According to IT security experts, Checkmailsnow is categorized as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) from the browser hijacker group. Once browser hijacker get installed on your system, it takes over your web-browser like Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Checkmailsnow browser hijacker imposes changes to your internet browser’s settings, including newtab page, start page and search provider, and installs undesired extension deep inside your personal computer. This is the main reason why you need to remove it from your PC and return your browser search provider and start page back to the default.
While the Checkmailsnow hijacker is active, you won’t be able to revert back the Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, MS Edge and Google Chrome’ settings such as home page, default search engine and newtab page. If you try to set your start page to be Google, Bing or Yahoo, those settings will be automatically altered to Checkmailsnow with the next computer restart. But this does not mean that you should just ignore it or get along with this fact. Because this is not the best option, due to the Checkmailsnow you can have problems with the Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Edge, undesired advertisements and even user data theft.
We suggest you to free your system of hijacker infection as soon as possible. Use the few simple steps below which will allow to get rid of Checkmailsnow homepage and malicious applications, which may be installed onto your PC along with it.
Remove Checkmailsnow from Google Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge
Fortunately, we’ve an effective way that will help you manually or/and automatically delete Checkmailsnow from your computer and bring your internet browser settings, including new tab page, search provider by default and home page, back to normal. Below you will find a removal steps with all the steps you may need to successfully remove this hijacker and its traces. Certain of the steps below will require you to exit this page. So, please read the tutorial carefully, after that bookmark or print it for later reference.
To remove Checkmailsnow, perform the steps below:
- How to delete Checkmailsnow redirect without any software
- Checkmailsnow automatic removal
- How to stay safe online
- How to avoid install of Checkmailsnow browser hijacker
- Finish words
How to delete Checkmailsnow redirect without any software
To remove Checkmailsnow hijacker infection, ad-supported software and other unwanted programs you can try to do so manually. Unfortunately some of the browser hijackers won’t show up in your program list, but some browser hijacker infections may. In this case, you may be able to delete it via the uninstall function of your MS Windows computer. You can do this by following the steps below.
Removing the Checkmailsnow, check the list of installed apps first
We suggest that you start the PC system cleaning process by checking the list of installed programs and remove all unknown or questionable apps. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the harmful programs such as adware and browser hijacker infections may be bundled with free applications. Delete the unwanted applications can remove the intrusive advertisements or web browser redirect.
Windows 8, 8.1, 10
First, click Windows button
, then click Search 
. Type ‘Control panel’and press Enter as shown in the following example.
After the ‘Control Panel’ opens, click the ‘Uninstall a program’ link under Programs category as displayed on the screen below.
You will see the ‘Uninstall a program’ panel as on the image below.
Very carefully look around the entire list of applications installed on your personal computer. Most probably, one of them is the hijacker that responsible for internet browser reroute to the unwanted Checkmailsnow page. If you have many programs installed, you can help simplify the search of harmful software by sort the list by date of installation. Once you’ve found a suspicious, unwanted or unused application, right click to it, after that click ‘Uninstall’.
Windows XP, Vista, 7
First, click ‘Start’ button and select ‘Control Panel’ at right panel as displayed on the screen below.
Once the Windows ‘Control Panel’ opens, you need to click ‘Uninstall a program’ under ‘Programs’ as shown on the image below.
You will see a list of applications installed on your personal computer. We recommend to sort the list by date of installation to quickly find the apps that were installed last. Most likely, it is the browser hijacker infection which reroutes your browser to intrusive Checkmailsnow site. If you are in doubt, you can always check the application by doing a search for her name in Google, Yahoo or Bing. After the program which you need to uninstall is found, simply click on its name, and then click ‘Uninstall’ as shown below.
Remove Checkmailsnow from Firefox by resetting internet browser settings
If Firefox startpage or search engine are hijacked by the Checkmailsnow, your web browser displays unwanted pop-up ads, then ‘Reset Mozilla Firefox’ could solve these problems. It’ll save your personal information such as saved passwords, bookmarks, auto-fill data and open tabs.
First, launch the Firefox and click 
button. It will display the drop-down menu on the right-part of the internet browser. Further, press the Help button (
) as displayed on the screen below.
In the Help menu, select the “Troubleshooting Information” option. Another way to open the “Troubleshooting Information” screen – type “about:support” in the web-browser adress bar and press Enter. It will show the “Troubleshooting Information” page as displayed on the image below. In the upper-right corner of this screen, press the “Refresh Firefox” button.
It will show the confirmation dialog box. Further, click the “Refresh Firefox” button. The Firefox will start a process to fix your problems that caused by the browser hijacker responsible for redirections to Checkmailsnow. After, it’s complete, click the “Finish” button.
Get rid of Checkmailsnow from Internet Explorer
By resetting IE web browser you restore your browser settings to its default state. This is good initial when troubleshooting problems that might have been caused by browser hijacker such as Checkmailsnow.
First, launch the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then press ‘gear’ icon 
. It will open the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the web browser, then press the “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.
In the “Internet Options” screen, select the “Advanced” tab, then click the “Reset” button. The IE will show the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” dialog box. Further, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, click the “Reset” button as on the image below.
When the task is finished, press “Close” button. Close the Microsoft Internet Explorer and restart your PC system for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web-browser’s start page, default search engine and newtab to default state.
Remove Checkmailsnow start page from Chrome
If Chrome start page, new tab page and search engine by default were hijacked by Checkmailsnow then ‘Reset Chrome’ is a solution {which} allows to restore the web-browser to its factory state. To reset Chrome to the original defaults, follow the steps below.
- First run the Chrome and press Menu button (small button in the form of three dots).
- It will show the Google Chrome main menu. Choose More Tools, then click Extensions.
- You will see the list of installed add-ons. If the list has the extension labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following steps: Remove Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy.
- Now open the Google Chrome menu once again, click the “Settings” menu.
- You will see the Google Chrome’s settings page. Scroll down and press “Advanced” link.
- Scroll down again and click the “Reset” button.
- The Google Chrome will display the reset profile settings page as shown on the image above.
- Next click the “Reset” button.
- Once this procedure is finished, your internet browser’s default search engine, new tab and start page will be restored to their original defaults.
- To learn more, read the article How to reset Google Chrome settings to default.
Checkmailsnow automatic removal
The manual steps above is tedious to use and can not always help to completely delete the Checkmailsnow browser hijacker. Here I am telling you an automatic way to remove this hijacker infection from your computer completely. Zemana Anti Malware, MalwareBytes and Hitman Pro are anti malware utilities that can look for and delete all kinds of malware including hijacker that responsible for browser reroute to the intrusive Checkmailsnow web-page.
How to remove Checkmailsnow with Zemana
You can download and use the Zemana for free. This anti malware tool will scan all the registry keys and files in your personal computer along with the system settings and internet browser extensions. If it finds any malware, adware or harmful extension that is responsible for redirections to Checkmailsnow then the Zemana will delete them from your PC system completely.
Now you can install and run Zemana Anti Malware to remove Checkmailsnow search from your internet browser by following the steps below:
Please go to the link below to download Zemana setup file called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup on your computer. Save it on your MS Windows desktop.
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Author: Zemana Ltd
Category: Security tools
Update: July 16, 2019
Start the installer after it has been downloaded successfully and then follow the prompts to install this tool on your PC.
During install you can change certain settings, but we advise you don’t make any changes to default settings.
When setup is complete, this malicious software removal utility will automatically start and update itself. You will see its main window as shown below.
Now press the “Scan” button . Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) utility will begin scanning the whole PC to find out hijacker infection that cause Checkmailsnow site to appear. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your personal computer. While the Zemana Free tool is scanning, you can see count of objects it has identified as being affected by malicious software.
As the scanning ends, the results are displayed in the scan report. 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 click “Next” button.
The Zemana Free will remove Checkmailsnow hijacker and other web-browser’s harmful extensions and move items to the program’s quarantine. After that process is finished, you can be prompted to restart your computer to make the change take effect.
Scan your personal computer and remove Checkmailsnow redirect with HitmanPro
Hitman Pro is a free removal utility which can check your system for a wide range of security threats such as adware, malicious software, PUPs as well as browser hijacker responsible for Checkmailsnow . It will perform a deep scan of your machine including hard drives and MS Windows registry. When a malware is found, it will help you to remove all detected threats from your system by a simple click.
Installing the HitmanPro is simple. First you will need to download HitmanPro by clicking on the link below. Save it to your Desktop.
Download and use Hitman Pro on your computer. Once started, click “Next” button to start scanning your PC system for the hijacker that redirects your internet browser to unwanted Checkmailsnow page. This task can take some time, so please be patient. .
After finished, HitmanPro will display a scan report.
Review the scan results and then click Next button.
It will display a dialog box, click the “Activate free license” button to begin the free 30 days trial to get rid of all malicious software found.
How to automatically remove Checkmailsnow with Malwarebytes
We suggest using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install Malwarebytes to find and delete Checkmailsnow redirect from your personal computer. When installed and updated, the free malware remover will automatically scan and detect all threats exist on the PC.
MalwareBytes can be downloaded from the following link. Save it on your Desktop.
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Author: Malwarebytes
Category: Security tools
Update: April 15, 2020
After the downloading process is done, close all windows on your system. Further, launch the file named mb3-setup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up as displayed below, press the “Yes” button.
It will open the “Setup wizard” that will help you install MalwareBytes Free on the computer. Follow the prompts and don’t make any changes to default settings.
Once install is finished successfully, click Finish button. Then MalwareBytes will automatically run and you may see its main window as displayed below.
Next, click the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan for the hijacker responsible for redirects to Checkmailsnow. A system scan can take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes, depending on your personal computer. During the scan MalwareBytes AntiMalware will find threats present on your personal computer.
After the system scan is finished, MalwareBytes Free will open a list of all items detected by the scan. All detected items will be marked. You can delete them all by simply press “Quarantine Selected” button.
The MalwareBytes will begin to get rid of hijacker infection which cause a redirect to Checkmailsnow web-page. After finished, you can be prompted to reboot your PC. We recommend you look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the MalwareBytes Free to remove browser hijackers, adware and other malware.
How to stay safe online
By installing an ad blocking application such as AdGuard, you’re able to stop Checkmailsnow, autoplaying video ads and delete a large number of distracting and annoying ads on web pages.
AdGuard can be downloaded from the following link. Save it to your Desktop.
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Version: 6.4
Author: © Adguard
Category: Security tools
Update: November 15, 2018
When the downloading process is finished, launch the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as on the image below.
Follow the prompts. After the installation is complete, you will see a window as displayed in the figure below.
You can press “Skip” to close the install program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial which will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you don’t need to change anything. Each time, when you start your personal computer, AdGuard will start automatically and stop unwanted popup advertisements, as well as other malicious or misleading sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which is located on your desktop.
How to avoid install of Checkmailsnow browser hijacker
The Checkmailsnow hijacker can be defined as potentially unwanted application (PUA) that usually comes on the PC with other free software. In most cases, this unwanted program comes without the user’s knowledge. Therefore, many users aren’t even aware that their machine has been infected with malicious software. Please follow the easy rules in order to protect your PC system from any unwanted software: don’t install any suspicious applications, read the user agreement and select only the Custom, Manual or Advanced setup method, do not rush to press the Next button. Also, always try to find a review of the program on the Net. Be careful and attentive! If Checkmailsnow has already come into your PC system, then you need to scan your PC for this hijacker and other PUPs. Use our detailed guidance which are listed above.
Finish words
After completing the step-by-step guidance shown above, your PC system should be clean from this browser hijacker and other PUPs. The Firefox, Internet Explorer, Edge and Google Chrome will no longer display annoying Checkmailsnow on startup. Unfortunately, if the few simple steps does not help you, then you have caught a new 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 unwanted Checkmailsnow redirect.
