If you have ever found your internet browser homepage inexplicably changing to EmailBeautifier, or notice that the default search engine in your browser has replaced, then you could say that your computer has been a victim of the browser hijacker infection. The makers of browser hijacker infection do so in order to make money via Google, Yahoo or Bing search engine. Thus, in order to force you to use EmailBeautifier search services as often as possible the hijacker infection can modify your internet browsers settings like startpage, newtab page and default search provider.
As mentioned above, the EmailBeautifier hijacker also modifies the web-browser’s search provider. So, your web-browser, when searching something, will display a hodgepodge of ads, links to unwanted and ad sites and search results from the big search engines such as Google or Bing. As a result, actual use of a internet browser’s search becomes uncomfortable. Moreover, it can also lead to slowing or even freeze your browser.
Also, adware (sometimes named ‘ad-supported’ software) can be installed on the PC together with EmailBeautifier browser hijacker infection. It will insert a lot of advertisements directly to the sites which you view, creating a sense that advertisements has been added by the developers of the page. Moreover, legal ads may be replaced on fake advertisements that will offer to download and install various unnecessary and harmful applications. Moreover, the EmailBeautifier hijacker infection be able to gather confidential information about you that can be later used for marketing purposes.
The hijacker infection such as EmailBeautifier often modify all browser shortcuts that located on your Desktop to force you visit various unwanted pages and display unwanted popup ads. As a result, your web browser can still redirect you to an unwanted web-page despite your internet browser is actually clean of browser hijacker.
So, it’s very important to clean your personal computer of browser hijacker infection as quickly as possible. The instructions, which is shown below, will help you to remove EmailBeautifier from the Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox and Edge and other internet browsers.
How to remove EmailBeautifier
There are exist several free hijacker removal utilities. Also it is possible to remove EmailBeautifier redirect manually. But we suggest to combine all these methods below into the one removal algorithm. Follow the steps of the tutorial. Some of the steps will require you to reboot your machine or shut down this web-page. So, read this guidance carefully, then bookmark or print it for later reference.
To remove EmailBeautifier, perform the steps below:
- How to remove EmailBeautifier without any software
- Run free malware removal tools to completely remove EmailBeautifier
- Block EmailBeautifier homepage and other annoying pages
- Method of EmailBeautifier browser hijacker infection intrusion into your PC
- To sum up
How to remove EmailBeautifier without any software
The tutorial will help you remove EmailBeautifier search. These EmailBeautifier removal steps work for the Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge, as well as every version of MS Windows operating system.
Remove EmailBeautifier associated software by using Windows Control Panel
Check out the MS Windows Control Panel (Programs and Features section) to see all installed applications. We advise to click on the “Date Installed” in order to sort the list of applications by the date you installed them. If you see any unknown and suspicious programs, they are the ones you need to uninstall.
Press Windows button , then press Search . Type “Control panel”and press Enter. If you using Windows XP or Windows 7, then click “Start” and select “Control Panel”. It will display the Windows Control Panel as displayed on the image below.
Further, press “Uninstall a program”
It will display a list of all software installed on your PC system. Scroll through the all list, and uninstall any suspicious and unknown applications.
Delete EmailBeautifier start page from IE
The Internet Explorer reset is great if your browser is hijacked or you have unwanted extensions or toolbars on your browser, that installed by a malware.
First, run the Internet Explorer. Next, click the button in the form of gear (). It will show the Tools drop-down menu, click the “Internet Options” as displayed on the screen below.
In the “Internet Options” window click on the Advanced tab, then press the Reset button. The Internet Explorer will show the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” window as on the image below. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box, then click “Reset” button.
You will now need to restart your personal computer for the changes to take effect.
Delete EmailBeautifier from Firefox by resetting browser settings
If the Mozilla Firefox web-browser program is hijacked, then resetting its settings can help. The Reset feature is available on all modern version of Mozilla Firefox. A reset can fix many issues by restoring FF settings like homepage, new tab page and default search provider to its default state. It will save your personal information such as saved passwords, bookmarks, and open tabs.
Start the Firefox and click 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 display 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 displayed in the following example.
Click the “Refresh Firefox” button at the top right of the Troubleshooting Information page. Select “Refresh Firefox” in the confirmation prompt. The Mozilla Firefox will start a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the EmailBeautifier browser hijacker infection and other internet browser’s malicious add-ons. Once, it is finished, press the “Finish” button.
Remove EmailBeautifier start page from Google Chrome
If your Google Chrome internet browser is re-directed to undesired EmailBeautifier page, it may be necessary to completely reset your web browser program to its default settings.
- First, launch the Google Chrome and click the Menu icon (icon in the form of three horizontal stripes).
- It will open the Chrome main menu, press the “Settings” menu.
- Next, press “Show advanced settings” link, that located at the bottom of the Settings page.
- On the bottom of the “Advanced settings” page, press the “Reset settings” button.
- The Google Chrome will open the reset settings prompt as on the image above.
- Confirm the web-browser’s reset by clicking on the “Reset” button.
- To learn more, read the blog post How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.
Run free malware removal tools to completely remove EmailBeautifier
Many antivirus companies have created software that allow detect and delete browser hijacker, and thereby return installed browsers settings. Below is a a few of the free programs you may want to run. Your computer can have a large count of potentially unwanted applications, adware and browser hijackers installed at the same time, so we recommend, if any unwanted or harmful program returns after restarting the PC, then start your computer into Safe Mode and use the anti malware utility again.
How to automatically remove EmailBeautifier with Zemana
We suggest using the Zemana Anti Malware. You can download and install Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) to scan for and delete EmailBeautifier from your computer. When installed and updated, the malicious software remover will automatically scan and detect all threats present on the personal computer.
- Please download Zemana AntiMalware from the link below. Save it on your MS Windows desktop.
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- At the download page, click on the Download button. Your browser will show the “Save as” prompt. Please save it onto your Windows desktop.
- When downloading is finished, please close all applications and open windows on your PC system. Next, run a file called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup.
- This will open the “Setup wizard” of Zemana Free onto your PC system. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
- When the Setup wizard has finished installing, the Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) will start and display the main window.
- Further, press the “Scan” button for scanning your PC system for the EmailBeautifier hijacker infection and other web browser’s harmful extensions. Depending on your machine, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. While the Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) is scanning, you can see number of objects it has identified either as being malware.
- After Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) has completed scanning your computer, you will be displayed the list of all found items on your system.
- You may move threats to Quarantine (all selected by default) by simply press the “Next” button. The utility will remove hijacker infection that causes web-browsers to display intrusive EmailBeautifier web page and add threats to the Quarantine. After that process is finished, you may be prompted to reboot the computer.
- Close the Zemana AntiMalware and continue with the next step.
Automatically remove EmailBeautifier homepage with Malwarebytes
Manual EmailBeautifier removal requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the hijacker can be not completely removed. We recommend that run the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your personal computer of hijacker. Moreover, the free program will help you to delete malicious software, PUPs, adware and toolbars that your computer can be infected too.
Download MalwareBytes Anti Malware by clicking on the link below and save it to your Desktop.
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When the downloading process is finished, close all applications and windows on your computer. Double-click the setup file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as shown in the figure below, click the “Yes” button.
It will open the “Setup wizard” that will help you install MalwareBytes AntiMalware on your computer. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
Once installation is complete successfully, click Finish button. MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will automatically start and you can see its main screen as displayed below.
Now click the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan with this utility for the EmailBeautifier browser hijacker infection and other web-browser’s malicious extensions. While the MalwareBytes application is scanning, you can see number of objects it has identified as threat.
After MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) has finished scanning your computer, MalwareBytes will show a list of all threats found by the scan. Review the results once the utility has complete the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply press “Quarantine Selected” button. The MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) will start to remove browser hijacker that causes browsers to open annoying EmailBeautifier web-site. After the clean-up is finished, you may be prompted to reboot the system.
We suggest you look at the following video, which completely explains the procedure of using the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware to get rid of adware, hijacker and other malicious software.
Remove EmailBeautifier startpage from browsers with AdwCleaner
The AdwCleaner tool is free and easy to use. It can scan and remove browser hijacker that causes web browsers to show unwanted EmailBeautifier page, malicious software, PUPs and ‘ad supported’ software from PC (Windows 10, 8, 7, XP) and thereby revert back browsers default settings (start page, new tab page and default search provider). AdwCleaner is powerful enough to find and delete malicious registry entries and files that are hidden on the system.
- Download AdwCleaner from the following link and save it to your Desktop.
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- Select the file location as Desktop, and then press Save.
- After the download is finished, start the AdwCleaner, double-click the adwcleaner_xxx.exe file.
- If the “User Account Control” prompts, click Yes to continue.
- Read the “Terms of use”, and click Accept.
- In the AdwCleaner window, click the “Scan” to perform a system scan for the hijacker which cause EmailBeautifier web site to appear. During the scan AdwCleaner will detect all threats present on your machine.
- When AdwCleaner has finished scanning your PC system, you will be shown the list of all found items on your machine. Next, you need to click “Clean”. If the AdwCleaner will ask you to restart your PC system, click “OK”.
The step-by-step instructions shown in detail in the following video.
Block EmailBeautifier homepage and other annoying pages
Running an ad blocking program like AdGuard is an effective way to alleviate the risks. Additionally, ad-blocking applications will also protect you from malicious ads and sites, and, of course, stop redirection chain to EmailBeautifier and similar web-sites.
Installing the AdGuard ad-blocker program is simple. First you’ll need to download AdGuard by clicking on the link below and save it directly to your Microsoft Windows Desktop.
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When downloading is finished, double-click the downloaded file to run it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen as displayed below.
Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick tutorial as shown in the figure below.
Click “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick guide which will assist you get to know AdGuard better.
Each time, when you run your PC system, AdGuard will start automatically and stop popup ads, web sites such EmailBeautifier, as well as other malicious or misleading pages. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that can be found on your desktop.
Method of EmailBeautifier browser hijacker infection intrusion into your PC
The majority of browser hijackers such as EmailBeautifier is bundled with free software or even paid software which Net users can easily download online. The setup files of such applications, in many cases, clearly show that they will install bundled programs. The option is given to users to block the setup of any third-party software. So, in order to avoid the installation of any hijackers: read all disclaimers and install screens very carefully, choose only Custom or Advanced installation method and uncheck all optional programs in which you are unsure.
To sum up
After completing the guidance above, your computer should be clean from this browser hijacker and other malicious software. The Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer will no longer show annoying EmailBeautifier home page on startup. Unfortunately, if the step-by-step tutorial does not help you, then you have caught a new browser hijacker, and then the best way – ask for help.
Please start a new thread by using the “New Topic” button in the Spyware Removal forum. When posting your HJT log, try to give us some details about your problems, so we can try to help you more accurately. Wait for one of our trained “Security Team” or Site Administrator to provide you with knowledgeable assistance tailored to your problem with the undesired EmailBeautifier .