Email Helper App Search Redirect - How to remove

Email Helper App is a browser extension that some might have installed and not even know it. This browser add-on is not exactly an innocent email-themed enhancement to your browser — it also works as a search redirect virus, forcing users to go to Yahoo when they search for something.

Email Helper App looks different on different browsers, or it might not manifest at all while still being installed. On Chrome, it shows an icon next to the search bar — a little gray envelope. In Internet Explorer, the address search.emailhelperapptab.com might be set as your home page.

While installed, the extension changes your search settings and doesn’t allow you to change them. It can also read your browsing history and search queries, as well as see what other browser extensions you have.

Email Helper App is developed by Eightpoint Technologies, a company that has already released tons of browser hijackers, including Email Assistant and Email Easy Access, and is likewise considered to be potentially unwanted.

Email Helper App is just another useless browser extension that tries to control how you search the web:

Email Helper App classification	Browser hijacker PUP (potentially unwanted program)
Related URLs	search.emailhelperapptab.com search.yahoo.com
Problems	Deceptive installation Excessive permissions for the extension Search settings are changed by Email Helper App for no reason
Remove Email Helper App	Manually uninstall the extension Remove all malware ( (Mac), SpyHunter (PC))

How Email Helper App gets installed

This add-on on modern browsers can provide quick access to a few email providers — it immediately opens a new login window if you type “email” into the address bar. Obviously, most people have no need for this type of extension when they can just pin the needed site to their new tab page. Email Helper App is a bit useless.

However, most Email Helper App users did not install it themselves. Instead, they got it bundled with other browser hijackers, such as My Obituaries App, which, also being mostly useless, spread using misleading and deceptive ads, as well as adware.

By the way, bundling is when a potentially unwanted program tags along with another, main application. For example, you could download a free PDF manager, install it, and find a random driver utility on your computer, or maybe discover that your main browser’s homepage has changed. This would mean that some additional programs were installed by the hypothetical PDF manager’s installer in the background.

This looks a little different for browser hijackers like Email Helper App. When you install the bundler extension, it opens a new browser window, possibly in full-screen or without a back button. In that window, the option to install Email Helper App is presented without an option to refuse. You could just close the window — both at once press the buttons Alt and F4 on Windows, or Cmd and W on mac OS. Nevertheless, many people end up installing this extension — so far, it’s almost ten thousand.

Problems with Email Helper App

The add-on is nothing special. All it does is try to get you to use the search engine “search.emilhelperapptab.com”. This address redirects to Yahoo but the ad revenue displayed in the results will make money to Email Helper App’s developers.

And Yahoo through Email Helper App shows so many ads, many of them not even labeled! Or maybe it’s just normal content that looks and acts like advertisements. This isn’t the end of the world, but it’s a small way that might suck out some of the fun in your browsing. If not for Email Helper App, you could set any search engine as your default one — there are many out there to choose from. But as long as the extension is installed, that won’t be happening.

By the way, on IE, Email Helper App doesn’t even look complete and looks like a totally stripped-down version of all the other hijackers, such as Easy DIY Pro. No quicklinks, nothing but a search tab.

If you are wondering how to remove Email Helper App from your browser, it should be very simple. In Chrome or Firefox, just right-click the icon of the unwanted extension and choose the “Remove” option. In Internet Explorer, Email Helper App doesn’t show up in your list of extensions so you’ll need to uninstall using the Control Panel. Or you could use an anti-malware program, which could incidentally check if your computer has any malware on it. Like I said earlier, adware viruses can be used to spread search hijackers like Email Helper App. We usually recommend SpyHunter for Windows and Combo Cleaner for MacOS, but any competent security program would work.

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How to remove Email Helper Tab using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Email Helper App Search Redirect 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).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Email Helper Tab . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Email Helper App Search Redirect easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, 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.

How to remove Email Helper Tab from macOS

Delete Email Helper App Search Redirect from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Email Helper Tab 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.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Email Helper App Search Redirect and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Email Helper Tab, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

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

TopRemoving Email Helper App Search Redirect from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Email Helper Tab. Click on the trash bin icon next to Email Helper App Search Redirect or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Email Helper Tab, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

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

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

TopRemoving Email Helper App Search Redirect from Firefox

• 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).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Email Helper Tab 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Email Helper App Search Redirect, 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.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

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

How to remove Email Helper App Search Redirect from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Email Helper Tab. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Email Helper App Search Redirect or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Email Helper Tab from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Email Helper App Search Redirect. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Email Helper Tab, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

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