Remember first time stumbling on a browser hijacker . It was annoying,tried to reset the browser,uninstall and reinstall it etc but it was hard to get it off . I think i performed clean install with all remnants of the previous install deleted .
About 10 years ago I had a pop up with a phone number that wouldn't disappear. I ended task in task manager but it reopened itself. It told me not to restart the computer, but that's exactly what I had to do. It happened just after I disabled adblocker for a website. I haven't disabled it for any websites since.
Solution 1: open your browser, go to settings of your browser. Search for the notifications in the browser app (not in phone settings). Clear all list and disable notifications (inside the browser app) . Solution 2: Clear the application data in phone settings. Solution 3 (recommended): install Firefox, install ublock extension, enable the majority of block lists. The languages ones, you can choose only yours language. Uninstall/Disable all others browsers and keep away from "sus/random websites". Solution 3.1: Brave works too (for now) if you want the chromium environment. Note: this is not the "ULTIMATE SOLUTION". This is just another layer of protection... Keep this in mind.
This has an easy fix (I fixed this many times on people's phones). First ask them if they're ok with deleting browser's cookies and removing notification permission. If they're ok with that, do it. Tell them to be careful and read before giving notification permission to websites from now on.
Most importantly, these notifications should absolutely be ignored. It's if she click on that "You have malware, click to remove it" that the malware gets actually installed. First note the site's url so you can flag it, then remove it's data (cookies, permissions) from the browser. But of course if someone's clicked it, it's another problem.
I have a problem with random mouse clicks being ignored. Click something, nothing happens. Click it again and it works as desired. Battery is good, click mechanism is clean, I just loose random mouse clicks.
Hi, great video first of all, but I might have a issue related to this, so I use Chrome and whenever I use Google translate it doesn't translate to my language, it translates to something completely else like Bulgaria or arabic and second issue is on youtube that when I try and pause the video on the screen with left click it doesn't work sometimes and only works when I click on the pause button, but yeah the browser feels slow and gets status access violation and crashes sometimes.
i want to apologize for the last comment i watch all your videos and use alot of the software you show like windows 10 that removes apps i use windows 11 app remover that is portable i know i was in the wrong for it i am sorry please keep up with the vidoes
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@@MikeBob2023 thank you! sometimes comments get shadow banned and its hard to know if they are really showing or not. thank you for the reply and additional information.
Browser hijacking is not as common as it used to be but it is still around unfortunately.
XP, Vista and & was real bad
I can always count on getting good content from you. Ya got my thumbs up. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the heads-up! I'll check my settings more often now.
You're welcome
Great video, tips, and advice, thanks, Brian!
Very useful. 👍 Thankyou Brian.
Very welcome
Remember first time stumbling on a browser hijacker . It was annoying,tried to reset the browser,uninstall and reinstall it etc but it was hard to get it off . I think i performed clean install with all remnants of the previous install deleted .
Nice video. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
No problem 👍
Thank you, Brian! 👍🏼
I have multiple browsers installed - Just In Case!
About 10 years ago I had a pop up with a phone number that wouldn't disappear. I ended task in task manager but it reopened itself. It told me not to restart the computer, but that's exactly what I had to do. It happened just after I disabled adblocker for a website. I haven't disabled it for any websites since.
all great advice and explainations.
Thanks
This happened in windows xp (virus machine with favorable IE browser), sometimes in win 7 but nowdays it not happen with modern browsers.
How about a phone browser app? My wife's phone keeps getting notifications on her phone that her phone is hacked! Drives us nuts!
Solution 1: open your browser, go to settings of your browser. Search for the notifications in the browser app (not in phone settings). Clear all list and disable notifications (inside the browser app) .
Solution 2: Clear the application data in phone settings.
Solution 3 (recommended): install Firefox, install ublock extension, enable the majority of block lists. The languages ones, you can choose only yours language. Uninstall/Disable all others browsers and keep away from "sus/random websites".
Solution 3.1: Brave works too (for now) if you want the chromium environment.
Note: this is not the "ULTIMATE SOLUTION". This is just another layer of protection... Keep this in mind.
This has an easy fix (I fixed this many times on people's phones). First ask them if they're ok with deleting browser's cookies and removing notification permission. If they're ok with that, do it. Tell them to be careful and read before giving notification permission to websites from now on.
@John.Doe.X1 Thanks! I've done that before and it keeps coming back. I'll check settings again. 👊
Most importantly, these notifications should absolutely be ignored. It's if she click on that "You have malware, click to remove it" that the malware gets actually installed. First note the site's url so you can flag it, then remove it's data (cookies, permissions) from the browser.
But of course if someone's clicked it, it's another problem.
@@NorthernChimp Thanks so much!
Removed both edge and webview from windows 10 and 11 to remove most attack vectors
Thanks a lot...at the end you mentioned something like cleaner? Can you tell more about this please
Ccleaner
But I use bleachbit
I have a problem with random mouse clicks being ignored. Click something, nothing happens. Click it again and it works as desired. Battery is good, click mechanism is clean, I just loose random mouse clicks.
is there a way to block a particular website in windows firewall? or through windows settings?
Put the address in your hosts file.
Hi, great video first of all, but I might have a issue related to this, so I use Chrome and whenever I use Google translate it doesn't translate to my language, it translates to something completely else like Bulgaria or arabic and second issue is on youtube that when I try and pause the video on the screen with left click it doesn't work sometimes and only works when I click on the pause button, but yeah the browser feels slow and gets status access violation and crashes sometimes.
i want to apologize for the last comment i watch all your videos and use alot of the software you show like windows 10 that removes apps i use windows 11 app remover that is portable i know i was in the wrong for it i am sorry please keep up with the vidoes
Hi Sean, thanks for the support
Is this likely to affect my I-Pad?
Thanks 👍
21 comments out of 37 visible.. wonder if my original comment is showing.. maybe relax on the UA-cam filters! Otherwise fantastic channel!
I see two comments made by you in this thread. Also, keep in mind that *replies* to comments are counted toward the total number shown at the top. (I'm seeing '42' total atm, and counting a total of 42 comments + replies.)
@@MikeBob2023 thank you! sometimes comments get shadow banned and its hard to know if they are really showing or not. thank you for the reply and additional information.
@@CheekyBird790 You're welcome. 👍🏼
your discord?
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Well thats what you get for using windows
Mine is brave
Covers all browsers
Windows update slow browsers.
Tronscript
Best ever!
Thanks
I got a laptop doing this now