ProTabs

ProTabs is a browser hijacker application that may have associated components or browser extensions that load upon installation of random freeware apps or bundled software. In most cases, computer users unknowingly install ProTabs and its components from the installation of third-party software downloaded from various download sites. When such components have loaded, Internet settings in popular web browsers may be modified in some ways thus loading the ProTabs.xyz webpage as a default home page or default new tab page.

Is ProTabs useful?

Those who encounter ProTabs and its home page may notice a simple search site, much like Google or Bing. Use of the ProTabs search features may use the Bing search service and return search results that are accompanied by advertisements. While the search feature of ProTabs may be legitimate, it is a method for the creators of ProTabs to get paid through your page load impressions or clicks via a pay-per-click scheme.

The unwanted actions of ProTabs may be stopped but only through the removal of the components associated with ProTabs, which may be Web browser extensions that were automatically enabled and loaded previously. Going about the process of eliminating ProTabs components and extensions manually may not suffice to rid a system of ProTabs completely, which is why we recommend the use of an antimalware resource to completely rid a system of ProTabs and stop its unwanted activities.