How to remove Webquizspot.com

Browser hijacked by Webquizspot.com: Is there any solution? [Malware Removal Method]

Threat Summary

Threat Name: Webquizspot.com, Webquizspot.com browser hijacker, Webquizspot.com adware

Threat Type: Adware, PUA, PUP, Browser Hijacker, Redirect virus

Affected browsers: Google Chrome, IE, Edge, Mozilla Firefox

Description: This dubious domain is able to hijack your main browser by modifying certain settings of your browser.

Distribution methods: Bundles of freeware or shareware, malicious ads or popups, suspicious hyperlinks

Motives of attackers: Aims to collect your browsing-related data or other sensitive information and shares these collected data to illegal ones.

Malware removal method: To remove Webquizspot.com adware or similar infections, we recommended you to scan your computer with powerful antivirus software.

How did PUAs, adware or malware install on computer?

By ignoring terms & conditions, skipping “Custom/Advanced/Manual” settings in setups of software package, you download/install all additional programs included in software package into your computer. PUAs or malware are distributed through download/installation setups of other software package as additional offers. If you choose “Recommended/Quick/Express” settings instead of choosing “Custom/Advanced/Manual” settings in software installation setups, then you allow them to install all additional programs including malicious additions into your device. On other hand, malicious advertisements or popups are designed to run certain scripts to download/install PUAs, adware or malware in your computer.

What is Webquizspot.com adware? What it does?

Webquizspot.com website is considered as browser hijacker and adware. This dubious domain operates by running malicious advertisements campaigns, modifying certain settings of your browser in order to promote addresses of some fake search engines, installing some fake BHO (Browser Helper Objects), and collecting your browsing-related data or other sensitive information. Like other browser hijackers, this dubious malware hijacks your main browser including Google Chrome, IE, Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and/or other browsers. It changes the default homepage, new tab URLs and search engine of your browser with unwanted domains.

Webquizspot.com shows “Show Notifications” or “Push Notifications” popups on its platform and ask you to click on “Allow” button, to access the content of website, download a file, watch a video, verify if you are not a robot, verify if you are 18+, and so on. Once allowed, they will start delivering malicious advertisements campaigns, making several unwanted changes in your browser’s settings and/or Operating System’s settings without your knowledge. It can block/prevent you from accessing these changes means you can’t undo the modifications made.

Webquizspot.com affects your online experience or degrades the overall performance of your internet browsing activities by spreading huge amount of ads or popups on browser. These malicious ads or popups are designed to run certain scripts to download/install PUAs or malware in machine while some malicious advertisements open other shady/scam WebPages. Its main motive is to collect your some information such as IP address, URLs search, username & password of your various accounts, age, address or geolocation, email ID, banking information and more details. To prevent your System from further malware attacks, it is important to remove Webquizspot.com adware from System as soon as possible.

Prevention tips: How to protect System against malware or viruses?

It is strongly recommended not to download/install any applications from unofficial/unknown sources, peer-to-peer file sharing networks, fake software updaters, installers and downloaders, other third parties’ sources. You should always try to download/install any applications from official websites or through direct links. During software installation, you should always untick all the unnecessary programs you don’t want to install, in “Custom/Advanced/Manual” settings in setups of software package. Be careful while surfing online and avoid clicking any hyperlinks/buttons, ads or popups appeared on untrustworthy websites. To protect your System against malware or viruses, you should keep up-to-date your antivirus/security software and scan the PC for malware or viruses regularly.

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 Webquizspot.com:

Remove the related items of Webquizspot.com 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 Webquizspot.com 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 (Webquizspot.com) 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 Webquizspot.com 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 Webquizspot.com 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 Webquizspot.com 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 Webquizspot.com 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 Webquizspot.com (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.