Yourtv.link malware - How to remove

Yourtv.link malware is a browser hijacker that is promoted along free downloads and doesn’t requite users’ permission to be added to your browser. Once inside it replaces your homepage and default search provider. The program can attack Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari, so obviously it affects plenty of users.

If you have noticed Yourtv.link set as your default search engine, you must remove it as soon as possible. It is not that easy to do as you may think at first. For this reason we have developed a tutorial how to remove Yourtv.link malware, which you will find below this article. You can also remove it automatically, by running a full system scan with a reliable anti-malware program, for example, Spyhunter or StopZilla.

About Yourtv.link malware

As already mentioned, the first changes you will see after being infected by Yourtv.link malware are your homepage and default search provider. No matter which were your preferences before, you will now see Yourtv.link instead. Unfortunately, this is not a reliable search page, mainly because it modifies your search results by adding numerous commercial websites. If you try to use another search engine or choose a different website as your homepage, you will see that it is not that easy to do that either. Yourtv.link malware usally protects Internet browser settings from being changed.

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What is more, Yourtv.link malware I sone of the program that collect information about your search queries, most visited websites and it can even get access to some of your sensitive information, like your emails, usernames, IP address, etc. Later this data can be sent to the third parties and used for marketing purposes or even try to steal your money. Also keep in mind that Yourtv.link malware may promote malicious websites and if you visit them, your computer can be infected there.

Distribution Methods of Yourtv.link malware

Yourtv.link malware infiltrates into systems using unfair methods. However, users can blame only themselves for that. Most of the times, the program comes bundled to free programs that one can download from the Internet. The application is installed automatically if you don’t reject it during the installation of some freeware. Since a lot of users choose a Basic installation instead of a Custom one, they may not even see that the program is going to change their homepage and search provider to Yourtv.link. Make sure you always follow installations steps of your new downloads and never accepts unknown applications to be added or unclear changes to be made in your system.

It is recommended to remove Yourtv.link malware as soon as you notice it on your computer.


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Manual removal of Yourtv.link malware

How to remove Yourtv.link malware using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Yourtv.link malware install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.
  • Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10). Open Control Panel by searching for it in the Start menu.
  • Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category). In Control Panel, select Uninstall a program.
  • Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Yourtv.link malware . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Yourtv.link malware easier to find. Find the program that you need to uninstall.
  • Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes. Click the Uninstall button after selecting the program to uninstall. Then click Yes.
  • In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection. Spyhunter marking a program and its components as low-threat malware.

How to remove Yourtv.link malware from macOS

Delete Yourtv.link malware from your applications.
  1. Open Finder.
  2. In the menu bar, click Go.
  3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
  4. Find the Yourtv.link malware app.
  5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
  6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.
Open Applications and delete unwanted apps.

TopHow To remove Yourtv.link malware from Google Chrome:

  • Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
    Extensions
  • Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
    Remove extensions
  • Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
    Open settings
  • Select Manage Search engines
    Manage search engines
  • Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
    Delete search engines
  • Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
  • If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
    Set pages
  • Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
    Delete start pages

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Yourtv.link malware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

  • Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  • Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
    Resset settings
  • Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
    Reset approve

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Yourtv.link malware from Firefox:Top

  • Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
    Select add-on
  • Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Yourtv.link malware related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
    Remove add-on
  • If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
    Restore default
(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Yourtv.link malware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.
  • Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
    Help button
  • ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
    Troubleshooting
  • Click on theReset Firefox button.
    Refresh firefox
  • Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
    Refresh firefox approve
If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Yourtv.link malware from Microsoft Edge:Top

  • Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.
Open the menu and choose Extensions.
  • Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
Press Remove for the extensions you want to remove
  • Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings
Edge new open the three-dot menu and choose settings.
  • Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.
Edge new Open Address bar settings.
  • Choose Manage search engines.
Edge new choose manage search engines.
  • Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.
Edge new choose remove for unwanted search engines.
  • Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
  • Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.
Edge new remove startup pages. (Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Yourtv.link malware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings
  • Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
  • Press the Restore settings to their default values option.
Edge new restore settings.
  • Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
Edge new restore settings comfirmation. If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Yourtv.link malware from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions
  • Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
    Open preferences
  • Select Extensions and uninstall Yourtv.link malware and other suspicious extensions.
    Extensions
  • If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
    Reset homepage
(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Yourtv.link malware, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.
  • Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
    Choose reset
  • Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
    Reset
If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

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2 responses to “Yourtv.link malware

  1. What if somhow the malware came with chrome? Every time I try to install Chrome it tries to make changes on my computer and I believe the malware came from there, but I’m not sure. I don’t even have Chrome on the computer, but everytime I scan it with Malwarebytes, it indicates that yourtvlink is still there. If I formate my computer will be free of it completely ?

  2. It is unlikely, as long as you download chrome from official site.
    First uninstalling and reinstalling chrome WONT help as long as you leave your settings folders untouched. Open file explorer. Enter %appdata% in the file explorer bar. Look for chrome or google/chrome folder. Delete it (when chrome is closed). You will start anew.
    Secondly, there might be an application that installs the settings anew on the install of chrome. If this is the case, scan your PC with other security programs.
    Third. There is a small chance that your extension settings are saved in your google account, but it should not survive resetting your browser data.

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