What is Taplika.com?
Taplika.com is a website of a browser hijacker, which infiltrates your system through installers of various free applications. Pretending to be a useful search companion, Taplika is nothing more than a source of numerous advertisements and pop-up windows with product offers you will not likely need. This hijacker is capable of altering settings of most major web browsers including Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
A thorough removal of Taplika browser hijacker is highly recommended as it may bring even more dangerous malware to your PC. Also, since search traffic is redirected through taplika.com, instead of your favorite search engine, you could be a victim of an identity theft. These searches can be reported to various companies or even cyber criminals for malicious activities.
How to remove Taplika.com browser hijacker?
Automated Taplika.com removal instructions
A dedicated anti-spyware app is highly recommended to completely remove Taplika.com, because it will erase all traces of the infection and automatically fix your browser. However, if you consider yourself an experienced computer user, you may also follow our manual removal guide below in this page.
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Read more about SpyHunter and how to install it - Install SpyHunter by double-clicking on the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions.
- SpyHunter will automatically scan and detect Taplika.com infection.
- Once it’s detected, you can remove Taplika.com browser hijacker by registering SpyHunter. You will also have an active protection against such threats in the future.
Manual Taplika.com removal instructions
Note: manual removal is only recommended to experienced computer users, because improper modifications to the Registry or browser’s settings may cripple your browser (or even your system), resulting in a need to reinstall it.
Please follow these instructions to delete Taplika.com from your computer:
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Go to Control Panel and open “Programs and Features” (or “Add/Remove Programs”). Find all entries named “Taplika.com” and select “Uninstall”.
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For Internet Explorer:
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In the menu, select “Tools -> Manage add-ons”.
- Under “Toolbars and Extensions”, right-click on an entry with “Taplika.com” in the name and select “Remove” or “Disable”.
- Under “Search Providers”, right-click on an entry with “Taplika.com” in the name and select “Remove” or “Disable”. Right-click on your preferred search engine and select “Set as default”.
- In the menu, select “Tools -> Internet options”. Change the home page to your desired page and click OK.
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For Google Chrome:
- Go to “chrome://extensions/” and remove all extensions that have “Taplika.com” in the name by clicking on a recycle bin icon.
- Go to “chrome://settings/startup” and remove “Taplika.com” from the list. Add your desired home page that you want loaded on Chrome startup.
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For Mozilla Firefox:
- Go to “about:addons”, select “Extensions” on the left, and remove all extensions that have “Taplika.com” in the name by clicking “Remove” button.
- Go to “about:preferences”, select “General” and change your home page to your liking.
- Install SearchReset add-on from here. It will automatically restore your search engine to the default one.
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Delete “Taplika.com” folders from these locations:
- %AppData%
- %LocalAppData%
- %ProgramFiles%
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Open Registry editor, find all entries (CTRL+F) containing “Taplika.com” and remove them.
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