How to remove NewsHomePage

What is NewsHomePage

NewsHomePage is a browser hijacker that modifies browser settings to redirect search queries to the fake search engine search.news-homepage.com. This hijacker typically assigns its promoted URL as the homepage, default search engine, and new tab/window, forcing users to utilize the fake search engine. Upon investigation, it was found that search queries entered through NewsHomePage often redirect to legitimate search engines like Bing, though the destination can vary based on user location and other factors. NewsHomePage usually comes bundled with extensions that further enforce these redirects and may prevent users from changing their browser settings back. Additionally, this hijacker tracks users’ browsing activities, collecting data such as URLs visited, search queries typed, and potentially sensitive information like usernames and passwords. This collected data can then be sold to third parties or used for other malicious purposes, posing significant privacy and security risks. Users encountering persistent redirects to search.news-homepage.com should act promptly to remove the associated extensions and restore their browser settings.

How NewsHomePage infects computers

NewsHomePage infects computers primarily through deceptive distribution techniques, such as bundled software installations and misleading advertisements. Often, it is packaged with free software from unreliable sources, taking advantage of users who hastily click through installation processes without carefully reviewing options. Additionally, rogue advertising networks deploy intrusive ads and pop-ups that mislead users into downloading the hijacker. Once installed, NewsHomePage alters browser settings to redirect users to its fake search engine, search.news-homepage.com, and may employ persistence techniques to prevent easy removal. This hijacker also collects sensitive browsing data, posing significant privacy risks. Users should exercise caution by downloading software only from trusted sources and scrutinizing installation settings to avoid such infections.

1. Download NewsHomePage Removal Tool
2. Remove NewsHomePage from Control Panel and Applications
3. Remove NewsHomePage extensions from browsers
4. Reset browser search and homepage settings
5. Alternative way to remove NewsHomePage search redirects
6. Clean browser shortcuts from NewsHomePage
7. How to protect from threats like NewsHomePage

Remove NewsHomePage manually for free

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

Note: NewsHomePage can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy or Your browser is managed by your organization inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.



2. Type in and execute the following commands:

   
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
gpupdate /force

Remove NewsHomePage from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing NewsHomePage you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “NewsHomePage”. 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, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11, or Mac.

Remove NewsHomePage from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find NewsHomePage or other suspicious program.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove NewsHomePage from Windows 7:

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

Remove NewsHomePage 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 NewsHomePage or other suspicious program, click Uninstall.

Remove NewsHomePage from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall NewsHomePage 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 NewsHomePage or other 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 NewsHomePage or other suspicious program in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Remove NewsHomePage 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 NewsHomePage or other 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 NewsHomePage from Mac:

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

Cannot uninstall NewsHomePage in Windows

In some cases, NewsHomePage won’t uninstall and gives you the message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall NewsHomePage. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the NewsHomePage 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 or uninstall NewsHomePage in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press 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 NewsHomePage or other suspicious program

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

Cannot uninstall NewsHomePage in MacOS

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

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

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

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

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find NewsHomePage 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 NewsHomePage 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 NewsHomePage 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 NewsHomePage 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 NewsHomePage from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable NewsHomePage, 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 NewsHomePage or other suspicious extensions.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

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

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find NewsHomePage or other suspicious extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

NewsHomePage installs a search engine (search.news-homepage.com) that hijacks your browsers. Here is the 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.

Google Chrome > Settings > Advanced

Reset and clean up

Reset Google Chrome

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.

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 NewsHomePage. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

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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:

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Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like NewsHomePage 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-virus programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats like NewsHomePage.

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