What is MyVedicTab?

MyVedicTab is a browser hijacker for Mac OS. A browser hijacker is a piece of software that can change homepage, new tab page or default search engine of a browser and take measures to prevent users from changing those settings back. It does that by adding a new profile to System Preferences to make http://hp.myway.com/MyVedicTab/ttab02/index.html the default search engine, homepage, etc. Other than altering browser settings, browser hijackers often keep track of users’ browsing activity and use this information to display customized ads on webpages users visit or sell it to third parties. We recommend you to remove MyVedicTab browser hijacker from your Mac.

How to remove MyVedicTab?

1. Remove MyVedicTab automatically
2. Uninstall MyVedicTab from the Appications
3. Remove rogue software from Profiles
4. Delete malcious elements using Terminal
5. Remove MyVedicTab From Browsers

Automatic removal of MyVedicTab

To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete MyVedicTab completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as MyVedicTab files and registry entries.

Steps of MyVedicTab manual removal

Remove MyVedicTab from Applications

As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of MyVedicTab you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.

1. Open a Finder window
2. Click Applications line on the sidebar
3. Try to find applications related to MyVedicTab (for example: some applications that you never installed yourself). Select them, right-click it and choose Move to Trash

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Remove MyVedicTab from Profiles

1. Launch System Preferences
2. Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
3. Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.

Remove MyVedicTab using Terminal

1. Open Terminal
2. Copy/paste:
   defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
3. Press Return
4. Hold the Option/alt key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch
5. Navigate to: /Users/yourmacname/Library/Application Support/
6. Delete Folder: Agent
7. Go back to Terminal and copy/paste:
   defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
8. Press Return
9. Hold the Option/alt key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch

Remove MyVedicTab from browsers

Since most of the hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.

How to remove MyVedicTab from Safari

1. Start Safari
2. Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
3. Delete MyVedicTab or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

How to remove MyVedicTab from Google Chrome

1. Start Google Chrome
2. Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
3. Delete MyVedicTab or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

How to remove MyVedicTab from Mozilla Firefox

1. Start Mozilla Firefox
2. Click on the right-upper corner button
3. Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
4. Delete MyVedicTab or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

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If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting MyVedicTab.

We also recommend to download and use CleanMyMac Antivirus to scan the system after MyVedicTab removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among the system that can recover MyVedicTab.