Themovie-hub.net virus - How to remove

Themovie-hub.net website might look like a good tool to search for information about movies  instantly. However, it also features a dark side that you should be aware of. That is why this web-based application is categorised as browser hijacker by cyber security researchers.

If you have noticed that one or several of your web browsers feature www.themovie-hub.net website as a homepage all of a sudden, that means your computer is infected with this virus and you should fix it. Luckily, it’s not too complicated to solve this problem – you only have to remove files associated to this infection, disable add-on and reset settings of web browser back to normal. In case you have no idea how to do that, just keep reading the article and find out the quickest solution.

Malicious add-on of Themovie-hub.net

To get an idea how this infection is operating, you can take a look at other well-known browser hijacker examples – both Movie-Hub.info and Infomoviesearch.com virus works almost the same and they are also related to movies.

You should know that keyword “movies” is just a smart cover to distract users from the real intensions of this tool. To put it short, it’s fair to say that developers of  Themovie-hub.net are just trying to build web traffic and monetise it. At first it sounds OK, because almost all online business is based on this method, however, the way they try to accomplish their goal is simply unfair. They lie to users and use deceptive methods to distribute this unwanted software.

To be more specific, themovie-hub.net virus tries to get installed on web browsers as a browser add-on. Following successful installation, it will be able to automatically change homepage and default search engine settings. This way your internet browser will be controlled by this infection and in order to browser the web, you will be forced to visit this website. Even though it’s not a strict rule – sometimes it just hijacks your searches, while sometimes it also sets this website as a homepage.

The biggest problem regarding this virus is that it will track your searches and display sponsored content that you don’t want to see. Besides the fact that to deliver search results Themovie-hub.net employs Yahoo search engine, they can be adjusted and corrupted, so we do not recommend to trust them. In addition to that, all your search queries will be recorded and tracked, so you can lose some of your private data this way.

Speaking of additional advertisements – Themovie-hub.net virus might open a random new tab with sponsored content and disturb your web browsing this way. Ads in other kinds of forms might appear too.

You can download and install this extension from their official homepage, but usually it is not the case. Most of the time browser hijackers come to computers as a bundle to some free software. For example, if you download and install some free PDF generator or media player from the Internet, there is a chance that Themovie-hub.net virus will be suggested to you as a “useful free tool” that can be added to your web browser in just a couple of minutes.

There are two ways to avoid infections like Themovie-hub.net virus – you can pay close attention to the installation of freeware and make sure that no add-ons that you are not aware of is being added to your browsers, or you can simply install real-time protection to your computer, which will guard your system against malware and possibly malicious programs. We recommend to use either Spyhunter. Program like this will also help you to remove infections from your computer (in case your system is already infected). Please take a look at the instructions provided below to learn how to eliminate Themovie-hub.net virus and restore your previous settings.

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How to remove Themovie-hub.net virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net virus from macOS

Delete Themovie-hub.net virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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 Themovie-hub.net 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.

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