Is your Browser redirecting you to Tvhero(tvhero.thewhizmarketing) whenever you open your browser or is it navigating you to a new tab? If YES then your system is infected with a browser hijacker named tvhero.thewhizmarketing.

TVHERO is a PUP (potentially unwanted program) and it resides in your browser as an add-on extension. It will hijack your browser and will change its settings which will result in redirecting you from the URL you want to visit to some other sponsored URL or changing your browser’s homepage to tvhero.thewhizmarketing

How did it get there?

tvhero.thewhizmarketing is usually installed in your system without asking your permission. It is bundled up with other small programs and hides in between those programs. When you install this program/application from internet then this program/application gives this browser hijacker a free passage to get into your system and once it gets inside your system, it starts changing your browser’s settings and takes over your whole browser.

Nature and behavioral analysis.

tvhero.thewhizmarketing is a highly nasty and unreliable browser extension which takes over your whole browser and changes the default settings. It can also bring some other virus/infection along with itself.
It is considered to be a very harmful threat and very frustrating also.
If you are noticing the under defined behavior by your browser then your browser is hijacked by tvhero.thewhizmarketing:

1. It is Installed in your system without your permission.
2. Annoyingly redirect from one URL to another, just to increase traffic of other sites.
3. Too many pop up ads while browsing.
4. Browsers settings getting changed automatically.

Targeted Browsers

1. Internet Explorer
2. Google Chrome
3. Mozilla Firefox

How to Remove tvhero.thewhizmarketing?

Removing tvhero.thewhizmarketing browser hijacker from your system is a very easy task if you do it with the tool provided below, but the same removal can turn out to be a very time consuming task, if done manually.

Method 1: Remove it by downloading TVHero_RemovalTool.
Method 2: Remove it through Manual steps of  tvhero.thewhizmarketing.

Scan your PC with TVHero_RemovalTool.

1. Click on the link given below to download the thewhizmarketing browser hijacker removal tool.
2. Double click on the tool icon.
3. A window will appear on your screen, Click “YES”.
4. A setup window will launch, tap on “NEXT”.
   
5. Press “Y” in the current screen to start the scanning process.
   
6. In case any of your browser is open then close it and press “Y” in the current screen to start the cleaning process.
   
7. YUPIEE!!! The virus is removed.
   A text file is now shown which is carrying the detailed log of all the files deleted.

How to remove tvhero.thewhizmarketing manually?

Manual Process of removing this browser hijacker will leave some files behind in your system. So I will advise you to download the tool provided above to remove the browser hijacker directly in just a few clicks.

Internet Explorer

Steps to remove tvhero.thewhizmarketing from Internet Explorer

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

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

Google Chrome

Steps to remove tvhero.thewhizmarketing from Google Chrome

1. Press“ Windows key” and tap the “R” key once or go to Start & type ‘Run‘ in the search box  & then press Enter.
2. In the Run box, type this path: “%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data”.
   Search for Default and then Extensions folder.
3. Delete the folder named“ecbbphbhpfbhokahflocngdepmflmind”.
4. Go back to Google Chrome.
5. Go toMenu –> More Tools –> Extensions.
6. Delete the extension named “TV Hero”.

The infected extension will be removed. Please note that the residue files might still be left behind in this method.