What is Yambler, how to remove from Opera, Mozilla and other browsers? How to remove Yambler from computer?

The modern world is almost completely dependent on the Internet. In the network we learn the latest news, work and look for the information we need. In light of the latter, one should not be surprised at the enormous importance of search engines, which allow you to find the information you need.

Unfortunately, not all companies involved in their creation conduct their business honestly. A striking example of this is the search service "Yambler".

What it is?

Despite the fact that the name of this service is consonant with “Rambler” and “Yandex” in one bottle, you should not flatter yourself: in fact, the page of this search engine is crammed with dubious links to even more dubious sites that have little useful information but are full Trojan programs and other “evil spirits”.

This is what Yambler is. How to remove it from your computer? Before we tell you about this, it will not be out of place to mention the distribution methods of this “search engine”.

How is it distributed?

As a rule, the distribution mechanism is classic: unscrupulous developers of freeware and shareware software build in their products the installation kit "Yambler". In exactly the same way, the domestic company Mail.ru promotes its dubious services, the creator Yambler uses the same methods. How to remove it is a secondary issue. At first, it does not hurt to learn about methods of preventing invasion.

When installing some kind of free program, pay attention to the “Recommended installation” and “Customization” checkboxes. We strongly recommend that you use “Custom”, as in this case you can uncheck the installation kits of additional programs that can be installed on your system.

Unfortunately, with Yambller this approach does not guarantee security. Experts suggest that this malware can be installed independently, using security holes of both the browser itself and the OS to introduce into the system.

Users say that even if they have a normal antivirus and firewall, which they regularly update, the virus still manages to skip to the computer.

However, this is not surprising: only Dr.Web responds to the same Mail.ru Guard, and even then not always. What can we say about adware, loyalty to which may well be corny bought.

How to determine the fact of implementation?

Of course, you will easily notice the presence of "Yambler" on your computer through the panels in the browser. However, given the lack of user experience and a large amount of garbage in the Internet browser, you can simply not notice the fact of the emergence of something new. For reliable diagnosis of the presence of Yambler (how to remove which, we will talk below), you need to look at the properties of the browser.

So, right-click on the shortcut of the browser that is used on your system. In the pop-up context menu, select "Properties", and in the dialog that opens, select the "Shortcut" tab. There is the line "Object". Look at what it refers to: if at the end there is something like Firefox.exe (or Opera.exe, Chrome.exe, etc.), then everything is in order.

But if something like Firefox.url is written there, then everything is not at all good. This just indicates that your browser will open, automatically redirecting you to the page of the same “Yambler”.

What to do?

Who is to blame for this, we have already figured out. It remains only to find out what needs to be done with this very search engine. First, you need to correct the link in the "Object" field, which we have already mentioned above.

For Ognelis, you need to insert the value "C: \ Program Files \ Mozilla Firefox \ firefox.exe" there, together with quotation marks. For all “chrome-like” browsers this value will look like “” C: \ ProgramFiles (x86) \ Google \ Chrome \ Application \ Chrome.exe ””.

Before you remove Yambler from Opera, do not forget about its transition to the category of browsers based on Chrome, so you should look for its executable files in the same place.

After correcting the line to the desired, in no case do not start the browser! After that, you need to click on the "Start" button, and in the "Run" field, enter the command "Regedit". The registry editor dialog box opens.

Press the key combination “Ctrl + F”, after which the window for searching values ​​appears. In the search field, enter the word Yambler (how to remove which, we will find out now), press the "Enter" key. The system will find the registry key that contains this value. Delete it by left-clicking and clicking on "Del". After that, press the F3 key, after which the program will show you the next registry key in the list in which the corresponding value was found.

Repeat this operation until there is no mention of “Yambler” in the registry. After that, you need to find and delete the folder "C: \ Program Files \ Zaxar". For reliability, click on the "Start" button again, enter Zaxar in the search field, press "Enter". If something like this is found, then clean without regret.

"Heavy artillery"

Before getting rid of Yambler, we strongly recommend installing the Revo Uninstaller Pro program. It is designed to completely remove unwanted programs from your computer. How to use it to remove the last remnants of "Yambler"?

Everything is offensively simple. First you need to run the application. In the upper part of the working window, find the “Force uninstall” button. Click on it with the left mouse button, and then the utility dialog box will open. In the "Exact program name" field, enter the word Yambler, and then click on the "Next" button.

The utility will conduct a thorough search of all remaining files and entries in the registry, after which it will permanently remove this software from your computer.

We remove toolbars from browsers

If you used only manual check of the registry and deletion of Yambler entries from it, then in your browser toolbars from this “wonderful” search system may remain. Helping this problem is relatively easy.

Before you remove Yambler from Mozilla, you must click on the Firefox button in the upper left corner of the browser’s working window. In the menu that opens, select the "Add-ons" item. A dialog box opens in which all installed add-ons are available. Look for any mention of Yambller there. Their removal is performed by pressing the icon with the trash can icon.

We remove the start page

By the way, how do I remove the Yambler start page? In the same way, open the browser menu, go to the "Settings". We are interested in the tab "Basic". Under the “Home Page” field there is a “Restore Defaults” button. Click on it with the left mouse button, after which the browser settings will be reset to their original values.

How to return to the normal start page in "Chrome" and similar observers? Make it no harder. To do this, click on the icon with three dashes in the upper right corner of the browser, and in the menu that opens, activate the "Settings" item.

In the settings themselves there is an item "Startup Group". Check the box next to the “Quick Access Page” option. If we talk about "Opera", then in the latest versions this procedure is no different from the above.

How to prevent computer infection?

We have already said that the vast majority of Yambler antiviruses are simply ignored, but still it will not hurt to install normal antivirus software. It is very good if you do not use an account with Administrator rights to work on the computer, since in this case it is almost impossible for Yambller to start without your knowledge.

We hope that from the article you learned about how to remove Yambler from your computer. To make this is not at all difficult, since it is important only to strictly observe the rules we have given.