MyFunCards Hijacker - How to remove

MyFunCards is an online website that hosts thousands of greeting cards for many occasions. Ecards can be a nice thing to do for a loved one or a friend, so it’s obvious why MyFunCards is such a popular extension. Unfortunately, the extension has some issues which lead it to be classified as a browser hijacker, such as forcing the users to search the Web using the MyWay search engine, reading your browsing history, or bundling the Ask toolbar.

So, despite the joyous presentation of MyFunCards, not every user is a happy customer. Based on the reviews, ads and pop-ups plague the users, as well as the lack of clear removal options. Some of the reviews are outdated, and, by now, the popular browsers have curbed some of the ways in which extensions can be malicious and annoying. But dishonest developers still find ways to breach users’ privacy and hijack browsers.

MyFunCards was developed by Mindspark, a company that has quite a few hijackers under the belt: FreeShoppingTool, FreePDFCombiner, Flight Search — they span many different subjects, but all are very similar: they set a specific new tab page and include on it a search bar that links to their own search engine. Such a change to their browser is distressing to a lot of people — we use Web browsers all the time, and a sudden unnecessary change is…bad.

Is MyFunCards dangerous?

In some ways, MyFunCards is potentially harmful, but it is not directly dangerous at all. The extension can be found using the same distribution as more malicious software, spying on users unnecessarily, and modifying the browser in unwelcome ways. Rather than dangerous, MyFunCards is somewhats inconvenient and not user-friendly.

The extension promises to configure your new tab page to provide access to thousands of eCards, smileys, and picture editing — but it simply changes your new tab page. This page has a few links to a certain website which is the actual source of all of MyFunCards’ promised functionality. The extension acts as a toolbar that stores a few links. This design is very outdated and not especially useful to the people who installed MyFunCards.

So, why does MyFunCards use this subpar design? It allows them to plop a search bar in the middle of the page. This search bar is very convenient, unfortunately, it directs your search queries not to your favorite search engine, but to MyWay. The search results of this engine are often filled with ads, which means that MyFunCards provides its developers with advertising revenue by just thrusting a search bar in the faces of the users of their extensions.

How is MyFunCards installed?

The changes that the extension makes to the browser might be a little annoying, but the actually concerning part of MyFunCards is the way it’s distributed. It shares some of those ways with malware a lot mroe serious than itself, such as malicious ads and redirects.

A portion of users of MyFunCards find it genuinely, through search. If you installed the extension yourself, that’s legitimate. Although MyFunCards is one of the add-ons which sometimes budles unwanted additional add-ons with it, such as the Ask toolbar. This helps MyFunCards solidify the hijacking of the browser because the bundled extensions have supplementary features (MyFunCards is ready to work together with Ask). So, even installing it manually is not very safe.

On the other hand, MyFunCards can itself be installed by bundlers and you probably know how annoying that is: a nearly invisible option to refuse the checked-by-default optional software, and the refusal doen’t always work; before you know it, your browser is hijacked. Spam emails, promotions and redirects by adware viruses, as well as normal ads are used to spread this add-on and get as many users as possible.

It’s problematic that malvertising, adware, bundling, and spam mail are all used for serious malware, such as ransomware, to infect computers. It doesn’t mean that every program using somewhat dishonest distribution is a virus, but it’s worth being suspicious of.

How to remove MyFunCards

So, there are two parts to this: remove MyFunCards from your browser and check your computer for malware. Removing MyFunCards should be simple, just like any other extension: you should only need to access your settings. Depending on your browser, the actions are different, so the guide below lays out the instructions for each one separately.

The second part is for those who didn’t intentionally look for MyFunCards, who didn’t install it intentionally, and those who tried removing MyFunCards and it kept getting reinstalled. Use any anti-malware program that detects PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) to remove it, for example, Spyhunter, or Combo-Cleaner. Alternatively, review the applications that you’ve installed on your Desktop and disable the ones that are suspicious. If a program is stopping you from uninstalling MyFunCards, it should be uninstalled.

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How to remove MyFunCards Hijacker using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete MyFunCards Hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the MyFunCards Hijacker 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 MyFunCards Hijacker 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 MyFunCards Hijacker, 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 MyFunCards Hijacker 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 MyFunCards Hijacker. Click on the trash bin icon next to MyFunCards Hijacker 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 MyFunCards Hijacker, 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 MyFunCards Hijacker 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 MyFunCards Hijacker 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 MyFunCards Hijacker, 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 MyFunCards Hijacker 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 MyFunCards Hijacker. Click on the "Remove" icon next to MyFunCards Hijacker 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 MyFunCards Hijacker from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the MyFunCards Hijacker. 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 MyFunCards Hijacker, 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.