What is Hanime1.me

Hanime1.me is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that often masquerades as a legitimate application to infiltrate users’ systems. Exploiting browser notifications, it gains access by prompting users to allow notifications, which, once granted, leads to an influx of unwanted ads and redirects to potentially malicious websites. This intrusive behavior is designed to generate advertising revenue, often at the expense of users’ privacy and security. Compatible with popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer, it can affect both Windows and macOS devices. Upon installation, it typically alters browser settings, changing the default home page or search engine without permission, thus hijacking the user’s browsing experience. The real danger lies in its ability to collect personal information through tracking technologies, which can be sold to third parties for targeted advertising. This not only compromises user privacy but can also expose sensitive data to cybercriminals. To prevent such exploits, users should be cautious when granting permissions to websites and ensure they have reliable security software to detect and remove such threats. Regularly reviewing browser settings and being mindful of software installations can help mitigate the risks associated with Hanime1.me.

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How Hanime1.me infects devices

Hanime1.me typically infects computers through a method known as software bundling, where it is packaged alongside legitimate freeware or shareware. When users download and install these programs, they often overlook the inclusion of potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) like Hanime1.me, especially if they opt for default installation settings. Once installed, Hanime1.me alters browser settings, setting itself as the default homepage and search engine without user consent. This browser hijacker can then redirect users to various malicious or ad-filled websites, compromising their browsing experience and potentially exposing them to further security risks. Additionally, Hanime1.me employs tracking technology to monitor user behavior, collecting personal information that may be sold to third parties for advertising purposes. Users are advised to exercise caution during software installations and to regularly scan their systems for unwanted programs to prevent such infections.

  1. Download Hanime1.me Removal Tool
  2. Stop Hanime1.me notifications in browsers
  3. Remove/Uninstall Hanime1.me from Control Panel and Applications
  4. Remove Hanime1.me extensions from browsers
  5. Reset browser search and homepage settings
  6. Block Hanime1.me search redirects
  7. How to protect from threats like Hanime1.me
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Download Removal Tool

Download SpyHunter 5

To remove Hanime1.me completely, we recommend you to use SpyHunter 5. It can help you remove files, folders, and registry keys of Hanime1.me and uninstall hijackers, toolbars, and unwanted add-ons from the Safari browser. The trial version of SpyHunter 5 offers virus scan and 1-time removal for FREE.

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Download Removal Tool for Android

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To remove Hanime1.me completely, we recommend you to use Norton Security for Android. It can help you remove all traces of Hanime1.me and other malware from browsers on your Android device.

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To remove Hanime1.me completely, we recommend you to use Norton Security for iOS. It detects and removes all elements of Hanime1.me on iPhone or iPad.

Remove Hanime1.me manually for free

Here is the manual step-by-step tutorial for full Hanime1.me removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of the Hanime1.me installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Disable push notifications from Hanime1.me in browsers

Remove Hanime1.me from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Google Chrome

  1. Go to Google Chrome settings, by clicking 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choosing Settings.
  2. On the left side choose Privacy and security menu.
  3. Under opened Privacy and security tab, choose Site Settings.
  4. Scroll down to Permissions section and click on Notifications (with the bell icon).
  5. Go to the bottom list of sites named Allowed to send notifications.
  6. Find Hanime1.me in the list and click 3-dots icon near it. Click Remove button to delete the website permission.

Remove Hanime1.me from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Mozilla Firefox

  1. Go to Mozilla Firefox options, by clicking 3-bars icon in the top-right corner and choosing Settings.
  2. On the left panel choose Privacy & Security menu.
  3. Scroll down to Permissions section.
  4. Near Notifications click Settings… button.
  5. Find Hanime1.me in the list and click Remove Website to remove it.
  6. Click Save Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove Hanime1.me from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Safari

  1. Open Safari, and in the top menu click Safari, choose Preferences.
  2. In the Preferences window, click on Websites tab.
  3. On the left side, choose Notifications. You will see the list of websites and their settings for showing notifications.
  4. Find Hanime1.me in the list and click Remove button.

Remove Hanime1.me from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Microsoft Edge

  1. Open Microsoft Edge, and click on the three-dots menu, in the top-right corner.
  2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings.
  3. In the menu click Cookies and site permissions section, and scroll down to All permissions section.
  4. Click on Notifications.
  5. Find Hanime1.me in the list under Allow, click on 3-dots icon and choose Remove.

Remove Hanime1.me from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Android (Chrome)

  1. Open Google Chrome app on Android, and tap on three dots to open main menu.
  2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings, scroll down and under Advanced section tap on Site Settings.
  3. In the Site Settings menu tap on Notifications.
  4. In the Allowed list of websites allowed to show notifications find Hanime1.me, tap on it and in the bottom of the window tap on Clean & Reset button.
  5. Confirm your action by tapping on Clean & Reset again in opened dialog box.

Remove Hanime1.me from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in iOS (Safari)

  1. Find and tap the Settings app icon on your home screen.
  2. Swipe up or down and select Safari from the list.
  3. In Safari settings, find and tap on Websites near the bottom.
  4. Find Notifications in the list and tap on it.
  5. You’ll see a list of websites. Tap on Hanime1.me to allow or deny notifications.

Remove Hanime1.me from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Hanime1.me you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “Hanime1.me”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller or CleanMyMac to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 and Mac.

Remove Hanime1.me from Windows 7:

  1. Click Start button.
  2. Then go to Control Panel.
  3. Click Uninstall a Program.
  4. Find recently installed suspicious program and click Uninstall.

Remove Hanime1.me from Windows 8:

  1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
  2. Click Search.
  3. After that click Apps.
  4. Then Control Panel.
  5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
  6. Find recently installed suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove Hanime1.me from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Hanime1.me from Windows 10

Way one
  1. Click on the Start button.
  2. In opened menu choose Settings.
  3. Click on the System tile.
  4. Click Apps & features and locate recently installed suspicious program in the list.
  5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.
Way two (classic)
  1. Right-click on the Start button.
  2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
  3. Locate recently installed suspicious program in the list.
  4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove Hanime1.me from Windows 11:

  1. Right-click on the Start button.
  2. In opened menu choose Settings.
  3. Click on the Apps tab on the left side.
  4. Click Apps & features and locate recently installed suspicious program in the list.
  5. Click on 3-dots icon near it and then click Uninstall button near it.
  6. Depending on the type of application (Windows Store app or classic Win32 app) it will be removed immediately or you will need to confirm the action and go through standard uninstall procedure.

Remove Hanime1.me from Mac:

  1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
  2. Hanime1.me might have an Uninstaller.
  3. Otherwise, drag Hanime1.me from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
  4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Cannot uninstall Hanime1.me in Windows

In some cases, program related to Hanime1.me won’t uninstall and gives you a message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Hanime1.me. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Hanime1.me folder and files. This happens because the process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case, I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes AntiMalware or uninstall Hanime1.me in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

  1. Reboot your computer.
  2. While it starts booting type F8 button.
  3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
  4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
  5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove recently installed suspicious program

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

Cannot uninstall Hanime1.me in MacOS

If you can’t uninstall apps related to Hanime1.me from MacOS using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Hanime1.me. Follow instructions below:

  1. Download free AppCleaner.
  2. Drag Hanime1.me from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
  3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Hanime1.me.
  4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Hanime1.me from Control Panel often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has a browser extension and it may still be active in Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Hanime1.me related extension from your browsers manually.

Google Chrome:

  1. Start Google Chrome browser
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
  3. Find Hanime1.me related extension.
  4. Click the Remove button to remove them.
  5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
  3. Find Hanime1.me related extension.
  4. Click three-dots icon near it and choose Remove in the menu.
  5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
  6. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Safari:

  1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
  2. Click Extensions tab.
  3. Find Hanime1.me extension.
  4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Microsoft Edge:

  1. Start Microsoft Edge browser.
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) edge://extensions.
  3. Find Hanime1.me related extension.
  4. Click Remove link under the name of extension.
  5. In opened dialog window click Remove button to confirm the action.
  6. 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 Hanime1.me from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Hanime1.me, please, do the following:

  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
  3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
  4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
  5. Click Disable or Hanime1.me related extension.
  6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Hanime1.me does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

  1. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
  2. Choose Extensions > Extensions.
  3. Find Hanime1.me related extension.
  4. Click Details button and scroll down to the bottom.
  5. Click Remove extension link and confirm the action by clicking Remove button on opened dialog window.
  6. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Hanime1.me may install a search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is an instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab, and search engine to default values.

Google Chrome:

  1. Start Google Chrome browser
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
  3. On the left panel expand Advanced options.
  4. Choose Reset and clean up.
  5. Click on Restore settings to their original defaults link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
  2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
  3. Click Refresh Firefox… button.
  4. Click Refresh Firefox button in opened dialog window to confirm.

Reset Safari:

  1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
  2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
  3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
  4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
  5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
  6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
  7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
  8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
  9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Microsoft Edge:

  1. Start Microsoft Edge browser
  2. Click on 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choose Settings.
  3. On the left panel find and click Reset settings option.
  4. Click on Restore settings to their default values link and confirm by clicking Reset button.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

  1. Start Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
  3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
  4. Click Advanced tab.
  5. Click Reset button.
  6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

  1. Start Opera browser and click on Opera icon in the top-left corner.
  2. Choose Settings and click Advanced on the left side and choose Browser.
  3. Scroll down to the very bottom and click on Restore settings to their original defaults link.
  4. Confirm by clicking Reset button.

How to block ads and pop-ups from Hanime1.me

Hanime1.me push-notifications, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or an add-on installed in browsers. However, sometimes it can appear on a clean computer when visiting a malicious website, using an advertising script. Also, apps that generate “Hanime1.me” ads and banners are themselves installed from pop-ups. To protect your PC and browsers from phishing websites, pop-up ads, banners, malicious scripts it is recommended to use AdGuard. Download free trial here:

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Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs, like Hanime1.me, 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 the anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and anti-malware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats, like Hanime1.me.

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