Remove Adware:Win32/WhenU from PC

Proper methods to delete Adware:Win32/WhenU

Adware:Win32/WhenU is a fake advertisement displayed by malicious infected or third parties websites domain. By the security expert, it has been detected as adware or potentially unwanted program. According to them, it is very devastating malware program that gets enter into your PC from various methods of bundling and does malicious harmful infection in your computer.

Technically, it is not a virus but it does exhibit plenty of malicious traits such as rootkit capabilities to hide deep into the operating system, browser hijacking and in general just interfering with the user experience. Moreover, Adware:Win32/WhenU infection is used to boost advertising revenue as in the use of blackhat SEO, to inflate a site’s page raking in search results.

The main function of adware is to display intrusive advertisements. They intrude and soon start delivering adverts on the browser screen in the form of pop-ups, banners, surveys and in-text ads that diminish the web browsing quality. When clicking, such ads redirect users to unreliable pages where third party programmers try to trick users into downloading and installing their bogus apps.

Some of the ads might run malicious scripts to download malware. Furthermore, the adware can track user’s web browsing session and collect data relating to their browsing habits like IP addresses, URLs visited etc. These details could be shared to potent cyber criminals who misuse them to generate illicit revenue. Thus, data tracking software can results into online privacy, browsing safety and even identity theft.

How Adware:Win32/WhenU infiltrate?

Adware:Win32/WhenU has however, a main websites. The users unfortunately download it while surfing internet. But in most of the cases it is intruded by the cyber criminals. They use various tricks for their malware intrusion. In one of such tricks, this potentially unwanted program is also bundled with the custom installer on many download sites, so if you have download software from these websites then chances are that Adware:Win32/WhenU was installed during the software setup process. There are several more tricks used by them for their malware intrusion like porn sites, spam email campaign, pirated software, illegal patches, free online games or any other suspicious links/sites. The malware intrusion can be encountered however, if the users start selecting an official site, following step by step installation processes, ensures themselves secure before clicking on any further steps.

How to prevent intruding unwanted apps?

It is very much important to research about products/content before downloading or installing it. Always rely on official websites and direct download links for any software download. Third party downloader’s/installers, unofficial pages and other similar channels should not be used as such tools commonly used to offer harmful content. Before installing any program, carefully examine each step using custom/advanced and opt out all additionally attached apps and dismiss all offers to download or install them. Additionally, it is not safe to click on adverts that appear on unreliable pages such as gambling, adult-dating and so on, as those ads often redirect users to other dubious sites or even cause unwanted downloads/installations.

Remove Adware:Win32/WhenU

Manual malware removal threat might be lengthy and complicated as it requires advanced computer skills to perform virus removal process. It also takes lots of time to detect and delete this nasty threat. So, in order to remove Adware:Win32/WhenU, you are advised to use some reliable antivirus removal tool that has the capability to eliminate all infiltrated adware completely from the system.

Quick Glance

Name: Adware:Win32/WhenU

Type: Redirect, Adware, Malicious Domain

Short Description: Able to hijack your main browser and redirect your searches on unknown sites constantly.

Symptoms: Seeing advertisements not originating from the sites you are browsing. Intrusive pop-up ads. Decreased Internet browsing speed.

Distribution Method: bundles of free software programs, suspicious websites, spam emails, unsafe file sharing networks like torrent clients, eMule etc and many more.

Damage: slow down computer performance, loss of private information, browser tracking (possibly privacy issues) and redirect to dubious websites.  

Removal: Both manual as well as automatic removal instructions have been described below under this post.

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 Adware:Win32/WhenU:

Remove the related items of Adware:Win32/WhenU 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 Adware:Win32/WhenU 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 (Adware:Win32/WhenU) 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 Adware:Win32/WhenU 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 Adware:Win32/WhenU 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 Adware:Win32/WhenU 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 Adware:Win32/WhenU 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 Adware:Win32/WhenU (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.

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