Webget - How to remove

Webget is an adware designed by SuperWeb LLC. The owners of it state that this app is supposed to display website trust rating, associated content incorporating websites, permit discount coupons, comparison shopping and provide other beneficial capabilities in order to make user browsing experience better and as their slogan says “Get Tasks Done Faster with Webget!”. However, Webget is nothing more than an annoying adware. This browser add-on works perfectly with all most popular web browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.

It is listed as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) due to a lot of ads displayed to the users in all kinds of forms. If Webget is installed on your computer you may see banner, text-link, search, interstitial, transitional, and full page advertisements on your web browsers. Besides that, Webget also gathers users’ personal data like search queries, browsing history or IP address. The owners of this application aim to generate traffic to the third parties websites and collect sales leads in order to make money. That’s why your personal information can be transferred to the third parties in order to adjust ads and make them more engaging. We highly recommend you not to click on those ads as they can lead you to infected third parties websites.

Webget comes bundled with other free software that can be downloaded from the Internet. So if you do not want this adware to be installed on your PC, pay attention to the installation wizard of such software. Always opt out for a custom or advanced installation mode and learn what additional tools will be added because the latter may be an adware. In case your computer is already infected with Webget and you are tired of all those ads, use our removal guide in order to get rid of it for good.

Using Control Panel to remove the main Webget components and installers

1. Go to Control Panel. On Windows XP/Vista/7 open Start -> Control Panel , Add/Remove Programs or Uninstall . On Windows 8 enter Control Panel in the search box, then look for Uninstall a program. You may need to confirm that you are the administrator on this PC, in both cases.
2. Look for Webget and /or similar looking items on the list of programs. By default, I recommend removing Yontoo, WebCake, anything “savings” or “coupon” related. Scanning with Anti-Malware programs like Spyhunter or Stopzilla might give a good idea of what programs you should remove from there as well.
3. Close Control Panel.

Removing Webget from Internet Explorer

1. Press on the Wench icon->Manage Add-ons.
2. Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Webget and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
3. Close the Options.

Removing Webget from Firefox

1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Webget related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe probably you do not need it.
3. Optionally, reset Firefox: go to Firefox ->Help (Help in menu for OSX users) -> Troubleshooting Information. Then Reset Firefox.

Removing Webget from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Webget. If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
3. Restart Chrome.
4. Optionally, you can enter chrome://settings in URL bar, press Advanced settings, scroll to the bottom of the list and press Reset browser settings.

NOTE:

If you found an extension that can’t be removed from the browser, it has either to be removed from Control Panel or with antimalware programs (like Spyhunter, malwarebytes) or program uninstallers (like RevoUninstaller).

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