How to remove Webalta from browsers

At first glance it may seem that in the modern Internet the main danger for users comes from various malicious programs known as viruses. However, in fact, everything is not so simple, and sometimes competition among software vendors leads to paradoxical situations. Today we will look at how to remove Webalta from the operating system and some browsers.

With the search engines (FS), every Internet user is familiar - this is the famous Google, the ubiquitous Yandex with Rambler and others. There are a lot of analogues, but the above-mentioned PS predominates in the Russian-speaking segment of the Network. This area of the market has long been divided between large "players", but this does not mean that there are no more willing to get their share of visitors traffic. After all, these are huge profits (we remember Google Android). A bright representative of such an alternative PS is Webalta (Webalta). This Russian company was established in 2005. Five years later, seeing that the bulk of Internet users are reluctant to change their habits, Webalta SS begins to actively disseminate, without the consent of users registering as a home line in operating systems and browsers. It's no surprise that people want to learn how to remove Webalta.

Alas, such popularization in the eyes of many equated Webalta with viruses. By the way, some antiviruses are also attributed to Trojan programs. If an anti-virus package is installed on your computer, then there is no difficulty with how to remove Webalta. But what should 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, permitting the installation of Toolbar Webalta (toolbar). After that, in all browsers the default search engine is Webalta, and the standard mechanisms for changing the start page are ineffective. Conclusion: do not install programs that are not immediately needed. If you still have to figure out how to remove Webalta, then we do the following.

First of all, you need to remove the toolbar. Open the "Control Panel" and go to "Programs and Features" where you can uninstall. It is recommended to download the "Uninstall Tool" program and use it to remove the Weblal toolbar, because, unlike the standard uninstall method, in this case, the registry is automatically scanned for "leftovers".

But this is not the full answer to the question "How to remove Webalta?". Next, you need to check the registry yourself. For this, press the combination Win + R and in the line enter regedit. The editor opens. Press F3 and type the word Webalta. Specify the command "find" and delete all the found references to the Webal (button Del). Repeated search - button F3.

Users of the Firefox browser need to check the entries in the files user.js and prefs.js. The files are located in the folder DISK: \ Users \ Username \ AppData \ Roaming \ Mozilla \ Firefox \ Profiles. Open the files with any text editor, search for the lines with the mention of Webalta and delete them.

In opera, you also need to adjust the operaprefs_default.ini file.

After that, you should specify the desired start pages in the browsers. In the Opera: press Ctrl + F12 and in the "Basic" tab we specify the home page. In Explorer: go to the settings menu "Tools". Well, in Firefox: Settings - Basic - Initial. Finally, we must check the startup line in the desktop shortcuts (including the quick launch). For example, right-click on the Firefox shortcut and in the "Object" line, delete the added link to the annoying Webalta search engine.

After cleaning, two important features should be noted:

- As already mentioned, you should always avoid installing any third-party programs, if there is no direct need for them. If access to the desired information is only opened after downloading such a program, it is recommended that you look for another source. Internet accelerators, computer scanners for errors and the like - usually all this is superfluous;

- Some anti-viruses block the Web. For example, the famous ESET NOD. It is recommended to update the database of the installed antivirus solution or completely change it.