smartnewtab.com is one of the countless domain names used by adware to broadcast ads. This URL doesn’t actually infect your computer, however you’re probably seeing ads coming from this address opening up all around and all the time. What this means is that at least one unwanted program is present in your system. If you wish to remove smartnewtab.com from your PC, you must start by finding and removing the program calling up on smartnewtab.com. Remember that is possible that more than one adware was installed at the same time as smartnewtab.com.
Usually, when a parasite program such as this is installed in your computer, it was you who installed it without noticing it as you were installing some free software found online. Whenever you’re downloading freeware from certain download platforms, chances are that you’ll be also “forced” to install adware at the same time. Which is why we should always be careful with what we do while installing freeware.
Pop-ups shown by smartnewtab.com are not dangerous by themselves, all depends on what you decide to click or not: it’s not uncommon to see ads posing as Windows’ alerts that try to convince you to download a scareware. As you can see your mouse must stay out from those.
What’s also a nuisance, is that smartnewtab.com really slows down your computer, stops your from easily browsing and it could be a real threat to your privacy. That’s why the best course of action is to remove this page as soon as you start seeing ads coming from smartnewtab.com.
Sometimes is possible to remove any unwanted program from Windows’ Control Panel. It’s also possible to manually remove any browser extension either for Chrome, Firefox or Internet Explorer. However, as we don’t know the exact name of the unwanted program behind smartnewtab.com, we must use tools to remove it, so we can detect them and remove them once and for all.
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