12/25/2013

How to Remove Wajam Virus, How to Get rid of search.wajam.com from IE, Chrome, Firefox

What is that annoying Wajam popup and search.wajam.com hijack? How do I get rid of this Wajam dam thing?



Don’t know what Wajam is? After this program appears on your system, you continuously get pop-ups from Wajam? If you tab new search on the browser, you are redirected to search.wajam.com from time to time. Tried many tutorials but still don’t success. No worries, this post will tell you a detail guide to remove Wajam safely.

Wajam is a kind of malware that we also call it as Wajam search, search.wajam.com hijack. It is a tricky program that based on adware and browser hijacker. As long as your PC installs this program, you will experience many issues caused by wajam. At the first point, as a type of hijacker, it will hijack the homepage and search engine and then change them into search.wajam.com instead of your default ones. So if you do searches on the browsers and tab new link to open a certain site, you will be redirected its own domain like wajam.com automatically.


Wajam search is a social engine that claims that will help users experience quick browsing and correct results by adding its own browser extension, plug-in and other add-ons. It states that users will share with their friends on FaceBook, Twitter or Google+ after installing the Wajam's plug-in. But many users have complained that they get a ton of pop-up ads show on the webpage which they are visiting. And then they also find other unwanted add-ons or third-parties programs, free downloads install on their system without asking any permission from them. In addition, when users install Wajam add-ons, if they want to logon the FaceBook or Twitter, you are asked to receive your public profile, friend list, email address, News Feed, checkins, current city, or other personal data. Your information will be collected by Wajam malware program and then it may send it to the remote server. So you have to get rid of any add-ons and programs with Wajam on your system.


The image of search.wajam.com

 



Search.wajam.com is dam malware and needs to uninstall completely


1, this malware will collect personal data including browsing history activity and your activities online.
2, this adware will show many pop-ups on the affected browsers.
3, it can modify the original settings of the homepage and search into its own domain like wajam.com or search.wajam.com.
4 your search requires will be altered into unwanted ones.
5, it can create addition browser extension, plug-in or other add-ons onto the affected browsers.
6, wajam malware will install more infections on the affected system.


Useful tips to get rid of wajam virus (search.wajam.com)


Step 1. go to control panel, and then search Related Readings program and related programs with wajam and then delete all of them.





Go to Control Panel -> Add and Remove programs list and uninstalling it from there.

Step 2, follow such steps to open task manager and end the malicious processes related with wajam.

1) Please press Ctrl+Alt+Delete key together to get the task manager box,
2) Tick the malicious processes.
3) Tap the End process button.



Step 3, delete all files with wajam as follows:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\browser\extensions
C:\Users\Suzanka\AppData\Roaming\SNS
C:\Users\Suzanka\AppData\Local\Google\Update\1.3.22.3


Step 4, remove all added registry with wajam.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\mozilla\MozillaFirefox\extensions\\Components:
HKCU\Software\Google Plugins\tools.google.com/Google Update;version=9:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\IE\IEextensions\\Components: 




Step 5, Reset the attacked browser settings.

Take Internet explorer as an example:
1. Click arrow on the right of search box.
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search Providers, on IE7 click Change Search Defaults.
3. Remove Proxy.allsearchapp.com/app/start from the list.

Using SpyHunter to Remove Wajam Virus


SpyHunter is designed as a simple way for the average computer user to protect their PC from online threats. It is automatically configured to give you the best protection. It provides reliable protection against all kinds of malicious threats including spyware, adware, hijackers, rootkits, and more. You can follow the instructions provided below to download and install SpyHunter successfully, and enjoy the immediate and ongoing protection.

1. Download SpyHunter by clicking the following download link:


2. Double-click on the downloaded file. If asked to allow program to make changes to this computer, click “Yes” button.

3. In this step, please accept the Licence Agreement and click “Next >” button.

4. After the definition database is downloaded, system scan will automatically start.


Advice: wajam or Search.wajam.com is a very dangerous malware that can attack the installed PC seriously. This adware can display many popups on the browsers, and as a browser hijacker, this program also hijacks the default homepage and search into Search.wajam.com or wajam.com. It adds additional add-ons, browser extension, plug-in onto the browsers which can slow down the performance of the system and then collect personal data including browsing history. In such case, please remove or uninstall any programs related with wajam, in case, you are not good at computer, please download SpyHunter removal tool to scan your PC.

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