Hey, there. I need help to clean out Wawsearch.com hijacker from my Firefox, it has been on Firefox for a couple of days since I accidentally clicked on some popup from a strange porn website. It takes over the Firefox totally, changes my favorite start page MSN, and modifies the search engine provider. What drives me to be crazy is that endless random Popups keep showing on webpage I open. It is said that someone can remotely monitor what I do online. is it real? Is it an effective way to completely get rid of it?
Belief Introduce of Wawsearch.com Hijacker
If you see Wawsearch.com on your web browser like IE, IE, Chrome, Edge and Firefox, your browser should be hijacked by this fake search page. It is not a safe page but a kind of browser hijacker. When it comes into targeted computer, it changes your start page to be Wawsearch.com, insert some unwanted extension or add-on into browser settings without your notice. If you check your bookmark or favorite of targeted browser, you will find some unknown website links are added into there. When you’re browsing some website, you will be interrupted by endless ads like coupon, deals, discounts, software updates alert or other fake message saying your computer has virus thing. Even though you are on legitimate site, strange ads still pop up there, but before you get this Wawsearch.com infection, you didn’t see such crap popups. Sometimes, the DNS settings are altered and some certain websites are blocked. Adware, potentially unwanted programs or malicious add-ons inserted by this browser hijacker also can result in other harmful activities. Your PC will start to run slowly.
Wawsearch.com hijacker is usually distributed on the Internet by virus maker or cyber hacker. Cyber hacker design such a vicious computer threat in order to spy on what you do online and access your PC remotely to get some important and profitable data for illegal use. While your browser is infected with this hijacker infection, it will also implant some kind of cookie to track your online trace and collect your online data like personal ID info, credit card details, online banking information or login password. Some victims reported that their email are blocked but used by someone unknown to send spam emails to trick their contacts, friends and relatives. Wawsearch.com hijacker also uses Popup ads to bring other computer threats. Some Popups are carried malware or virus. If you accidentally click on infected popups, the unknown malicious program, malware, or virus will get into system without your permission. Wawsearch.com hijacker must be removed as soon as you find it on your PC in order to avoid further damages.
Symptoms Caused by Wawsearch.com Hijacker
-Can change your homepage or the default search engine and it totally prevents you from changing them back
-Can always redirect you to other websites
-Can pop up various advertisements and sponsored links randomly to interrupt your online activities
-Can create many junk files which occupy a lot of space in hard drive
-Can download other malicious programs into computer, which make further damage.
-Can collect and send data concerning your search history and other browsing activities.
-Your sensitive information can be tracked and stolen by hacker who can access to your computer with the help of browser hijacker.
NOTE: If you find any of these symptoms on your computer, that proves your PC is under attack and seriously infected with Wawsearch.com hijacker. If you are not a computer savvy, Please contact YooSecurity Online PC Experts to remove this browser hijacker for you.
The Screenshot of Wawsearch.com Hijacker
Manual Removal Guide of Browser Hijacker (For Computer Literate)
There is a removal guide of Wawsearch.com hijacker provided here; however, expertise is required during the process of removal, please make sure you are capable to do it by yourself.
Step 1: Press CTRL, SHIFT and ESC these three keys together at the same time to pull up Windows Task Manager; click Processes tab on top and scroll down the list to find and end odd processes related to this Wawsearch.com hijacker. Names of the processes are random.
Step 2: Open Control Panel from Start Menu, then open Programs, click on Uninstall a program. Find suspicious programs or tool-bars related to the Wawsearch.com hijacker. Right click on it and select Uninstall.
Step 3: Go to Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then mark “Show hidden files, folders, and drivers” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files” (Recommended) and then click Apply or OK.
Step 4: Go to Registry Editor to delete the path of the related items with the Wawsearch.com browser hijacker.
Step 5: Clear all history, data and cookies of your infected web browser.
Wawsearch.com hijacker has the ability to insert into web browser and spy on user’s online activities, so it is suggested to delete all history, data and cookies of the infected web browser before a complete removal. Take Internet Explorer for example:
a. From the “Tool” menu button in the upper-right corner of the Internet Explorer window, choose “Safety” > “Delete browsing history…“.
b. Then tick Cookie and website data and History, click Delete.
Step 6: Change your homepage of the infected web browser (Take Internet Explorer as Example)
From the Navigation toolbar in Internet Explorer, click Tools menu and select Internet Options, then click General tab, and input the URL you want into the Home page box and then click OK.
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Conclusion:
Wawsearch.com hijacker usually comes from malicious websites, popups, strange links, spam email attachments, free-charging software installing package downloaded from unknown resources or files from strangers and so on. The main symptoms caused by this browser hijacker are that homepage and search tool is modified, you’re redirected to strange websites, popup ads keep showing on webpage even though the site is normal and safe. The problem like “This webpage is not available”, “This page can’t be displayed” or “sever not found” will happen frequently. It creates junk files to occupy too much system resource and makes computer performance slow down. Wawsearch.com hijacker insert malicious codes or cookies to spy on what you’re doing online and record these important data especially login password, credit card info, online baking details or company trade confidential and so on. If cyber hackers get those important data, they will use it illegally. You may suffer financial loss. Wawsearch.com hijacker is nothing but a vicious computer threat to PC security state and personal data safety. it must be cleared up sooner.
Suggestion: To follow removal guide that mentioned above, a level of computer knowledge is needed. Still can’t get out of browser hijacker? Contact online experts for help now!
Published by Tony Shepherd & last updated on December 12, 2016 4:59 am
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