Friday, May 16, 2014

Get Rid of Webwebweb.com Virus



Are you recently annoyed with Webwebweb.com? It often shows up each time you visit some websites on the Internet. Though you tried a lot of methods to delete Webwebweb.com, it is able to come back and disturb you again.

The Characteristics of Webwebweb.com


Webwebweb.com is classified as a browser hijacker which can change browser settings to control your Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. This bad website is often bundled with free programs and other suspicious network sources. As soon as it sneaks into your PC, your browsing experience will be made miserable. At first sight, the interface of this website seems be reliable and official. And its search provider is similar to Google search engine.  However, when you make use of this fake search engine, you won’t get any correct search results. 

The reason is that they contain many ads and unknown links. Once you click on them, you’ll be redirected to questionable websites. The goal of this Webwebweb.com is to help sponsors collect network traffic and increase ranking. Some people think the actions of this browser hijacker are not extremely dangerous. But your browser redirects you to some hacked or phshing sites, your PC is likely to get infected with real horrible threats. Aside from that, this Webwebweb.com is also programmed by its maker to track your browser histories. Then its maker can know about what websites you often visit and which keywords you usually use. In case your email password and online banking details are collected accidentally, you will suffer serious troubles such as receiving many spam emails and losing the money saved in bank.

Webwebweb.com Detailed Removal Guide


Webwebweb.com is an unsafe website which can not only interrupt your browsing activities, but also corrupt computer performance in the future. Please follow the guide below to delete this Webwebweb.com completely.

Step 1: Press Ctrl+ALT+Del keys at the same time to open Task Manager. End the process of Webwebweb.com.

Step 2: Remove the files of Webwebweb.com. Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Then use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and un-check Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.
%CommonAppData%\<random>.exe
C:\Windows\Temp\<random>.exe
%temp%\<random>.exe
C:\Program Files\<random>

Step 3: Delete Webwebweb.com registry entries from your PC. Click start button and search for regedit to open Registry Editor.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Safari.exe\shell\open\command "(Default)" = ""C:\Program Files\Safari\Safari.exe" http://www.<random>.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\SEAMONKEY.EXE\shell\open\command "(Default)" = "C:\Program Files\SeaMonkey\seamonkey.exe http://www.<random>.com/?type=sc&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main "Default_Page_URL" = "http://www.<random>.com/?type=hp&ts=<timestamp>&from=tugs&uid=<hard drive id>"

Step 4: Uninstall associated programs of Static.greatonlineapplications.com virus from your PC

For Win7:
Click Start Menu and choose Control Panel. Locate Programs control panel.

For Win8:
Move your mouse to the top right corner of the computer screen, and then you will see a menu with the Setting option. Click it and select Uninstall a program.

Step 5: Resetting DNS settings

1. Open your Control Panel from Start Menu, and then choose “View network status and task” in “Network and Internet”.

2. Select the option of Network and Sharing Center and click “Change adapter settings”.

3. Select the corresponded network adapter as you are using and right click to open a menu then select “Properties”.

5. Select “Internet Protocol Verrion4(TCP/IPV4), then click Properties button.

6. Choose “Use the following DNS server addresses”. Set “preferred DNS server” to 8.8.8.8.

Reset the Settings of Browsers


After disabling all suspicious programs on your browser, you also need to reset the browser to the original state, which can make sure that this virus never comes back. Before beginning, you will lose your bookmarks and other personal information when you restore your browser.

Reset the settings of Internet Explorer

1. Open the IE, click the wrench icon and select Internet Options.
2. Move to Advance tab, click the Reset button.
3. Tick the Delete personal settings check-box and click Reset button.
4. In General tab, you can add a new URL on Home page box and set it as your default homepage.

Reset the settings of Google Chrome

1. Open the Chrome, click the three stripes icon and select Settings.
2. Scroll down to the end of the configuration page, search for Show advanced settings.
3. Look at Reset browser settings button and click it.
4. Reset browser settings via clicking the reset button.
5. Scroll down the page again and look for Open a specific page or set of pages, click on their Set Pages. Another window will show up. Here you will seethe bunch of URLs under “Set pages”. Delete all them and then enter only one which you want to use as your home page.

Reset the settings of Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Firefox, and click the Firefox button.
2. Select Help and click Troubleshooting Information.
3. Click the Reset Firefox button.