At first glance, it might seem that in the modern Internet, the main danger for users comes from various malicious programs known as viruses. However, in reality, everything is not so simple, and sometimes competition among manufacturers of software solutions leads to paradoxical situations. Today we will look at how to remove Webalta from the operating system and some browsers.
Every Internet user is familiar with search engines (PS) - this is the famous Google, the ubiquitous Yandex with Rambler and others. There are a lot of analogues, but in the Russian-language segment of the Network it is the above-mentioned PSs that prevail. This market area has long been divided between large "players", but this does not mean at all that there are no more people who want to get their share of visitors traffic. After all, these are huge profits (remember Google Android). A striking representative of such an alternative PS is Webalta (Vebalta). This Russian company was established in 2005. Five years later, seeing that the bulk of Internet users are reluctant to change their habits, Webalta PS begins to actively spread, without the consent of users registering as a home bar in operating systems and browsers. No wonder people want to know how to remove Webalta.
Alas, such popularization in the eyes of many equated Webalta with viruses. By the way, some antiviruses also attribute it to trojans. If such an anti-virus package is installed on the computer, then there are no difficulties with how to remove Webalta. But what do other users do? How to remove Webalta from the system?
First of all, we note that the "infection" is most often initiated by the user himself, allowing the installation of the Toolbar Webalta (toolbar). After that, in all browsers, Webalta becomes the default search engine, and the standard mechanisms for changing the start page are ineffective. Conclusion: you should not install programs that are not immediately necessary. If you still have to figure out how to remove Webalta, then we follow the following recommendations.
First of all, you need to remove the toolbar. Open the “Control Panel” and go to the “Programs and Features”, where you can uninstall. It is recommended to download the “Uninstall Tool” program and use it to remove the Webtools toolbar, because, unlike the standard uninstall method, in this case the registry is automatically scanned for “residues”.
But this is not a complete answer to the question "How to remove Webalta?". Next, you need to check the registry yourself. To do this, press the combination Win + R and enter regedit in the line. The editor opens. Press F3 and type the word Webalta. We indicate the “find” command and delete all detected mentions of Webalt (Del button). Re-search - F3 button.
Firefox users need to check the entries in user.js and prefs.js files. The files are located in the DISK folder: \ Users \ Username \ AppData \ Roaming \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles. We open the files with any text editor, search for lines with the mention of Webalta and delete them.
In opera, you also need to adjust the operaprefs_default.ini file.
After this, the desired start pages should be indicated in browsers. In Opera: press Ctrl + F12 and in the tab “General” indicate the home page. In Explorer: follow the "Tools" menu settings. Well, in Firefox: Settings - Basic - Basic. And finally, be sure to check the launch line in the browser shortcuts on the desktop (including quick launch). For example, we right-click on the Firefox shortcut and in the line “Object” we delete the added link to the annoying search engine Webalta.
After cleaning, two important features should be noted:
- as already indicated, you should always avoid installing any third-party programs if they are not directly needed. If access to the desired information is opened only after downloading such a program, it is recommended to look for another source. Internet Accelerators, Computer Scanners for errors and more - usually all this is unnecessary;
- Some antiviruses block Webaltu. For example, the famous ESET NOD. It is recommended to update the databases of the installed anti-virus solution or completely change it.