What is X New Tab Page

X New Tab Page is an adware relating to the number of potentially unwanted programs and it comes into your computer in the form of an extension to the browser. X New Tab Page hijacks popular browsers such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. X New Tab Page is an advertising program. After penetration, it starts to display a huge amount of unnecessary ads, banners, and coupons. It constantly fills the screen with unnecessary pop-ups, redirects to third-party sites, and more. It’s pretty exasperated even the calmest users. This adware collects user’s private data and analyses his web activity. Well, if you find this on your computer, then you need to remove this program immediately.

How X New Tab Page gets on your PC?

Malicious software that is often among the potentially unwanted programs penetrates a computer with other free programs such as archivers, players, editors and so on. This happens without the user’s knowledge. The main reason for this – the user carelessness. Few people read the user agreement and other information during the installation. Sometimes ad sites create their download managers and hide therein potentially malicious software. If you want to prevent the infiltration of unwanted software, then you need to follow a few rules. Always read the user agreement. Select the advanced type of installation and make sure that you aren’t offered to install something to supplement. Do not agree to install unfamiliar software. You can also use special programs that will help you to protect your PC. If your PC is already infected, then use our instructions to get rid of X New Tab Page.

How to remove X New Tab Page from your computer?

To uninstall X New Tab Page remove it from Control Panel, then delete all files and regkeys.

In our view, there are 3 products that potentially have X New Tab Page in their database. You can try to use them for removing X New Tab Page.

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Alternative Solution:

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You can try both of these products to remove X New Tab Page

Or uninstall X New Tab Page manually.

Step 1: Remove X New Tab Page from Control Panel

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find X New Tab Page.
5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Click Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find X New Tab Page and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find X New Tab Page, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
2. Click on App & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, locate X New Tab Page and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.

After that remove X New Tab Page from your browser.

Step 2: Remove X New Tab Page from browsers

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find X New Tab Page.
6. Click the trash can icon to remove it.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Choose X New Tab Page.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Click Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable X New Tab Page.
6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Step 3: Remove following files and folders of X New Tab Page:

Remove following registry entries:

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Written by Rami Douafi