This nasty browser extension uses popups and inline-text advertisements as “Ads by FreeHD Sport TV” to promote ads or redirect web-traffic thru or to a specific website. These ads are aimed to promote the installation of additional doubtful content including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities and other products.

How harmful it is, when it creeps into the computer?
This adware program is commonly bundled with other free programs that you might have downloaded of the Internet. Be careful when installing any software because, a software installer often gives you an option to installs other free software bundled with the original software that you were downloading, which can harmful your computer, with this browser hijacker.

HOW TO REMOVE THIS BROWSER HIJACKER?

You can remove it using the given methods:

1. Automatic: Remove SportTv by using SportTv tool

2. Manual: Remove SportTv using manual steps.

 Scan your PC with sportTV_RemovalTool

Download sportTV_RemovalTool by clicking on the given link below:
http://cdn.howtoremoveit.info/removaltool/sportTV_RemovalTool.exe

1.  Windows will prompt you to allow running this program. Select ‘Yes’ to allow it to run.
2. When the setup launches, click ‘Next’ on the window that appears.
   
3. In the following screen, type ‘Y’ for ‘Yes’ to start the scanning process.
   
4.  In the next screen that appears, type ‘Y’ for ‘Yes’ to automatically close all the browsers and continue the cleaning process.
   
5. Wait for the removal process & you’re done.

How to remove “SportTv” manually?

Google Chrome

Steps to remove “SportTv” from Google Chrome.

1. Press Windows key and tap the R key once, OR go to Start & type ‘Run ‘in the search box & hit
2. In the Run box, type this path: ‘%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data‘.
3. Search for Default and then Extensions
4. Delete the folder that would be named somewhat like this: okhmpgfbjkjmdaingaibbaghecgpdohj
5. Go back to Google Chrome.
6. Now go to Menu > More Tools > Extensions.
7. Delete the extension named ‘SportTv ‘.

Mozilla firefox:

Steps to remove ‘SportTv’ from Mozilla Firefox:

1. Press Windows key on your keyboard and tap the R key once.
2. In the Run box, type this path: ‘%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles.
3. Click on the folder with ‘.default’ appended in the folder name. For eg: ‘e6x5wbsb.default‘.
4. In this folder, delete ‘json.mozlz4‘.
5. In the same folder, click on ‘Extensions’ folder and delete ‘[email protected]’named folder.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Go to Tools à Click on Internet Options.
3. From the given tabs, click on ‘Advanced’
4. Under ‘Reset Internet Explorer settings’ option, click on ‘Reset’
5. Set the homepage to the one you want to use.

Browser settings changed to default and the browser hijacker is removed.

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