What is Track My Flight (search.htrackmyflight.co)?
Track My Flight (search.htrackmyflight.co) is a nasty browser hijacker that changes a homepage in your Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari to http://search.htrackmyflight.co. Also, it modifies a search engine, so we recommend to remove Track My Flight (search.htrackmyflight.co) hijacker as soon as possible. When the user tries to search a necessary information in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, a new search engine provides no actual benefit, wrong results or completely different pages. Besides this, the virus adds in user’s browser a great number of commercials and adware programs. Also known as Book My Flight new tab, it collects information about a user’s visited web pages, system information about browser and settings. When the virus gets access to your browser, users cannot just remove Track My Flight redirect from browsers, because it is implemented into the registry, so removing is blocked by Windows Group Policies. As result, a quick surfing hampered by a hijacker. If you don’t know how to remove Track My Flight (search.htrackmyflight.co), you should read our easy step-by-step instruction below.
How Track My Flight (search.htrackmyflight.co) got installed on your computer?
Track My Flight installs on your PC with other usually freeware programs. Torrents and software updates also can cause troubles with a browser hijacker. Other sources of a virus are spam emails, which may contain dangerous links. Book My Flight new tab can be hidden in an installation process of other software like an “additional” or “bonus” program, so it can be successfully found and deactivated in advanced options. In conclusion, you can memorize that without your permission Track My Flight hijacker has no ways to be installed on your PC so you should make sure you know what you are giving your confirmation to.
- First and the most striking proof of having a browser hijacker is the change of the main page. Usually, it is a search engine page that is designed so that user would believe in its legitimacy.
- Generally, hijackers cause redirections when user makes a search query on its page or tries to reach a blocked site (usually another search engine or anti-malware sites)
- Another indicator of hijacker infection is appearance of new programs, toolbars and browser extensions that you don’t remember installing and processes in start-up queue.
- Also, you may notice the significant slowdown in the system operating, since running of the applications required for malware activity may consume a lot of CPU.
- Besides, hijacker infection may as well negatively affect the speed of Internet connection.
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to Track My Flight and click Uninstall
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to Track My Flight and click Uninstall
- Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
- Choose Control Panel
- Select the Uninstall Program line
- Uninstall the application related to Track My Flight
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to Track My Flight and remove it
- 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.
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on More tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Track My Flight (search.htrackmyflight.co) or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
- Delete Track My Flight or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Track My Flight or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Extensions
- Click the gear icon near Track My Flight or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Choose Remove
- 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
- Click the icon in the upper right corner
- Choose Help
- Select Troubleshooting Information
- Click the Refresh Firefox… button
- Click on the Tools button
- Go to Internet options
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click Reset
- 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
Symptoms of Track My Flight redirect infection
How to remove Track My Flight (search.htrackmyflight.co) ?
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Track My Flight (search.htrackmyflight.co) completely. For this, you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as Track My Flight 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.
Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Track My Flight. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Track My Flight, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Track My Flight manual removal
Uninstall Track My Flight 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 Track My Flight you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove Track My Flight (search.htrackmyflight.co) from Windows XP
How to remove Track My Flight from Windows 7/Vista
How to remove Track My Flight from Windows 8/8.1
How to remove Track My Flight from Windows 10
If you experience problems with removing Track My Flight 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 Track My Flight from browsers
How to unlock Windows Group Policies
Before you will started to remove Track My Flight from browser you should perform following instructions in Command Prompt
This step is necessary to delete Windows Group Policies created by Track My Flight
Since some of 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 Track My Flight from Google Chrome
How to remove Track My Flight from Internet Explorer
How to remove Track My Flight from Mozilla Firefox
How to remove Track My Flight from Microsoft Edge
Reset your browsers
How to reset settings in Google Chrome
How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox
How to reset settings in Internet Explorer
How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Track My Flight.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Track My Flight 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 Track My Flight.
