Full Tab Virus Removal (Chrome/Firefox)

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Welcome to our Full Tab Virus removal guide. The following instructions will aid you in removing the unwanted software from your PC.

We have assembled the article you can see below to assist you in fighting Full Tab Virus. In fact, this program is a legitimate browser hijacker, which despite being rather harmless, could appear to be very irritating because its main effects include changing your browsers in various ways:

• via sending you to many online locations when you try to load a desired website and consequently, making your surfing a quite unpleasant experience;
• via making them produce such a great number of pop-up and other ads that your PC could be stuck with them and you might be unable to use it fully;
• via setting new homepages and search engines, which this hijacker is supposed to advertise.

What’s more, every single browser could become a victim of such software – neither Explorer; nor Opera, Chrome and/or Firefox can escape its effects. We have included all the details about this software type in the paragraphs below. Browser hijackers represent one of the most common advertising types of software. Together with Adware, they could be regarded as potentially unwanted programs, however, do not harm the computers they infect in any way. Actually, they could just modify all your browsers in the aforementioned ways and that’s all. 

What does “advertising software” mean?

Basically, this means that Full Tab Virus and its siblings could only have marketing purposes. In fact, they get created merely to promote services, products, homepages, search engines, web pages, various software and other goods. All the product manufacturers and service providers have worked very closely along with programmers to come up with legal software that could be used for online advertising. As a result, Adware and browser hijackers have been created. When it comes to these ad-generating programs, all the parties involved benefit from the promotion campaigns. The producers get their goods popularized, and the programmers earn sufficient amounts of money, depending on how efficient their Adware and hijacker programs are. The advertising efficiency is mostly measured by the number of the redirections and advertisements that are invoked. Actually, this could explain the sometimes unbearably annoying nature of these programs – they have just been programmed to produce more pop-ups and redirect you more intensely.

Is Full Tab Virus anything similar to a virus and how do you end up getting a Full Tab Virus-caused infection?

As we have mentioned at the beginning of this article, browser hijackers are legal. No virus is legal. For instance, Ransomware and Trojans are awfully dangerous and could result in many illegal activities, performed on/by your computer. This is not the case with Full Tab Virus – this program cannot cause any malicious effects. Some experts believe that the methods developers use to distribute hijackers could be perceived as a little shady and intrusive and we are going to explain their reasons. Although this kind of software is mostly harmless, no user wants to be bothered by ads and redirecting, and will not willingly install such a program on their computers. However, this software is legitimate and as such, it needs your direct or indirect approval to become a component of your system.

That’s why program bundles have emerged – to spread hijackers and Adware legally by tempting you to install their entire content along with the ad-producing software inside them. In fact, bundles are free sets of software that you can access and download online. Usually, they comprise various and often interesting games and apps, which you may be interested in using. There is always a trap, though. If you install such a bundle via the Easy, the Default or the Automatic installation feature, you will let the entire content of the bundle in, and most probably your computer will be infected by Full Tab Virus. However, if you could stay calm and perform a safe installation process, you will be free of ad-broadcasting programs. For a sensible installation process, there are only two options of the wizard that can help you. One is called Advanced, the other – Customized. Use them and you will be asked to choose the specific apps, games and program features that you want to incorporate into your system.

Removing and avoiding Full Tab Virus

In order to remove Full Tab Virus, follow the tips in our guide below. In order to stay away from such software in the future, just remember to perform safe installation processes, and to avoid the other possible sources of hijackers, such as torrents, illegal software-sharing web pages, spam and webpage-hosted ads and banners.

SUMMARY:

Name	Full Tab Virus
Type	Adware/Browser Hijacker
Danger Level	Medium (nowhere near threats like Ransomware, but still a security risk)
Symptoms	Your browsers may be customized according to the needs of the program: the production of pop-ups could be authorized; some unfamiliar homepages and search engines might be set; and you may be redirected to various web addresses.
Distribution Method	Bundles; torrents; legal browser extensions; websites with various content.

Full Tab Virus Removal

I – Uninstallation

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1. Use the Winkey+R keyboard combination, write Control Panel in the search field and hit enter.
   
2. Go to Uninstall a program under Programs.
   
3. Seek the unwanted software, select it and then click on Uninstall
   1. If you are unable to spot Full Tab Virus, search for any unrecognized programs that you do not remember installing on your PC – the unwanted software might disguise itself by going under a different name.

II – Safe mode and revealing hidden files

1. Boot your PC into Safe Mode /link/
2. Reveal hidden files and folders /link/

III – Cleaning all your browsers

1. Go to your browser’s icon, right-click on it and select Properties.
   
2. Go to the Shortcut tab and in the Target make sure to delete anything written after “.exe”.
   
3. Now, open your browser and follow the instructions below depending on whether you are using Chrome, Mozilla or IE.

• Chrome users:

1. Go to your browser’s main menu located in the top-right corner of the screen and select Settings.
   
2. Scroll down, click on Show Advanced Settings and then select Clear browsing data. Just to be sure, tick everything and clear the data.
   
3. Now, in the left pane, go to Extensions and look through all extensions that are integrated within your browser. If you notice any suspicious add-on, disable it and then remove it.
   

• Firefox users:

1. Similarly to Chrome, go to the main menu and select Add-ons and then Extensions.
2. Remove any suspicious browser extensions that you may have even if they do not have the name Full Tab Virus on them.

• IE users:

1. Go to Tools and select Manage add-ons.
   
2. Click on all add-on types from the left pane and check if there is anything suspicious in the right panel. In case you find anything shade, make sure to remove it.

IV – Removing Shady processes

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1. Go to your start menu, type Task Manager in the search field and from the results open View running processes with Task Manager.
   
2. Thoroughly look through all processes. The name Full Tab Virus might not be there, but if you notice any shady looking process that consumes high amounts of memory it might be ran by the unwanted program.
3. If you spot the process ran by Full Tab Virus, right-click on it, open its file location and delete everything in there. Then go back to the Task Manager and end the process.
   

V – DNS check

1. In the start menu search box write View Network Connections and open the first result.
   
2. Right-click on the network connection you are using and go to Properties.
   
3. Select Internet Protocol Version (TCP/IPv4) and click on Properties.
   
4. If Obtain DNS server addresses automatically is not checked, check it.
   
5. Go to Advanced and select the DNS If there is anything in the DNS server addresses field, remove it and click OK.
   
6. Click OK on the rest of the opened windows.