What is My Inbox Helper?
My Inbox Helper is a malware website, imitating an inoffensive search service. In fact, this domain is a browser hijacker that is designed to promote third-party sites and steal users’ personal information. Once installed, it makes adjustments to the browser to set a new homepage and search engine. In addition, it blocks other search domains, so a user is forced to use only this one. We warn you that performing a search on this page is not as simple process as it seems. A user will be given altered results that only imitate related sources, but in fact, the links lead to partner sites. To stop these redirections and to restore your browsers’ settings, you need to remove My Inbox Helper hijacker.
How to remove My Inbox Helper?
Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to My Inbox Helper. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate My Inbox Helper, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of My Inbox Helper manual removal
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete My Inbox Helper completely. For this, you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as My Inbox Helper files and registry entries. We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to the automatic removal tool.
Uninstall My Inbox Helper from Control Panel
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of My Inbox Helper you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Mac
- Open a Finder window
- Click Applications line on the sidebar
- Select the application related to My Inbox Helper right-click it and choose Move to Trash
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Windows XP
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to My Inbox Helper and click Uninstall
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Windows 7/Vista
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to My Inbox Helper and click Uninstall
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Windows 8/8.1
- Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
- Choose Control Panel
- Select the Uninstall Program line
- Uninstall the application related to My Inbox Helper
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Windows 10
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to My Inbox Helper and remove it
If you experience problems with removing My Inbox Helper from Control Panel: there is no such title on the list, or you receive an error preventing you from deleting the application, see the article dedicated to this issue.
Read what to do if program won’t uninstall from Control Panel
Remove My Inbox Helper from browsers
How to unlock Windows Group Policies
Before you will started to remove My Inbox Helper from browser you should perform following instructions in Command Prompt
This step is necessary to delete Windows Group Policies created by My Inbox Helper
- Start Command Prompt as Administrator
- To do this in Windows 10/8 or Windows 7 click Start and in the search box type cmd. Right-click on the found result and choose Run as Administrator.
- While in command prompt type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers" - Press Enter button.
- Then type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy" - Press Enter button.
- Finally, type:
gpupdate /force - Press Enter button.
Since some of the hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Safari
- Start Safari
- Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
- Delete My Inbox Helper or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on More tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete My Inbox Helper or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Internet Explorer
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
- Delete My Inbox Helper or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete My Inbox Helper or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove My Inbox Helper from Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Extensions
- Click the gear icon near My Inbox Helper or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Choose Remove
Reset your browsers
How to reset settings in Google Chrome
- Click on the icon in the right-upper corner
- Choose Settings
- Click Advanced settings
- Click the Reset button
- In “reset” window click the Reset button
How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox
- Click the icon in the upper right corner
- Choose Help
- Select Troubleshooting Information
- Click the Refresh Firefox… button
How to reset settings in Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools button
- Go to Internet options
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click Reset
How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Settings
- Under the Clear browsing data category select Choose what to clear
- Select everything and click Clear
Bonus. Video guide for Mac users:
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting My Inbox Helper.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after My Inbox Helper removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover My Inbox Helper.
