Remove Tab Silencer Pro Redirect — How to Fix Guide

The Tab Silencer Pro search hijacker is an illustration of a standard unwanted program; such programs are promoted enormously nowadays. On this page you will see the precise instructions of “Tab Silencer Pro” hijacker elimination in various methods: making use of anti-malware programs and hand-operated elimination technique.

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Tab Silencer Pro – What is it?

“Tab Silencer Pro” search hijacker is a potentially unwanted application (PUA)¹, that is spread as a plugin for your internet browser. It is usually shared as an add-on for Chrome or Firefox, that helps to search some precise details, for instance, about sporting activity events, make your browser a lot more secure, allow downloading of any type of video, and so on. Also, this app adds the “Managed by your organization” feature (on Chrome browsers).

Nonetheless, the “Tab Silencer Pro” plugin is fairly ineffective because all such functions are currently integrated to your web browser and/or Windows. Such advertising and marketing slogans are targeted at low-skilled computer users, like pensioners or schoolchildren. However frequently even qualified users are getting caught on such an attraction. In particular situations, this hijacker is spread along with free programs.

Tab Silencer Pro Search Hijacker

Here is a info for the Tab Silencer Pro hijacker

How harmful is Tab Silencer Pro hijacker?

Besides its impracticality, Tab Silencer Pro hijacker is likewise pretty harmful for browser usage. It modifies your search engine to its specific – Tabsilencerpro.com, and additionally transforms your background, putting its watermark on your wallpaper (or, sometimes, altering it to default with the specified symptom).

Besides visual adjustments done by Tab Silencer Pro hijacker, you can see that many of your search inquiries are redirecting to the suspicious websites, full of web links and promotions – so-called doorway websites. Such sites can have links for malware downloads. The chance of redirecting increases if you attempt to launch Google search page by force.

But all these activities are much more bothersome than really damaging. The most significant danger, primarily for people who have a great deal of confidential information in their web browsers, is embedded in information collecting functions. Cookie files, conversations, often-visited websites, as well as various other activities are simply collected by Tab Silencer Pro hijacker.

How to remove Tab Silencer Pro search hijacker?

• Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
• Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
• “Move to quarantine” all items.
• Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
• Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
• Restart your computer.

Browser hijackers are almost always fairly very easy to delete. For the most part, they have a separate app that can be found in the list of installed applications. Due to the particular distribution tactic of Tab Silencer Pro hijacker, it can be simply tracked and deleted by hand. However, if you got Tab Silencer Pro in the bundle with a free program, your PC may be contaminated with a lot more serious malware – trojans, spyware and even ransomware. That’s why I’d suggest you make use of anti-malware programs to delete the Tab Silencer Pro PUA and all various other malware.

You can make use of Microsoft Defender² – it is capable of finding and clearing away a wide range of malware, including named hijacker. Nevertheless, serious malware, that can be present on your PC in the mentioned instance, can disable the Windows antivirus program by modifying the Group Policies. To stay clear of such circumstances, it is far better to utilize GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

To detect and remove all malicious programs on your personal computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malicious programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.

You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.

To set the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of the detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.

Reset browser settings to original ones

To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by any malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.

After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to the original.

Deleteing Tab Silencer Pro hijacker manually

Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” function, which is usually embedded in all popular browsers.

To reset Edge, do the following steps :

1. Open “Settings and more” tab in upper right corner, then find here “Settings” button. In the appeared menu, choose “Reset settings” option :



2. After picking the Reset Settings option, you will see the following menu, stating about the settings which will be reverted to original :

For Mozilla Firefox, do the next actions :

1. Open Menu tab (three strips in upper right corner) and click the “Help” button. In the appeared menu choose “troubleshooting information” :



2. In the next screen, find the “Refresh Firefox” option :


After choosing this option, you will see the next message :

If you use Google Chrome

1. Open Settings tab, find the “Advanced” button. In the extended tab choose the “Reset and clean up” button :



2. In the appeared list, click on the “Restore settings to their original defaults” :



3. Finally, you will see the window, where you can see all the settings which will be reset to default :
   

Opera can be reset in the next way

1. Open Settings menu by pressing the gear icon in the toolbar (left side of the browser window), then click “Advanced” option, and choose “Browser” button in the drop-down list. Scroll down, to the bottom of the settings menu. Find there “Restore settings to their original defaults” option :



2. After clicking the “Restore settings…” button, you will see the window, where all settings, which will be reset, are shown :

As an afterword, I want to say that time plays against you and your PC. The activity of browser hijacker must be stopped as soon as possible, because of the possibility of other malware injection. This malware can be downloaded autonomously, or offered for you to download in one of the windows with advertisements, which are shown to you by the hijacker. You need to act as fast as you can.

1. More information about PUAs
2. Detailed review of Microsoft Defender