What is Bitmotion-tab.com
If your browser opens with Bitmotion-tab.com in a new tab, that means your computer is infected with hijacker. Bitmotion-tab.com overrides search and homepage settings in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Malware was developed by Victory Commerce Ltd. Developers claim, that search results are enhanced by Google, however main page and results can be modified with third party advertising. Website uses geolocation to show personalized information about location and weather forecast. Among the issues that Bitmotion-tab.com causes are: violation of privacy, obtrusive advertising, problems with removal, providing your personal information (such as browsing history and habits) to third parties. That is why we recommend you to remove Bitmotion-tab.com from computer.
How Bitmotion-tab.com infected your PC
Hijackers like Bitmotion-tab.com can infect computers in different ways. Sometimes it can come from torrents, software cracks, but most often it is offered as option with free software installers. Many freeware programs earn on offering adware, hijackers, windows optimizers to users. Regular antivirus programs cannot detect intrusion of such threats. Anti-malware like SpyHunter 5 can effectively remove Bitmotion-tab.com existing infection and protect PC from this type of malware.
Download Removal Tool
To remove Bitmotion-tab.com completely we recommend you to use SpyHunter 5. It detects and removes all files, folders and registry keys of Bitmotion-tab.com and several millions of other adware, hijackers, toolbars.
Remove Bitmotion-tab.com manually for free
Here is manual step-by-step tutorial for full Bitmotion-tab.com removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of Bitmotion-tab.com installer on operating systems with latest updates and browser versions.
Remove Bitmotion-tab.com from Control Panel
To start removing Bitmotion-tab.com you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Bitmotion-tab.com”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Remove Bitmotion-tab.com from Windows XP:
- Click on Start button.
- Choose Control Panel.
- Click Add or Remove Programs.
- Find Bitmotion-tab.com.
- Click Uninstall.
Remove Bitmotion-tab.com from Windows 7:
- Click Start button.
- Then go to Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program.
- Find Bitmotion-tab.com and click Uninstall.
Remove Bitmotion-tab.com from Windows 8:
- Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
- Click Search.
- After that click Apps.
- Then Control Panel.
- Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
- Find Bitmotion-tab.com, click Uninstall.
Remove Bitmotion-tab.com from Windows 10:
There are 2 ways to uninstall Bitmotion-tab.com from Windows 10
Way one
- Click on the Start button.
- In opened menu choose Settings.
- Click on the System tile.
- Click Apps & features and locate Bitmotion-tab.com in the list.
- Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.
Way two (classic)
- Right-click on the Start button.
- In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
- Locate Bitmotion-tab.com in the list.
- Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.
Cannot uninstall Bitmotion-tab.com
In some cases Bitmotion-tab.com won’t uninstall and gives you message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Bitmotion-tab.com. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing Bitmotion-tab.com folder and files. This happens, because process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Bitmotion-tab.com in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:
- Reboot your computer.
- While it starts booting press F8 button.
- This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
- Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
- Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove “Bitmotion-tab.com”
>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode
Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers
Uninstalling Bitmotion-tab.com from Control Panel often does not bring desired effect. It sometimes have browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Bitmotion-tab.com related extension from your browsers manually.
Google Chrome:
- Start Google Chrome browser
- In address box type (or copy-paste)
chrome://extensions/
. - Find Bitmotion-tab.com.
- Click the trash can icon to remove them.
- Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
- In address box type (or copy-paste)
about:addons
. - Choose Bitmotion-tab.com.
- Click Disable or Remove button.
- Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.
Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):
Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Bitmotion-tab.com from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Bitmotion-tab.com, please, do the following:
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
- In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
- Select Toolbars and Extensions.
- Click Disable Bitmotion-tab.com.
- Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.
Opera Browser:
Generally, Bitmotion-tab.com does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:
- Start Opera browser.
- Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
- Find Bitmotion-tab.com extension.
- Click Uninstall button.
- Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.
Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)
Bitmotion-tab.com installs search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is instruction to reset your browsers homepage, newtab and search engine to default values.
Google Chrome:
- Start Google Chrome browser
- In address box type (or copy-paste)
chrome://settings/
. - Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
- Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
- Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.
Mozilla Firefox:
- Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
- In address box type (or copy-paste)
about:support
. - Click Reset Firefox… button.
- Click Reset Firefox to confirm.
Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):
- Start Internet Explorer.
- Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
- In opened menu choose Internet options.
- Click Advanced tab.
- Click Reset button.
- Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.
Opera Browser:
- Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
- Type following command
del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
- Start Opera.
Alternative way to remove adware browser extensions and reset browser settings
For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad rating including related to Bitmotion-tab.com. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.
Cleaning browsers shortcuts
You can clean your browser shortcuts manually right-clicking on your browser icon, choosing “Properties” and removing hijacker address from “Target” field (leave just the path to your browser). However it is easier to use free Shortcut Cleaner from BleepingComputer. Download it here – its FREE:
Final tips
Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like Bitmotion-tab.com may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of antimalware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and antimalware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats like Bitmotion-tab.com.