Remove fastmailtab.com from browser settings

What is fastmailtab.com?

Fastmailtab.com is the address of a fake search engine that is promoted through a potentially unwanted application (PUA) called Fast Mail Tab.

This app is categorized as a browser hijacker and supposedly allows access to multiple email accounts directly from a new browser tab, however, its actual purpose is to change browser settings (promote a fake search engine) and gather user-system information.

Typically, people do not download or install apps such as Fast Mail Tab intentionally (hence why they are known as PUAs).

Fast Mail Tab promotes the fastmailtab.com web address by reassigning browser settings such as the homepage, default search engine, and new tab URL. Therefore, people with this app installed on their browsers or operating systems are forced to visit fastmailtab.com when they open the hijacked browser, a new tab, or enter search queries into the URL bar.

To undo these settings, they must uninstall Fast Mail Tab, otherwise it will reassign settings when attempts are made to undo/change them. Furthermore, most browser hijackers (and fake search engines they promote) gather details such as users' geolocations, addresses of visited websites, entered search queries, IP addresses, and so on.

Fast Mail Tab might also collect personal details. Developers of these apps shared recorded details with other parties (cyber criminals) who misuse them to generate revenue.

You are advised to uninstall Fast Mail Tab and other PUAs immediately. People who have PUAs installed risk becoming victims of identity theft and can experience problems relating to browsing safety, privacy, and so on.

Threat Summary:

Name	Fast Mail Tab browser hijacker
Threat Type	Browser Hijacker, Redirect, Search Hijacker, Toolbar, Unwanted New Tab
Serving IP Address (fastmailtab.com)	104.24.98.42
Browser Extension(s)	Fast Mail Tab
Supposed Functionality	This app supposedly provides quick access to multiple email accounts
Affected Browser Settings	Homepage, new tab URL, default search engine
Detection Names (Fast Mail Tab.exe)	Avast (Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]), AVG (Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]), Emsisoft (Application.Generic (A)), Kaspersky (HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Pasta.gen), Full List Of Detections (VirusTotal)
Symptoms	Manipulated Internet browser settings (homepage, default Internet search engine, new tab settings). Users are forced to visit the hijacker's website and search the Internet using their search engines.
Distribution methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, free software installers (bundling), fake flash player installers.
Damage	Internet browser tracking (potential privacy issues), display of unwanted ads, redirects to dubious websites.
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Potentially unwanted apps and fake search engines are advertised as legitimate, useful, and so on, however, they deliver none of the features, tools, or functions promised. Typically, they promote dubious search engines and collect private details that could be used to generate revenue in various ways.

Examples of other search engines of this type are searchberry.co and freehdsearch.com.

How did Fast Mail Tab install on my computer?

Most people download and install PUAs inadvertently. These downloads/installations usually happen when people click intrusive ads or during the download/installation processes of other software. Developers often use the "bundling" method to trick people into downloading or installing unwanted apps with other, regular (usually free) software.

Typically, information about the inclusion of additional, unwanted apps can be found in "Advanced", "Custom" settings, or the options of download or installation set-ups. Many people download and install programs without changing these settings, thereby agreeing by default to download/installation of additional, unwanted programs.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

To avoid unwanted downloads and installations, do not to trust or use dubious websites, Peer-to-Peer networks such as torrent clients, eMule, third party downloaders, installers, and so on.

Software should downloaded from official websites and using direct download links. If a download or installation setup contains "Custom", "Advanced" and other settings, do not leave them unchecked and deselect offers to download or install PUAs. Do not click intrusive ads, since they can execute scripts that download and install unwanted apps or open untrustworthy websites.

These sites might be deceptive and designed to trick people into downloading/installing unwanted apps. If the browser causes unwanted redirects or displays ads, check for unwanted apps (extensions, plug-ins, add-ons) installed and remove them immediately.

The same applies to programs of this type installed on the computer/operating system. If your computer is already infected with Fast Mail Tab, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate this browser hijacker.

Website promoting Fast Mail Tab browser hijacker:

Fast Mail Tab browser hijacker installer set-up:

List of permissions that Fast Mail Tab adds to the browser:

IMPORTANT NOTE! This deceptive site asks to enable web browser notifications:

Therefore, before commencing, perform these steps:

Google Chrome (PC):

• Click the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen
• Select "Settings", scroll down to the bottom and click "Advanced"
• Scroll down to the "Privacy and security" section, select "Content settings" and then "Notifications"
• Click three dots on the right hand side of each suspicious URL and click "Block" or "Remove" (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again)

Google Chrome (Android):

• Click on the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen and click "Settings"
• Scroll down, click on "Site settings" and then "Notifications"
• In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs and click on them one-by-one
• Select "Notifications" in the "Permissions" section and set the toggle button to "OFF"

Mozilla Firefox:

• Click the Menu button (three bars) on the right upper corner of the screen
• Select "Options" and click on "Privacy & Security" in the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen
• Scroll down to the "Permissions" section and click the "Settings" button next to "Notifications"
• In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs, click the drop-down menu and select "Block"

Internet Explorer:

• Click the Gear button on the right upper corner of the IE window
• Select "Internet options"
• Select the "Privacy" tab and click "Settings" under "Pop-up Blocker" section
• Select suspicious URLs under and remove them one by one by clicking the "Remove" button

Microsoft Edge:

• Click the menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the Edge window
• Scroll down, find and click "Settings"
• Scroll down again and click "View advanced settings"
• Click "Manage" under "Website permissions"
• Click the switch under each suspicious website

Safari (Mac):

• Click "Safari" button on the left upper corner of the screen and select "Preferences..."
• Select the "Websites" tab and then select "Notifications" section on the left pane
• Check for suspicious URLs and apply the "Deny" option for each

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Quick menu:

• What is fastmailtab.com?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Fast Mail Tab application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove fastmailtab.com redirect from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Fast Mail Tab browser hijacker from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove fastmailtab.com homepage and default search engine from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove fastmailtab.com redirect from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Fast Mail Tab browser hijacker removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window: look for any recently installed suspicious applications (for example, "Fast Mail Tab 1.0"), select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted applications that cause browser redirects to the fastmailtab.com website, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Fast Mail Tab browser hijacker removal from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove browser redirects:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for any recently installed suspicious extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Change your homepage:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Internet Options", in the opened window, remove hxxp://fastmailtab.com and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you launch Internet Explorer. You can also enter about: blank to open a blank page when you start Internet Explorer.

Change your default search engine:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". In the opened window, select "Search Providers", set "Google", "Bing", or any other preferred search engine as your default and then remove "Fast Mail Tab".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the fast mail tab browser hijacker, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More tools" and click "Extensions". Locate "Fast Mail Tab" and other recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, and remove them.

Change your homepage:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings". In the "On startup" section, disable "Fast Mail Tab", look for a browser hijacker URL (hxxp://www.fastmailtab.com) below the “Open a specific or set of pages” option. If present, click on the three vertical dots icon and select “Remove”.

Change your default search engine:

To change your default search engine in Google Chrome: Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Settings", in the "Search engine" section, click "Manage search engines...", in the opened list look for "fastmailtab.com", and when located, click the three vertical dots near this URL and select "Remove from list".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the fast mail tab browser hijacker, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click on "Extensions" and remove "Fast Mail Tab", as well as all other recently installed browser plug-ins.

Change your homepage:

To reset your homepage, click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), then select "Options", in the opened window disable "Fast Mail Tab",  remove hxxp://fastmailtab.com and enter your preferred domain, which will open each time you start Mozilla Firefox.

Change your default search engine:

In the URL address bar, type about:config and press Enter.
Click "I'll be careful, I promise!".
In the search filter at the top, type: "fastmailtab"
Right-click on the found preferences and select "Reset" to restore default values.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with fast mail tab browser hijacker removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click Safari menu, then select Preferences...

In the preferences window select the Extensions tab. Look for any recently installed suspicious extensions and uninstall them.

In the preferences window select General tab and make sure that your homepage is set to a preferred URL, if its altered by a browser hijacker - change it.

In the preferences window select Search tab and make sure that your preferred Internet search engine is selected.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate any recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, and remove them.

Change your homepage and new tab settings:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Settings". In the "On startup" section look for the name of the browser hijacker and click "Disable".

Change your default Internet search engine:

To change your default search engine in Microsoft Edge: Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Privacy and services", scroll to bottom of the page and select "Address bar". In the "Search engines used in address bar" section look for the name of the unwanted Internet search engine, when located click the "Disable" button near it. Alternatively you can click on "Manage search engines", in the opened menu look for unwanted Internet search engine. Click on the puzzle icon near it and select "Disable".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the fast mail tab browser hijacker, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

A browser hijacker is a type of adware infection that modifies Internet browser settings by assigning the homepage and default Internet search engine settings to some other (unwanted) website URL. Commonly, this type of adware infiltrates operating systems through free software downloads. If your download is managed by a download client, ensure that you decline offers to install advertised toolbars or applications that seek to change your homepage and default Internet search engine settings.

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