Steps To Remove Web Companion From Your Computer

What is Web Companion?

Web Companion is an ad program that brings computer users bunch of advertisements. Like other commonly seen adware, such as Ads by BigDeal and Ads by CrazyDeal, its existence is for promoting its sponsored products and placing them on the ad-pop-ups for luring users to click on the commercials and commit purchases. However, the links that the ads lead to is on some suspicious and potential dangerous website. Such website has malware attached on, and without if not alert enough, you may get your computer infected with more than one other malware.
Aside from that, when Web Companion is running and displaying ads, it takes up too much CPU space and forces other programs to pause. Also, the whole system gets slow due to the same factor.
This adware Web Companion will install itself onto the browser as an extension. But you can’t eliminate it simply by disabling Web Companion. Even if you try to uninstall the infected browser then reinstall it, the ads will come back the next the computer starts.
How to avoid being infected with Web Companion?
In short, adware mainly spreads through malicious websites, either as a bundled extension of another software or a fake program under the mask of a famous software company. As long as you stay away from suspicious and obviously malicious websites, the chance of your computer being infected with malware will greatly reduce.
Still, it is better to know the potential threats first before it turns into a real nasty problem and messes up your computer.

How Web Companion Gets Into Your Computer?

1.Visit unsafe websites such as porn websites and gambling websites. 2.Click on suspicious links or ad pop-ups which may take you to malicious websites. 3.Download game applications, video files, audio files and other free software from trustless resources. 4.Download sharing files from the peer to peer network. 5.Install infected removable storage devices on your computer. 6.You don’ t update the antivirus program and other software regularly. Here are two effective methods to get rid of Web Companion permanently from your system, follow the steps to get rid of Web Companion right now.

Method 1: Manual Removal Guides:

1.Reboot the PC and keep pressing F8 key on the keyboard upon PC startup but before logging in. Hit the arrow keys to choose "Safe Mode with Networking" option, and then tap Enter key to enter Safe Mode with Networking.

2.Find Ctrl, Alt, and Delete these 3 keys and then press them together to open task manager to end the process related to this Trojan, the name of the process of it is random.

3.Try to find Folder Options in Control Panel, select the View tab, and then tick Show hidden files and folders and non-tick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) and then click OK.

4.Open Registry entries. Search malicious files and registry entries related to Web Companion and then remove all of them.

5. Delete all add-ons related to Web Companion from the browsers

Google Chrome Click on wrench icon-> locate Tools-> click on Extensions-> click on the bin icon or uncheck the items related to Web Companion.

Internet Explorer Click Tools>select "Manage Add-ons">"search providers">set Yahoo or other reputable search engine as your default one>go to "search results">remove its add-ons

Mozilla Firefox

Click on Firefox button-> click on Add-ons-> search for all the extensions of Web Companion from the list-> click on the Remove button on each line.

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Method 2: Automatically get rid of Web Companion with Spyhunter. (Download Removal Tool Now) SpyHunter can detect, remove and block spyware, rootkits, adware, keyloggers, cookies, trojans, worms and other types of malware. You could follow the virus removal guides below to clean up threats.

1)Download SpyHunter directly.(Free Download Now)

2)Click “Malware Scan” button to have a full or quick scan on your PC after you properly install SpyHunter.

3)Select the detected malicious files after your scanning.

4)Click “Remove” button on the right side to remove all threats.

In summary

Web Companion is a nasty Trojan virus that can mess up the computer badly and cannot be removed completely by antivirus programs. It makes your computer perform slowly and implants other high-risk viruses into the computer. It gathers your contacts' email addresses and sends spam email with attachments containing viruses to them in your name. Besides, it enables cyber criminals to collect your privacy. Your confidential information including bank account details may be stolen for profitable use. Therefore, it is a serious threat and shall be removed as soon as possible.