I am having trouble with this mywebtopic.com browser hijacker. It messes up everything on my Google Chrome. It forces me to use unknown search engine and visit strange websites. There are numberless ads on my computer. I hardly can find useful information from the Internet through my browse. I believe that something ad-supported must be installed, but I can’t find any suspicious program on my desktop to uninstall. I also tried to reinstall Google Chrome. However, it didn’t work. Now, more and more unknown programs appear on my browser which I didn’t install. My computer runs very slow lately. Is my computer infected with a serious virus? How do I fix this problem? I know little about computer. Can you help fix it? Thank you.
mywebtopic.com is a dangerous program that alters your homepage and browser settings without your permission. Computer security professionals have analyzed this questionable domain as very harmful which comes with browser hijacking feature. It is different from other acknowledged search engines, such as Google, Yahoo or Bing. It will not help you search for useful information but deliver annoying ads instead. Its developer spreads it for marketing purpose. As you know, it redirects you to unknown websites when using the browser. It is trying to promote its affiliated websites and products thus helping its developer generate revenue. Do not leave this unwanted mywebtopic.com browser hijacker on your computer any more. It can damage your system badly without your knowledge.
Many unwanted programs like mywebtopic.com browser hijacker have been created to publicize product on the Internet. Their developers spare no effort to spread them everywhere online and make people install them without knowing what they are installing. When you click on unknown pop-up ad, it brings you a website and persuades you download its product by telling you how useful it is. We do not suggest you follow guide from unknown websites to download stuff. Before you decide to download something from the Internet, you should google around to see if it is safe to use. Besides, this browser hijacker can be bundled with free software and shareware, such as unknown media player, video recorder and other similar ones. It will be installed along with those programs as a plug-in. In this way, browser hijacker infection becomes common. However, you can avoid it by simply removing the check to stop plug-in being installed when reading Agreement of Use. Viruses, browser hijacker and other computer threat can hide in many programs that seem to be safe. Hence, do not click on unknown pop-up ads and download unreliable program to protect your computer from this mywebtopic.com browser hijacker.
After mywebtopic.com browser hijacker gets into your system, it changes your homepage into mywebtopic.com or other suspicious websites. To prevent you changing the original homepage back, it alters your default browser settings and installs browser helper program to support itself. After it takes over your browser, many toolbars, add-ons, extensions appear. Every time you start your browser, this browser hijacker starts automatically. It redirects you to mywebtopic.com or other unreliable websites when you open a new tab. When you are trying to search for information with certain key words, it hijacks the useful information and injects ads to your search results which makes you waste a lot of time to get what you want. When you look for goods in online shop, ads pop up frequently. In this way, its developer will gain money after you visit those websites or click on the ads. We have to tell you that not all the websites and ads supported by mywebtopic.com are safe. According to the computer security experts, some of them will make you download virus, worm, Trojan and other harmful malware without your knowledge. What’s worse, it is capable of spying on your online activities and collecting your personal information, such as usernames, codes, IP address, bank card detail, etc. In this case, your precious information is likely exposed to the cyber criminals. We kindly suggest you remove this mywebtopic.com browser hijacker as early as possible.
1. Clean Add-ons and Extensions
* Internet Explorer:
(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Internet Options
(2). Click Programs tab, click Manage add-ons and disable the suspicious add-ons
* Firefox:
(1). Click Tools in the Menu bar and then click Add-ons
(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-ons and click Disable
* Google Chrome:
(1). Click Customize and control Google Chrome button → Tools → Extensions
(2). Disable the extensions of mywebtopic.com
2. End Relevant Processes
(1). Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc together to pop up Windows Task Manager, click Processes tab
*For Win 8 Users:
Click More details when you see the Task Manager box
And then click Details tab
(2). Find out and end mywebtopic.com’s processes
3. Show Hidden Files
(1). Click on Start button and then on Control Panel
(2). Click on Appearance and Personalization
(3). Click on Folder Options
(4). Click on the View tab in the Folder Options window
(5). Choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category
(6). Click OK at the bottom of the Folder Options window
*For Win 8 Users:
Press Win+E together to open Computer window, click View and then click Options
Click View tab in the Folder Options window, choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives under the Hidden files and folders category
4. Delete Relevant Registry Entries and Files
(1). Delete the registry entries related to mywebtopic.com through Registry Editor
Press Win+R to bring up the Run window, type “regedit” and click “OK”
While the Registry Editor is open, search and delete its registry entries
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[RANDOM CHARACTERS].exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run ‘Random’
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Random
(2). Find out and remove the associated files
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
As we talked above, mywebtopic.com browser hijacker is harmful to your computer. Though it is not as aggressive as other computer threat, it can bring you potential risk by redirecting you to unsafe websites and delivering you malicious ads. You may find that it takes a long time to load a new tab as it makes you load all of its components. You may see strange icons on your desktop that you did not install. More and more unwanted programs will be installed on your computer which takes much space. Hence, your computer runs extremely slow. If you usually use your credit card or debit card to do shopping online, your money is at risk. No one knows when the hackers can access your bank card information with the help of browser hijacker. You ought to remove mywebtopic.com browser hijacker right now. Stop it before it can steal money from you and ruin your computer.
Published by & last updated on August 26, 2016 8:57 am
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