firefox will start a task to fix your problems that caused by the Email Fanatic browser hijacker infection. When, it is finished, press the “Finish” button.

Email Fanatic automatic removal

Manual removal steps does not always help to completely remove the browser hijacker, as it is not easy to identify and delete components of browser hijacker and all malicious files from hard disk. Therefore, it’s recommended that you use malicious software removal tool to completely remove Email Fanatic off your computer. Several free malicious software removal utilities are currently available that may be used against the hijacker. The optimum solution would be to run Zemana Anti-malware, Malwarebytes Free and AdwCleaner.

Run Zemana Anti-malware to remove Email Fanatic by MyWay

You can remove Email Fanatic start page automatically with a help of Zemana Anti-malware. We recommend this malware removal utility because it may easily remove browser hijackers, potentially unwanted software, ‘ad supported’ software and toolbars with all their components such as folders, files and registry entries.

Download Zemana Anti Malware on your system by clicking on the link below. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.

When the downloading process is finished, close all software and windows on your personal computer. Double-click the install file named Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up as shown on the screen below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” that will help you setup Zemana Anti-Malware on your computer. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is finished successfully, Zemana Anti Malware will automatically start and you can see its main screen as shown below.

Now click the “Scan” button It’ll scan through the whole machine for the browser hijacker infection which cause Email Fanatic web page to appear. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your PC. While the tool is checking, you can see how many objects it has identified as being infected by malicious software.

After the scan get finished, it’ll show a list of detected items. Review the results once the utility has done the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click “Next” button. The Zemana AntiMalware will remove Email Fanatic browser hijacker and other malicious software and ‘ad supported’ software and move threats to the program’s quarantine. When the task is complete, you may be prompted to restart the PC.

Use Malwarebytes to remove hijacker infection

We suggest using the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your PC system of the browser hijacker. The free tool is an advanced malware removal program developed by (c) Malwarebytes lab. This program uses the world’s most popular antimalware technology. It is able to help you remove browser hijackers, potentially unwanted programs, malicious software, ad-supported software, toolbars, ransomware and other security threats from your computer for free.

1. Download Malwarebytes (MBAM) from the link below.
   
   

   Malwarebytes Anti-malware
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2. After downloading is finished, close all software and windows on your computer. Open a file location. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
3. Further, click Next button and follow the prompts.
4. Once install is finished, click the “Scan Now” button It’ll scan through the whole PC for the hijacker which cause Email Fanatic web-site to appear. Depending on your system, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. While the tool is checking, you can see how many objects it has identified as being infected by malware.
5. After it has finished scanning your computer, it will show a list of found threats. Review the scan results and then press “Quarantine Selected”. After the process is done, you can be prompted to reboot your PC system.

The following video offers a instructions on how to delete hijackers, ad-supported software and other malware with Malwarebytes.

Scan and free your computer of browser hijacker with AdwCleaner

If MalwareBytes anti malware or Zemana antimalware cannot get rid of this hijacker, then we suggests to run the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal utility for hijackers, ad-supported software, PUPs and toolbars.

Download AdwCleaner from the link below.

When the download is complete, open the folder in which you saved it. You will see an icon like below.

Double click the AdwCleaner desktop icon. Once the utility is started, you will see a screen as shown on the screen below.

Further, press “Scan” button for checking your computer for the browser hijacker that cause a reroute to Email Fanatic page. A system scan may take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your PC system. Once it has finished scanning your computer, it’ll show a screen which contains a list of malware that has been found like below.

All found items will be marked. You can delete them all by simply click “Clean” button. It will show a dialog box as shown in the figure below.

You need to click “OK”. After the clean up is complete, the AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your machine. When your machine is started, you will see an AdwCleaner log.

These steps are shown in detail in the following video guide.

Run AdBlocker to stay safe online

It’s important to use ad-blocking applications such as AdGuard to protect your system from malicious web-sites. Most security experts says that it’s okay to stop ads. You should do so just to stay safe! And, of course, the AdGuard may to stop Email Fanatic and other undesired web-pages.

1. Download AdGuard program by clicking on the following link.
   

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   Version: 6.4
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   Category: Security tools
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2. Once downloading is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. Once the install is finished, click “Skip” to close the installation application and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial which will assist you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you don’t need to change anything. Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will run automatically and block pop up advertisements, as well as other harmful or 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 icon named AdGuard, that is located on your desktop.

How can you prevent the Email Fanatic browser hijacker

The Email Fanatic hijacker come in the composition, together with various free applications. This means that you need to be very careful when installing programs downloaded from the Web, even from a large proven hosting. Be sure to read the Terms of Use and the Software license, select only the Manual, Advanced or Custom installation method, switch off all additional modules and software are offered to install.

Finish words

Once you have done the instructions outlined above, your machine should be clean from browser hijackers, ad supported software and malware. The Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Edge will no longer show Email Fanatic undesired startpage on startup. Unfortunately, if the tutorial does not help you, then you have caught a new browser hijacker, and then the best way – ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.