In this page, we’ll show you how to get rid of Smartnewtab.com popup ads which is showing on your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers.
This removal guide explains in simple steps the easiest ways how to remove Smartnewtab.com ads from your computer permanently.
What is Smartnewtab.com infection?
Smartnewtab.com is an adware program. Once installed this infection redirects your web pages to smartnewtab.com website and completely spoils your web surfing experience. However, you can easily recover your original web surfing experience once you uninstall Smartnewtab.com popup from your computer by using our removal methods.
How Smartnewtab.com entered your computer?
This adware smartly hides in other free programs by using a technique called Bundling. Therefore, you are unable to detect or stop the entry of this adware on your computer in real-time. After some time you find that your search page is filled with dubious advertisements only to generate extra revenue from your clicks. These constant interruptions can be easily resolved after you delete Smartnewtab.com adware from your computer by using the removal techniques given below.
Why total removal of Smartnewtab.com important?
If you want to make sure that this infection never reappears on your computer, then you must use a technique which completely removes all its entries. Our techniques have been designed to do just that and you can use them to completely get rid of Smartnewtab.com redirect from your computer.
What are signs of Smartnewtab.com redirect?
Most prominent symptoms of this adware are:
- You are redirected to smartnewtab.com where you never wanted to go.
- Homepage of your browsers have been altered without your knowledge.
- Pop-ups are filled with ads recommending fake updates or dubious software.
How to protect from Smartnewtab.com infection?
Taking precautions will allow you to protect your computer from this infection. Never install freeware on your computer without checking its security ratings. Opt for Custom or Advanced mode of software installation and deselect anything that is not familiar. Take regular scans of your computer using an anti-malware and antivirus program.
The easiest way to remove Smartnewtab.com.
Following information will describe how to remove Smartnewtab.com from your computer. We will explain manual as well as software removal techniques. Carefully study the removal steps of your chosen technique and execute them in correct order to eliminate the adware from your computer. Follow the below given removal steps to remove smartnewtab ads completely.
Step 1: Uninstall smartnewtab.com from the control panel
Uninstall smartnewtab.com browser hijacker from control panel which you have accidentally got installed recently. Uninstall recently installed unwanted & unknown programs as well.
Follow the below given instructions to uninstall it from the control panel.
- Click on Start button –> click on Control Panel –> click on Add & Remove program or uninstall a program. You will get a window which has listed all the installed program on your computer.
- Uninstall smartnewtab.com program. (If smartnewtab.com won’t uninstall itself then use REVO Uninstaller Tool to remove it forcefully.) Click here to know more How to Uninstall any software with Revo Uninstaller Tool
perform its steps in correct order to eliminate this adware from your computer.
Step 2: Delete smartnewtab.com from browsers
Internet Explorer
Remove smartnewtab.com homepage from Internet Explorer.
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on Tools menu (Press F10 key to activate menu bar).
- Click on Internet Options.
- Click on General Tab.
- Remove smartnewtab.com homepage URL from there and set your homepage URL as you want at startup.
Remove smartnewtab.com add-ons from Internet Explorer.
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on Tools menu (Press F10 key to activate menu bar.)
- Click on Manage Add-ons.
- In left-side pane, click on Toolbars & Extensions.
- In right-side pane, right-click on smartnewtab.com extension and click on disable/remove also disable all the unwanted extensions from there.
Click here to know more How to Remove Add-ons from Internet Explorer (Removal Guide).
Remove smartnewtab.com search engine from Internet Explorer.
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on Tools menu (Press F10 key to activate menu bar.)
- Click on Manage Add-ons.
- In left-side pane, click on Search Provider.
- In right-side pane, right-click on google and click on set as default.
- Now remove smartnewtab.com extension from there and also remove all the unwanted add-ons.
If the above three steps couldn’t remove smartnewtab.com, then you have to remove it by resetting Internet Explorer.
Remove smartnewtab.com by resetting Internet Explorer (Restore IE to its Default Settings)
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on Tools menu (Press F10 key to activate menu bar.)
- Click on Internet Options.
- Click on Advanced Tab.
- Click on Reset Button.
- A confirmation dialog box will come up. Checkmark the check-box “Delete Personal Settings,” then click Reset button on it.
Click here to know more How to Reset Internet Explorer as Default (Reset Guide).
Mozilla Firefox
Remove smartnewtab.com homepage from Mozilla Firefox.
- Open the Firefox browser.
- Click on the menu icon (Gear icon).
- Click on Options.
- Remove smartnewtab.com URL from homepage field and set the URL as you want.
Remove smartnewtab.com add-ons from Mozilla Firefox.
- Open the Firefox browser.
- Click on the menu icon.
- Click on Add-ons.
- In left-side pane, click on Extensions.
- In right-side pane, select the smartnewtab.com extension and remove / disable it. Remove all the other unwanted add-ons from there as well.
Click here to know more How to Remove Add-ons from Firefox (Addon Removal Guide).
Remove smartnewtab.com search engine from Mozilla Firefox.
- Open the Firefox browser.
- Click on the menu icon.
- Click on options.
- In left-side pane, click on Search.
- In right-side pane, go to “Default Search Engine” section and select google search engine as default search engine.
- Go to “One-Click Search Engines” section on the same page, select and remove smartnewtab.com from there.
Reset Mozilla Firefox (Restore to default setting)
- Open the Firefox browser.
- Click on the menu icon.
- Click on the Help menu.
- Click on Troubleshooting Information.
- Click on Refresh Firefox button.
Click here to know more How to Reset Firefox as Default (Reset Guide).
Google Chrome
Remove smartnewtab.com homepage from Google Chrome.
- Open Google Chrome
- Click on the menu icon
- Click on Settings
- Go to “On start-up” section of the settings page. Remove smartnewtab.com URL from there and add URL as you want to open at startup.
Remove smartnewtab.com extension from Google Chrome
- Open Google Chrome.
- Click on the menu icon.
- Click on “More Tools“
- Click on Extensions.
An extension settings page will open up where all the Chrome’s extensions are listed. - Remove smartnewtab.com extension from there.
- Also, remove all the other unwanted extensions you found there.
Click here to know more How to Remove Add-ons from Google Chrome (Add-on Removal Guide).
Remove smartnewtab.com search engine from Google Chrome
- Open Google Chrome.
- Click on the menu icon.
- Click on “Settings“
- Go to the “Search Engine” section of the settings page.
- Set Google as your default search engine.
- Click on “Manage Search Engines“
- Remove smartnewtab.com search engine from there.
Reset Google Chrome (Restore chrome to its default settings)
- Open Google Chrome
- Click on the menu icon
- Click on Settings
- Scroll down and click on “advanced” in the bottom of the page. After click on advanced, you’ll get more options below.
- Scroll down more and go to “Reset and clean up” section. Now click on reset. It will ask you to reset chrome, click on reset button there.
Click here to know more How to Reset Google Chrome to Default Setting (Reset Guide.)