Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus - How to remove

Funkysocialtabsearch.com is a newborn delivered by Imali Media, the queen of browser hijackers. Other hijackers released by the company include Search.funkymediatab.com, Search.funkytvtab.com, Funtabstvsearch.com, etc. They are even recognizable by their incredibly long titles. The word ‘‘funky’’ in the title of Funkysocialtabsearch.com browser hijacker is, in fact, very felicitous. Its primary meaning is ‘‘frightened’’ or ‘‘panicky’’. So are the users who have this browser extension running on their browsers. Why? Read the article to find it out.

About Funkysocialtabsearch.com Browser Hijacker

The main page of Funkysocialtabsearch.com shows a great abundance of links to various websites: sports, news, social media, social networking sites, to the web pages of e-mail providers, shopping, free games platforms. They are placed on the upper toolbar, which also contains an additional search bar and under the main search bar. The latter links are namely the shortcuts to Facebook, Twitter Google+, Linkedin, Tumblr and Pinterest. All this is a clear sign of a fake search engine. When your eyes descend to the bottom of the page, you notice ‘‘powered by Imali Media’’ written in a small script in the right corner of the page. Now you are left without a doubt that you are dealing with a rogue search engine.

Perform a search on Funkysocialtabsearch.com fake search engine and you will be redirected to search.yahoo.com in a new tab page. Bowser hijackers by Imali Media typically exploit the Yahoo search provider. They exploit it in a way that the authentic results are substituted for the scam sites of 3rd party. Even though there is some percentage of the legitimate websites rendered by Yahoo, they are spoiled with the ads of 3rd party. In conclusion, you are presented with junk content against your will. FunkySocialTab browser extension even feeds you with personalized offers, which may seem tempting as hot pancakes with drops of strawberry jam on the top. But just as pancakes are junk food you should avoid, the ads of 3rd party, even though made specially for you, are scam ads not to be clicked on. They will reroute you to the places on the World Wide Web, where any species of viruses can be lurking, waiting for you to come.

How does Funkysocialtabsearch.com Browser Hijacker Infiltrate Your Computer?

Funkysocialtabsearch.com program can be called under another name – a potentially unwanted program or, simply, a PUP. There is no need to feel sorry for this app as it deserves such deprivation. We think you do not need to read the previous paragraphs. Well, if you are infected with Funkysocialtabsearch.com PUP, such question does not even come to your mind, that’s for sure. The thing that concerns you the most at the moment is how to remove this rogue app from your computer. First of all, let us explain to you how you could have avoided Funkysocialtabsearch.com hijacker in the first place. You could have (in fact, you should have) set the installation wizard (because, most probably, you downloaded and installed some freeware) in the Advanced/ Custom mode and unchecked the pre-checked PUPs.

FunkySocialTabSearch comes from Imali Media, an Israel company, that is known for similar hijackers. They use various search engines for backend. Some of them use yahoo, some of them use more dangerous PlusNetwork.

To remove Funkysocialtabsearch.com browser hijacker, after it has embarked on your PC, use credible automatic malware removal tools such as Spyhunter. These security tools will instantly detect the malware and delete it together with all of its additional files dropped and entries appended. The tutorial for the manual removal of Funkysocialtabsearch.com can be found right below the article.

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Manual removal of Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus

How to remove Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus 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 Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus 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 Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus from macOS

Delete Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus 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.

TopHow To remove Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• 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.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus, 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.
  
• 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.

How To remove Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus 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).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus 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.
  
• 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus, 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.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

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

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• 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.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus, 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.

• 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.

How to remove Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus and other suspicious 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Funkysocialtabsearch.com Virus, 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…
  
• 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.