About: My Email Hub is a malicious Browser extension designed with the sole purpose to control all installed web browsers and infect them by displaying malevolent ads. The nasty browser plugin lures user to install the extension by claiming to provide quick... Read More access to users email account straight from user's new tab. Let us read more about this malicious system infection and learn few ways to remove the perinicious plug-in from the system. Less
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What is ‘My Email Hub’ Browser Redirect?
‘My Email Hub’ is a malicious browser plug-in that hijacks user’s browsers. The pernicious browser extension is created by cyber offenders to take control of all the installed web browsers and infect them by displaying sponsored ads that may be malevolent. The installation of this browser plug-in also ruins user’s browsing experience as their online search results are inaccurate as they are redirected to sponsored web pages to promote affiliated websites. These web domains are malicious and host infectious code. This makes the victimized PC susceptible to many other system infections.
My Email Hub Browser Hijacker lures user to install the free browser plug-in by making false claims of providing one- click access to email accounts right from user New Tab page. The nasty extension prompts user to download and install the plug-in with the promise of not having to type the URL of the email provider again and providing quick access to Gmail, Hotmail, and Outlook and more straight from user’s new tab.
The Malicious extension is powered by Yahoo, a legitimate search engine. Entering a query in the search box redirects uses to search.yahoo.com. Hence users are compelled to use the Yahoo search engine. Attempts to change the url is of no use as the infection is configured to revert the web searches to malicious domain. Even though the site claims to be powered by Yahoo, it is not a good idea to use this search engine as the search results are inaccurate and promote sponsored web pages.
Threats posed by My Email Hub Browser Hijacker
Once installed the pernicious Browser Hijacker proceeds with the execution of the configured in-built sequence. The threat exhibits a similar behavior like its other counterparts say for example MKeeper.exe, and begins the malicious act by modifying browser settings and replacing the user configured extension with its own. This enables the nasty system infection to keep a close watch on user browsing activities and monitor browser cookies, bookmarks, history and any stored passwords. The malicious code is also responsible for changes including redirecting user searches to hacker controlled web pages.
Other threats posed by the noxious system infection include:
Persistent Installation: My Email Hub Browser Hijacker targets system registry to exhibit Persistence installation i.e. to launch the malicious code as soon as the system is booted. In some cases the malware infects the MSR( Master Boot Record) hindering manual removal options to free the system from this infection.
Hijacking User Personal Identifiable Data: This malicious Browser Hijacker is configured to collect user confidential information that comprise of:
Personal Identifiable Data: This includes username, passwords, address, email id, Phone no., and areas of interest of the users that can be used to extort the users or expose their identity.
System configuration information: This includes information about system hardware components, Operating system, system settings of the victimized PC. This info is useful as it helps them optimize the ongoing attack or any other attack in the future.
My Email Hub Browser Hijacker: Spread Techniques
Cyber miscreants utilize all common distribution tactics to install My Email Hub Browser Hijacker in the system and increase the number of target hosts.
Browser Extension Repository: The Browser repository is added with the source code of the pernicious system infection using hoax developer account. The extension is then marketed by providing fake reviews to attract more users to download this falsely considered legitimate and useful tool.
Software Bundling: Software bundling is the process in which a malicious program is distributed with other free software, to get an unnoticed entry into your computer system. When a user installs a free application, the malicious programs gains a front door entry with the free application, the user has downloaded. Thus, it is a good idea to keep an eye on the installation screens while installing these free applications.
Infected Storage Devices: Your system can also get infected by using removable media such as USB hard drives and jump drives without scanning them with an anti-virus.
Spam Emails – Spamming is the most economic and common method used for the distribution of such malware. The targeted users get genuine looking emails which contain .doc, .txt, and other similar attachments. These attachments can be named as anything which can grab the user’s attention and triggers him/her to open the attachment. As soon as the user opens this attachment, the malware infects the user’s computer system.
Malicious Websites or Malevolent Advertisements: The malicious websites are the ones which are created just for promoting the malware infections. Such websites include but are not limited to porn sites, torrent sites and other free downloading platforms. By visiting such websites, the adware infects the user’s computer without permission. Fake advertisements and updates like Flash player and windows updates which ask the user to update to the latest version are a few examples. When the users click on such links, their computer system gets infected. That is why, it is highly recommended to resist clicking on such links. Also avoid clicking on advertisements offering free stuff such as Win and i Phones, cars or free overseas trips etc.
My Email Hub Privacy policy
After downloading this malicious plug-in, user browser screen is prompted with an inline notification that seeks for the following permissions from the user:
Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
Replace the page you see when opening new tab
Manage your apps, extensions and themes
Users are advised to not to ignore this alert and avoid adding the extension as the installing software seeks unnecessary authorizations from the users.
And if by accident you happen to install this nasty browser extension, then follow the removal guidelines below to remove this pernicious system infection and save your PC from any future hazards.
Threat Summary
Name: My Email Hub
Browsers Affected: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox
Targeted Operating System: Windows
Category: Browser Hijacker
Symptoms: Homepage, new tab and search engine are replaced with search.yahoo.com domain.
Appearance of sponsored ads and pop-ups
Registry Modification, unnatural network activities and occasional sluggishness of the infected device.
Note: Before we begin, try to remember how the extension got downloaded on your computer system. Generally, these programs come bundled with free applications that we download off the internet. It is a good practice to locate and uninstall such programs while removing the Browser Hijacker/ Extensions.
How to remove My Email hub Browser Hijacker from the system?
Click on the “Start” button on the bottom left corner of your screen. A Start menu will be displayed as shown below. From this menu select the option that reads “Control Panel”.
In the window that will be displayed, click the option “Switch to classic view”.
This will display all the options/icons available to you. From the displayed icons, click on the icon that reads “Add or Remove Programs”.
Select the “Uninstall a program” option from the “Programs” category. A list will populate on the screen displaying all the programs.
Select the programs related to My Email Hub Browser Hijacker and click on the Uninstall button.
Windows 7/Vista
Right click on the “Start” button located at the lower left corner of the screen. From the Start menu, click on “Control Panel”.
The “Control Panel” Window will be displayed on the screen. Click on “Uninstall a Program” option from the “Programs” category.
The “Programs and Features” window will be displayed on the screen. A list will populate on the screen displaying all the programs.
Scroll though the list of programs and select the programs related to My Email Hub Browser Hijacker and then click on the “Uninstall” button.
Windows 8/10
Right click on the “Windows logo” on the lower left side of the computer screen. From the drop down menu, select and click on “Control Panel”.
The “Control Panel” window will be displayed. From this window select “Uninstall a program” option form the “Programs” category.
A list will populate on the screen displaying all the programs.
Select the programs related to My Email Hub Browser Hijacker and click on the “Uninstall” button.
In the confirmation box, click on the box that reads “OK” to save changes.
Open Google Chrome and click on the three vertical dots ( ) i.e.Menu option which are located at the upper right corner of the Chrome Window.
Find and click on More tools from the drop down menu that is displayed & select Extensions or you can open a Chrome window and type “chrome://extensions” in the address bar.
Check the developer mode option which is located opposite to extensions heading on the top of the Chrome window. By enabling the developer mode, additional details and option related to all the installed extensions will be displayed. One of the details that will be displayed is the ID. ID is the folder name created by the extension at the location “C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions”.
Locate the extension you want to uninstall or delete. Copy and paste the folder name opposite to the ID Tag of that extension into a notepad file. In this case the folder name is “elbegicepppcjopgljapnanfgghpalkh”
Now, uncheck the enabled option next to the extension in question. Make sure you also click the trash icon to delete the extension from the browser. It is important to note that even after uninstalling and deleting the extensions from the browser, the extension might not uninstall properly. Thus, it is a good practice to make sure that we have deleted the folder as mentioned in step 3.
Make sure that you have made the hidden files and folders visible.
Open My Computer and go to “C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions”. Now, look for folder with the name as specified in Step 4 i.e. “elbegicepppcjopgljapnanfgghpalkh”. Delete the folder if present.
Close and reopen the browser. It is also advisable to restart your computer once done.
Mozilla Firefox
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on three horizontal lines ( ) at the top right corner of the Firefox Windowand select the Add-ons option.
On the Add-onsmanger page, select and click on the Extensions tab as shown below.
Find the extensions related to My Email Hub Browser Hijacker
and click on the remove button.
In addition, try to remember how the extension got downloaded on your computer system. If this extension was bundled with some other software, then make sure to delete that as well.
Internet Explorer
Open Internet Explorer, Click on the Gear icon ( ) which is at the top right corner of the Internet Explorer Window.
From the newly appeared dropdown menu, click on the option that reads Manage Add-ons.
A new window will appear on the screen. On this window choose the option that reads Toolbar and Extensions. Under the Show option, select the option that reads “All add-ons”. This option will allow you to see all the browser extensions.
Select the Extension related to My Email Hub Browser Hijacker
and click on the Disable button which is at the bottom right of the computer screen.
Apple's Safari
On your Mac Desktop, click on the option that reads “Safari”.
A drop down menu will appear as shown below. From this menu chose the option that reads “Preferences”.
The Preferences window will appear on the screen, where the list of all your safari extensions will be shown.
On the list displayed at the left side of the screen, select the Extension you want to uninstall.
Click on the Uninstall button to get rid of the extension.
Type “Regedit” in search box / Run Box, select it and press Enter.
An authorization dialog box will appear, then you just have to click “Yes”. (The dialog box appearance may vary depending on OS used. For Windows 10 the the dialog box looks like the first screenshot and for windows 7 it appears like the second screenshot)
In the registry editor, take the backup of the current registry settings before making any changes in case you want to revert to old settings later. For this, Click on File option in the menu and select Export. Save the entry at a known location.
From the Menu, Click Edit and Select Find.
Enter My Email Hub Browser Hijacker and click OK in the search box.
Launch the Task Manager Window by pressing Ctrl+ Shift+ Escape simultaneously. (The task manager window may vary depending on the OS ) OR bring the mouse cursor on the Task Bar (which is present at the bottom of the computer screen), right click on the empty space and click on Task Manager.
Task Manager window for Windows 10
Task Manager window for Windows 7
2 Right Click on the Suspicious File and select Open file Location.
3 In the File Location Screen that appears, Right click on the File and click on Delete, to delete the File permanently from the location.
OR
Open Task Manager window again by following the steps mentioned above.
Click on the Startup tab.
Select the suspicious entry and click on the Disable button present at the bottom right corner of the window
OR
Open Task Manager window again by following the steps mentioned above.
Click on Services tab.
Right click on the suspicious entry and click on Stop.
Open Google chrome and click on the three vertical dots () located on the top right corner of the Chrome Window.
From the Drop down menu that appears, click on the “Settings”. A new browser tab will open up, displaying all the settings.
Now, we will make changes to the appearance section. Under the “Appearances” section, we will enable the “Show Home Button” option. You can select New Tab page or can add Google or any of your preferred browsers under the “Show Home Button” option.
After this, we will go to the “Search Engine “section.
Here, make Google or any of your preferred browsers as your default browser in the drop-down menu under the option “Search engine used in the address bar”.
After this click on Manage Search Engines. Now you can remove Other Search Engines that were added by the browser hijacker. Simply click the three vertical dots () and select the option “Remove from list”.
You can make Google or any other preferred browser as your Default Search Engine by clicking the three vertical dots () and clicking on the “Make default” option.
At the end, we will go to the section “On Startup”. You can select the “Open the New Tab page” or can “Continue where you left off”. If you want to open a specific page or set of pages, select the option “Open a specific page or set of pages” and remove any pages added by the browser hijacker by clicking on the three vertical dots () and selecting “Remove”.
Then, add Google or any of your desired URL in “Add a new page” option under the “Open a specific page or set of pages”.
This is a very important step and we would like you to pay very close attention here. This step has to be repeated with all the shortcuts to the browser that you can locate; like your desktop, start menu and the shortcut pinned to your taskbar. Right click on the shortcut and a context menu will appear. On this menu select the last option that reads Properties.
A Google ChromeProperties Dialogue box will appear as below. Replace whatever is there in the text box next to the label Target with the following: Make sure that inverted commas are included.“C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe”
Click OK at the end to save the changes.
Mozilla Firefox
Open Mozilla Firefox and click on the three horizontal lines () i.e. Open Menu located on the top right corner of the Firefox Window.
From the drop down menu that is displayed, we have to right click on the () Options to open the window.
Now, we will click Search, under the given options that are displayed in the left corner of the screen.
You can choose Google or any of your preferred browsers as your default search engine to use in the address bar and search bar.
Then, you have to go to the () General and under “startup” section to make sure that Firefox is your default browser.
At the end, we have to add Google or your preferred URL in the box given under Home Page.
After this, you have to right click on the browser shortcuts that you can locate like your desktop, start menu and taskbar to which the application is pinned. A context menu will appear. On this menu select the last option that reads Properties.
A Firefox Properties Dialogue box will appear as below. Replace whatever is there in the text box next to the label Target with the following: Make sure that inverted commas are included.“C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”
Click OK at the end to save the changes.
Internet Explorer
Open Internet Explorer and click on the gear icon ()which is at the top right corner of the Internet Explorer Window.
From the Drop down menu that appears, click on the “Manage add-ons” A new browser tab will open up, displaying all the add-on types.
Now, we will click on the “Search Providers” option from the list of options displayed on the left hand side of the screen. Then we will click “Find more search providers” option given at the lower left corner of the Manage add-ons
This will open an Internet Explorer Gallery; from here you can add Google search or any of your preferred add-ons as your default browser.
Next, you are required to go to the “Manage add-ons” window and click on the “Search Providers” option under the Add-on Types.
Here, you can enable Google Search or any of your preferred browsers as your default browser in the list of search providers.
At the end, we will click on the gear icon ()which is at the top right corner of the screen and select “Internet Options” from the drop-down menu.
A new window will open displaying the Internet options. In the “Internet Options” window, add Google or any of your desired URL under the Create Home Page option and click OK.
After this, you have to right click on the browser shortcuts that you can locate like your desktop, start menu and taskbar to which the application is pinned. A context menu will appear. On this menu select the last option that reads Properties.
An Internet Explorer Properties Dialogue box will appear as below. Replace whatever is there in the text box next to the label Target with the following: Make sure that inverted commas are included.“C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe”
Type “Msconfig” in search box / Run Box, select it and press Enter.
Click on “Services” Tab and click on “Hide all Microsoft services”.
Select My Email Hub Browser Hijacker from the list of remaining services and disable it by removing the tick mark from the checkbox and click on Apply button.
Windows 7
Click on the next tab – “Startup”.
Find any blank or suspicious entry or the entry with My Email Hub Browser Hijacker mentioned and remove the check mark.
Click on Apply button and then click on OK.
Windows 10
Click on the next tab – “Startup”.
Take the mouse cursor to ‘Open task Manager‘ link and click on it. This opens the Task Manager window.
Find any blank or suspicious entry or the entry with My Email Hub Browser Hijacker mentioned and click on it.
Then click on Disable button.
Tips to prevent your computer system from getting infected –
Keeping the Operating System Updated- In order to remain protected and avoid such infections, it is recommended to keep your Operating System updated by enabling the automatic update on your system. The systems with outdated or older versions of Operating System become an easy target for the attackers.
Resist clicking on spam emails – One of the major techniques used for malware distribution is forwarding spam emails to the user. The system gets infected as soon as the user clicks on the attachment. These mails appear to be genuine, so be aware and resist falling for these tricks.
Keep an eye on third party installations- It is quite important that you take due care while installing any third party applications for they are major source of such infections. Such malware programs come bundled with the free applications thereby requiring the user to remain cautious.
Regular periodical backup- In order to keep your data and files safe, it is recommended to take regular back up of all your data and files either on an external drive or cloud.
Use Anti-Virus Protection- We strongly recommend the use of antivirus protection/internet security in your PC like Hitman Pro and BULL GUARD so that it remains safe.
Enable the Ad Blocker/Popup Blocker in your browser- Enabling the popup blocker/ ad blocker in your chosen browser will help you to stay protected from annoying adware.
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Task Manager window for Windows 10
Task Manager window for Windows 7
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