Webalta is a Russian search engine that has gained notoriety thanks to the promotion technologies that it uses. Periodically, some users notice that the start page from browsers without their consent and participation changes to start.webalta.ru, and the system itself becomes the default search. Let’s figure out how to remove Vebalta.
The first thing that usually comes to mind is a simple change to the start page of an Internet browser using standard methods. However, this method does not help remove Webalt. Most likely, after the browser is restarted, the same start page will appear in front of you. Next, we will tell you
how to remove Webalta once and for all.
In order to remove it from the
most popular browsers (Google Chrome, IE, Opera), first of all, you need to get rid of all the changes that
this obsessive popular system has made to the
registry . To do this, call the "Start" - "Run" command line (Win + R) and use it to open the registry editor by entering "regedit" in it.
Next, in the "Edit" menu, select "Find." A search window will open in which you must enter "Webalta", and then click "Find Next." After the search is complete, you will have a list with all entries containing this word. You need to get rid of them by selecting "Delete" in the
context menu (right mouse button), or simply highlighting with the cursor and pressing "Del". Note that the first time you can’t remove everything that has accumulated. You will have to repeat the registry scan procedure several times in order to get rid of absolutely all references to "Web sites". Only after the result of the next search yields the lack of results, proceed to the next step. Be extremely careful when deleting entries: you make all changes you make to the registry at your own risk. If you delete something you need, the system will become unstable, which may lead to the need to restore or even reinstall the OS.
After
cleaning the registry, you can change the start page in the browser using standard methods:
1. In Google Chrome - click on the button on the toolbar, then "Settings" - "Appearance", then check the "Show the" Home button ", and then" Change ";
2. IE - "Service" - "Internet Options" - "General" - "Home Page";
3. Opera - "Tools" - "Settings" - "General" - "Home".
To permanently delete all references to a search engine such as Webalta, you should also look at the browser shortcuts. For example, if you use Opera, you need to select "Properties" using the shortcut menu of the shortcut. In the window that opens, look at what is written in the "Object" tab, whether something like http://start.webalta.ru is added at the end of the line. If this entry is present - delete it, leaving only the initial part. Then save the changes. When using multiple browsers, you should check the shortcuts for each of them in this way and, accordingly, repeat this procedure everywhere.
Note also that sometimes this search engine installs its own applications. So, how to remove "Vebalta" from the list of installed programs? To do this, go to the "Control Panel" and select the "Add or Remove Programs" section, in the case of Windows XP or "Programs and Features" if you use the "seven". After that, you should sort the applications by the installation date and see if there is anything related to "Webalta" among the programs recently installed. If so, you must remove this software and clean the registry again .
These simple tips will tell you how to remove Webtale from the most popular browsers. It should be noted that if you use Mozilla, in addition to all the operations described above, you will also have to edit the settings files (user.js and prefs.js).