How To Remove UScanWeb Hijacker From PC

UScanWeb: Complete Uninstall Process

UScanWeb is an application that doesn’t severely damage the computer systems, but rather affects users’ web browsing experience with annoying ads and unwanted redirects. It’s a browser hijacking app that modifies the browser’s homepage and new tab settings without asking for users’ approval, to redirect their searches to pre-defined websites. It is usually distributed via the software bundling technique along with other free applications and thus, often considered as a potentially unwanted program (PUP). Initially, it replaces the default search engine, homepage and new tab addresses with its own perilous URL and then starts monitoring victims’ online behavior and actions.

UScanWeb Tracks” Users” Web Activities:

UScanWeb uses various spying cookies to track users’ actions whatever they do online. It gathers various browser-related information such as IP addresses, geolocation, sites visited, data entered into them, links clicked, search queries typed and so on. The collected data is later on shared with commercial content creators and can be utilized for generating personalized advertisements. And hence, this nasty hijacker provides ads based on users’ interests. During the online sessions, you might be flooded with constant banners, pop-ups, deals, offers, discounts, coupons etc. that may easily gain your attention.

UScanWeb ads are designed to make pay-per-click revenues, so the more they are clicked, the more money falls straight into the developers’ pocket. However, adverts that this PUP displays might throw you onto potentially dangerous places on the Internet. This perilous hijacker promotes a fraudulent search engine, which is likely to provide paid results instead of organic ones. Some of the paid links can be hazardous and might take you to pages that contain, tech support scam, porn, malware, PUPs, push notification viruses, gambling and other spiteful material. So, we don’t recommend clicking them.

Typically, UScanWeb may lure you into misleading websites or sites that promote highly dangerous PC threats like ransomware or trojan. So, we strongly suggest you stay away from the dubious search engine promoted by this hijacker. All the malicious activities performed by this threat consume enormous amount of memory resources and drag down the overall PC performance severely. It may cause system slowdowns, browser crashes, hard drive failure, boot errors, application malfunctioning and other perilous issues. And thus, as soon as you notice these symptoms, you should immediately perform UScanWeb removal from the computer.

Ways To Propagate UScanWeb:

We have already mentioned that the software bundling technique is used in the distribution of this browser hijacker, and such programs usually cannot be installed without the user’s interaction. When people choose Quick or Recommended installation options after downloading a freeware from third-party site, they end up with infecting their PCs with potentially unwanted programs. Therefore, we suggest you be more careful when installing new applications on your PC.

The most important thing is to use Custom/Advanced settings for the installation process because then you will get access to the list of additional third-party software bundled with your download. You have to deselect all optional contents added to your preferred software and only then proceed to the next setup stage. This way, you can avoid browser hijacker, adware and other PUPs from intruding your computer and install only the one you wanted at the first. If your system is already infected with this threat, you must remove UScanWeb from the machine without wasting any time.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove UScanWeb:

Remove the related items of UScanWeb using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing UScanWeb issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (UScanWeb) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to UScanWeb removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to UScanWeb still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove UScanWeb plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in UScanWeb removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete UScanWeb (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.