WebBooster - How to remove

WebBooster is a browser hijacker that can affect Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The program adds a toolbar to your browser that has several features, such as quick links to your email, Youtube and some instant messaging programs, like Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, etc. The toolbar is added without a user’s authorization and most of the users don’t find these changes very pleasant. Moreover, WebBooster usually changes your homepage and search engine to search.iminent.com.

This search tool advertises tons of sponsored websites. If you make a search using it, you will see that despite of your search keywords, you will be provided with the same sponsored pages in your search results. Beware that some of these websites can be compromised and if you click on them you can even get your system infected. Others are most likely related to the third parties where you can be convinced to purchase something. WebBooster may also use browser cookies and track your browsing history. This information can be shared with other third parties and they can use it to generate personalized ads as well as involve you into other marketing related projects.

If your homepage or search provider was replaced with search.iminent.com or you have noticed other signs of WebBooster presence in your system, you should get rid of it immediately.  At first, go to Control Panel, Add/Remove programs list and uninstall anything related to WebBooster or Iminent from there. Some versions of this hijacker install software that blocks browser settings from changing. To identify them, scanning with Spyhunter or other reputable antispyware tool might be useful. Then you can uninstall the extensions and reset settings in your browsers.

How to remove WebBooster  from Internet Explorer (older versions):

1. Click on the arrow on the right of the search box;
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, on IE7 click on Change search defaults;
3. Remove WebBooster or anything Iminent related from the list.

How to remove WebBooster from IE 11:

1. Click on the Settings icon (top right)->Manage Addons;
2. Select Search Providers;
3. Change the default search engine to Bing or Google;
4. If any of these search providers is not available, follow “Find more search providers” in the bottom of the screen and install Google.

How to remove WebBooster from Firefox:

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page;
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click and reset it;
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it and reset it;
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it and reset it;
5. Type “browser.startup.homepage” in the search box. Right click it and reset;
6. Search for “browser.newtab.url”. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on every new tab;
7. If the settings revert and scan with anti-malware programs are clean: close Firefox, open file explorer and enter %AppData% in the address bar. Enter user.js in the search box. If this file exists, rename it and start Firefox again. You will have to repeat the steps above.

How to remove WebBooster from Google Chrome:

1. Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on the browser toolbar;
2. Select Settings;
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines;
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from the list;
5. Go back to Settings. On Startup choose ‘Open blank page’ (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too);
6. If your New Tab page is hijacked, you will have to scan with anti-malware program or use New Tab Redirect extension from Chrome Store.

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