Express Package Finder Tab - How to remove

Express Package Finder Tab (or Hexpresspackagefinder.com) is a browser extension that replaces the browser homepage, makes web search go to Yahoo.com, and tries to install more unwanted extensions. Express Package Finder Tab’s main function is to track your browsing habits and show you ads. This extension usually gets installed with the help of some deception and you might even download it without knowing it. Luckily, uninstalling it is relatively simple.

Express Package Finder Tab is a hijacker

Express Package Finder Tab features, problems, and solutions:

Classification	Newtab virus Browser hijacker
Problems with Express Package Finder Tab	Private browsing data is tracked Together with other extensions, the browser is thoroughly hijacked
Installation of the extension	Free programs that install extensions in the background Misleading ads
Remove Express Package Finder Tab	Use anti-malware tools to get rid of adware (Combo Cleaner for MacOS, SpyHunter for Windows Uninstall Express Package Finder Tab and the related extensions manually

Express Package Finder Tab is a browser hijacker and a newtab virus in the form of a browser extension. A web browser is a program for accessing and interacting with the world wide web. An extension modifies how the browser behaves. Like desktop programs or mobile apps, browser extensions have access and power and could cause a lot of damage. Express Package Finder Tab does abuse its power somewhat. Express Package Finder Tab is not the most dangerous extension out there and isn’t even definitively malicious, but it should still be avoided.

Express Package Finder Tab’s functionality consists of links to a few package tracking sites. It’s really limited and not worth discussing, except to mention that you’d be better off saving a useful site in your bookmarks.

Privacy

If you install Express Package Finder Tab, it sets your browser’s new tab page to Hexpresspackagefinder.com. This page has a search box that you can use the search the web. The box leads to query.hexpresspackagefinder.com, which then opens Yahoo.com, which is where you get the search results. So, if you use Express Package Finder Tab’s search box, you are using its custom search engine.

If you use the address bar to search while on Hexpresspackagefinder.com, Express Package Finder Tab can still see what you search for. It can also see which links and menus you click on, what ads you click, what you search for once you land on that Yahoo page. This is all in Express Package Finder Tab’s privacy policy.

As a newtab virus, Express Package Finder Tab makes money with advertising. Targeted ads are more effective, so the extension is used to collect info about your search habits. That information is then used for advertising. Express Package Finder Tab’s author Eightpoint makes tons of similar extensions, including ones themed after email, online radio, and recipes. They all are the same as Express Package Finder Tab: a new tab page, a search box, and a few links to third-party websites. Evidently, the browser hijacker business model is good enough to make Eightpoint keep releasing more of these hijackers.

Express Package Finder Tab is so similar to Eightpoint’s other extensions that VirusTotal can’t tell the difference. After I uploaded the installer for Express Package Finder Tab to the site, it could not distinguish the file from Login Assistant Tab and, probably, a few others.

Express Package Finder Tab’s manipulative installation

 

Express Package Finder Tab is distributed in ways that sometimes trick users to install it without meaning to:

• Express Package Finder Tab gets downloaded with freeware and installed together with those programs. During the installation, users are not warned well enough, so they don’t know about the extensions being installed.
• Express Package Finder Tab can also be installed by going to Expresspackagefinder.com and typing in a package tracking number. A prompt to “Access Your Delivery Details” and “Continue” leads to the installation of Express Package Finder Tab.
• There are ads for Expresspackagefinder.com online. Adware sites like Notification-list.com advertise browser hijackers in their pop-up ads and browser tabs that they open.

In some cases, if Express Package Finder Tab is being installed manually by a user, the user is railroaded into installing Hide My Searches and Email Search Tools. These extensions are worse hijackers than Express Package Finder Tab because they have more power, but they might be less visible.

Thousands of Chrome users have installed Express Package Finder Tab, but no reviews exist for the extension. Based on that’ I am guessing that Express Package Finder Tab is installed on many browsers without the users’ knowledge. One way this can happen is if the users don’t really know about browsers, search engines, and new tabs. As long as there’s a search bar, they might not get suspicious. Another way is if a browser is so full of hijackers that the changes that Express Package Finder Tab makes are overwritten by another extension. In that case, Express Package Finder Tab is installed, but invisible.

Either way, hijackers like Express Package Finder Tab take advantage of users who are not familiar with adware extensions.

How to remove Express Package Finder Tab

To get rid of Express Package Finder Tab and its related extensions, first, you might want to scan your PC or Mac with a competent anti-malware program, like SpyHunter for Windows or Combo Cleaner for MacOS. A decent anti-malware program will be able to find adware and PUPs if there are any on your system. Get rid of those to avoid being re-infected with Express Package Finder Tab.

Remove Express Package Finder Tab and related extensions manually by going to browser settings.

Automatic Malware removal tools

How to remove Express Package Finder Tab using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Express Package Finder Tab 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 Express Package Finder Tab . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Express Package Finder Tab 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 Express Package Finder Tab from macOS

Delete Express Package Finder Tab from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Express Package Finder 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 Express Package Finder Tab 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 Express Package Finder 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 Express Package Finder Tab 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 Express Package Finder Tab. Click on the trash bin icon next to Express Package Finder Tab 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 Express Package Finder 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 Express Package Finder Tab 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 Express Package Finder 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 Express Package Finder Tab, 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 Express Package Finder Tab 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 Express Package Finder Tab. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Express Package Finder Tab 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 Express Package Finder 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 Express Package Finder Tab. 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 Express Package Finder 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.