How to remove My Package Tracer

What is My Package Tracer

Classified as a browser hijacker, My Package Tracer is an extension that gets installed in your browser without consent. It affects certain settings to acquire control over your homepage and other segments. For example, My Package Tracer alters your homepage address to http://www.packagetracer.com adding some “useful” widgets. Indeed, quick access to popular platforms like Youtube and other services can alleviate your experience significantly. However, not many know that using these capabilities can endanger your privacy. This is because browser hijackers manage recorded journals that contain previously entered/saved passwords, IP-addresses, geolocations, and browser history. This, therefore, can lead to potential identity threat. To prevent this, you have to eliminate My Package Tracer from your PC following the steps below.

How My Package Tracer infected your computer

Programs that configure system settings to promote ads and fake search engines, get spread via bundled software. This is especially popular with freeware that users download from the web. Whilst initiating the installation process, people stumble upon “Advanced/Custom” sections. The promoted offers seem to be ambiguous because they are related to fishy behavior. Raw users do not get it and agree on installing additional products imposed in the setup. This is why they end up being infected with a Potentially Unwanted Progam like My Package Tracer. Below, you will see removal instructions as well as practical solutions towards achieving protection against such threats.

Remove My Package Tracer manually for free

Here is the manual step-by-step tutorial for full My Package Tracer removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of My Package Tracer installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Note: My Package Tracer can be installed as Google Chrome extension as Administrator (you may see Installed by enterprise policy inscription near it), and this will not allow removal. Therefore, before starting removal process, perform these actions:

1. Start the Command Prompt by clicking the Start menu button and typing command prompt (or just searching for “command prompt” in Windows 10 search field). Right click on the Command Prompt result and choose Run as Administrator.



2. Type in and execute the following commands:

   
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
gpupdate /force

Remove My Package Tracer from Control Panel

To start removing My Package Tracer you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – for example, “My Package Tracer”, “My Package Tracer” or “My Package Tracer Internet Explorer Homepage and New Tab”. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Mac.

Remove My Package Tracer from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. My Package Tracer might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag My Package Tracer from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Remove My Package Tracer from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find My Package Tracer Internet Explorer Homepage and New Tab.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove My Package Tracer from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find My Package Tracer Internet Explorer Homepage and New Tab and click Uninstall.

Remove My Package Tracer from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find My Package Tracer Internet Explorer Homepage and New Tab, click Uninstall.

Remove My Package Tracer from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall My Package Tracer from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate My Package Tracer Internet Explorer Homepage and New Tab in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate My Package Tracer Internet Explorer Homepage and New Tab in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall My Package Tracer

In some cases, My Package Tracer won’t uninstall and gives you the message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall My Package Tracer. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the My Package Tracer folder and files. This happens because the process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case, I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall My Package Tracer in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove My Package Tracer Internet Explorer Homepage and New Tab

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

and for Mac:

If you can’t uninstall My Package Tracer using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of My Package Tracer. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag My Package Tracer from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with My Package Tracer.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling My Package Tracer from Control Panel often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has browser extension and it may still be active in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove My Package Tracer extension from your browsers manually.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find My Package Tracer extension.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find My Package Tracer add-on.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Choose My Package Tracer extension.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.
5. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove My Package Tracer from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling a program from Control Panel. To disable My Package Tracer, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable My Package Tracer.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, My Package Tracer does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find My Package Tracer extension.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

My Package Tracer installs a search engine (hp.hfileconversionnow.com), that hijacks your browsers. Here is an instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab and search engine to default values.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Reset Firefox… button.
4. Click Reset Firefox to confirm.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
3. Start Opera.

Remove following files, folders and registry keys of My Package Tracer

My Package Tracer files:

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My Package Tracer folders:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\nnljaoapglmobpaifgbgbknekdfoecol\

My Package Tracer registry keys:

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How to block redirects and pop-ups from My Package Tracer

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My Package Tracer redirects, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or add-on installed in browsers. However, sometimes it can appear on a clean computer when visiting malicious websites, using an advertising script. Also, apps that generate “My Package Tracer” are themselves installed from pop-ups. To protect your PC and browsers from phishing websites, pop-up ads, banners, malicious scripts it is recommended to use AdGuard. Download free trial here:

Alternative way to remove adware browser extensions and reset browser settings

For safe and effective browser extension removal use avast! Browser Cleanup utility. Run it with administrator privileges and remove all extensions with bad ratings including related to My Package Tracer. You can also reset your browser settings for each of your browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

Cleaning browsers shortcuts

You can clean your browser shortcuts manually right-clicking on your browser icon, choosing “Properties” and removing hijacker address from “Target” field (leave just the path to your browser). However it is easier to use free Shortcut Cleaner from BleepingComputer. Download it here – its FREE:

Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs like My Package Tracer may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of the anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and anti-malware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats, like My Package Tracer.