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Spin Maze

Spin Maze is a piece of software that affects the users’ default web browser, whether it be Chrome, Firefox, Edge or another one, that’s why it is classified as a browser hijacker. Usually, Spin Maze may introduce a new search engine or an entirely unfamiliar toolbar on your browser or adjust the domain of your home web page.

This generally causes several auto-leads to different pages, a never-ending flood of adverts, pop-ups, banner adverts and an overall web surfing intervention. What’s hugely alarming for many computer users do is that the hijacker shall acquire all these modifications without requesting for knowledge. You actually wish to utterly delete Spin Maze from your machine, otherwise, you shall regularly endure ad problems if you intend to erase the compulsory modifies from your browser. Fortunately, this may be accomplished slightly effortlessly and isn’t as tough as tackling Ransomware, a Trojan or another web malware. In point, we will provide the phases in the removal guidelines below.

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Spinmaze 

You probably know how annoying Spinmaze might be since you are reading this already. Spinmaze can reroute your analyzes to unfamiliar web locations, load your screen and all the web pages that you go to with many ads and forge an insufferable surfing interruption.

Learn how to remove Spin from your computer

Step 1. Spin Removal from Windows

a) Windows 7/XP

  1. Press on the Start icon. win7-start Threat Spin
  2. Control Panel → Programs and Features. win7-control-panel Threat Spin
  3. Find the program you want to delete and press Uninstall. win7-uninstall-program Threat Spin

b) Windows 8

  1. Right-click on the start icon (lower left corner). win10-start2 Threat Spin
  2. Select Control Panel. win8-start Threat Spin
  3. Click Programs and Features. win8-control-panel Threat Spin
  4. Find and remove all unwanted programs. win8-remove-program Threat Spin

c) Windows 10

  1. Open Start menu and click on the magnifying glass (next to the shut down button). win10-start2 Threat Spin
  2. Type in Control Panel. win10-start Threat Spin
  3. Control Panel → Programs and Features. win10-control-panel Threat Spin
  4. Find and remove all unwanted programs. win10-remove-program Threat Spin

d) Mac OS X

  1. Open Finder and press Applications. mac-os-apps Threat Spin
  2. Check all suspicious programs you want to get rid of.
  3. Drag them to the trash icon in your dock (Alternatively, right-click on the program and press Move to Trash). mac-os-app-delete Threat Spin
  4. After you move all the unwanted programs, right-click on the trash icon and select Empty Trash.

Step 2. Delete Spin from browsers

a) Remove Spin from Microsoft Edge

Reset Microsoft Edge (Method 1)
  1. Open Microsoft Edge.
  2. Press More located at the top right corner of the screen (the three dots). edge-menu Threat Spin
  3. Settings → Choose what to clear. edge-settings Threat Spin
  4. Check the boxes of the items you want removed, and press Clear. edge-clear-data Threat Spin
  5. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete together.
  6. Choose Task Manager.
  7. In the Processes tab, find the Microsoft Edge process, right click on it, and press Go to details (or More details if Go to details is not available). task-manager Threat Spin
  8. Right-click on all Microsoft Edge processes, and choose End task.
(Method 2)
Before you proceed with this method, backup your data.
  1. Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_xxxxxxxxxx.
  2. Select all the folders, right-click on them and press Delete. edge-folder Threat Spin
  3. Press the start button, and type in Windows PowerShell in the search box.
  4. Right-click on the result, and select Run as administrator. edge-powershell Threat Spin
  5. In Administrator: Windows PowerShell, paste Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose} under PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and tap Enter. edge-powershell-script Threat Spin
  6. The issue should be gone now.
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b) Remove Spin from Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon. IE-gear Threat Spin
  2. Select Manage add-ons, and then Toolbars and Extensions.
  3. Find and disable all suspicious extensions. IE-add-ons Threat Spin
  4. Close the window.

c) Restore your homepage on Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon.
  2. Internet Options → General tab. Delete the homepage URL and type in your preferred one. IE-settings2 Threat Spin
  3. Press Apply.

d) Reset Internet Explorer

  1. Open Internet Explorer and press on the Gear icon. ie-settings Threat Spin
  2. Internet Options → Advanced tab. ie-settings-advanced Threat Spin
  3. At the bottom, you will see a Reset button. Press that.
  4. In the window that appears, check the box that says Delete personal settings. IE-reset Threat Spin
  5. Press Reset.
  6. Click OK to exit the window.
  7. Restart your browser.

e) Remove Spin from Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
  2. Choose More tools and Extensions. chrome-menu-extensions Threat Spin
  3. Remove suspicious extensions by clicking the Trash icon next to them. chrome-extensions-delete Threat Spin
  4. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.
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f) Restore your homepage on Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
  2. Choose Settings. chrome-menu Threat Spin
  3. In the window that appears, under On startup, there will be a Set pages option. Press on that.
  4. Remove the set website, and type in the one you prefer to be your homepage. Press OK. chrome-startup-page Threat Spin
  5. In Settings, under Search, there is a Manage search engines option. Select that. chrome-search-engines Threat Spin
  6. Remove all search engines except the one you want to use. Click Done.

g) Reset Google Chrome

  1. Open Google Chrome and press the menu icon on the right, next to the URL field.
  2. Choose Settings. chrome-menu Threat Spin
  3. Scroll down and press on Show advanced settings. chrome-settings Threat Spin
  4. Find and press the Reset button. chrome-reset Threat Spin
  5. In the confirmation window that appears, press Reset.

h) Remove Spin from Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
  2. Select Add-ons. mozilla-menu Threat Spin
  3. Select the Extensions tab, and remove all questionable extensions. mozilla-extensions Threat Spin
  4. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by clicking Disable. If you later decide to keep it, simply press Enable.

i) Restore your homepage on Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right side of the screen.
  2. Select Options. mozilla-menu Threat Spin
  3. In General, click Restore to Default below the Home Page field. mozilla-options Threat Spin

j) Reset Mozilla Firefox

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and access the menu by clicking on the three bars on the right of the screen.
  2. Press the question mark at the bottom of the menu.
  3. Select Troubleshooting Information. mozilla-troubleshooting Threat Spin
  4. Select the Refresh Firefox option. mozilla-reset Threat Spin

k) Remove Spin from Safari (for Mac)

  1. Open Safari.
  2. Select Preferences (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen). safari-menu Threat Spin
  3. Choose the Extensions tab.
  4. Uninstall all questionable extensions. safari-extensions Threat Spin
  5. If you are not certain about an extension, you can disable it by unchecking the box that says Enabled. If you later decide to keep it, simply check the box again.

l) Reset Safari

If you are using the Yosemite, El Capitan or the Sierra versions, the option to reset Safari with one click is not available. Thus you will have to clear the history and empty the caches in separate steps.
  1. Open Safari.
  2. Select Clear History (can be accesses by pressing on Safari at the top of your screen). safari-clear-history Threat Spin
  3. Choose from what time you want the history deleted, and press Clear History. safari-clear-history Threat Spin
  4. Press on Safari at the top of the screen and select Preferences. safari-advanced Threat Spin
  5. Select the Advanced tab and check the box next to Show Develop menu in menu bar.
  6. Select Develop (from the menu bar at the top of the screen). safari-develop-menu Threat Spin
  7. Press Empty Caches.
If for some reason you are unable to remove the extensions or reset your browsers, it may be a good idea to obtain anti-spyware software and have it deal with the problem.

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