WebmailWorld - How to remove

WebmailWorld advertises itself as a useful and practical web browser extension that can improve your online experience. But, unfortunately, WebmailWorld is just another clone browser hijacker that only serves as a marketing platform, your ad clicks making money to WebmailWorld creators.

WebmailWorld can be considered to be a PUP — potentially unwanted program. This means that, though it is not a virus, it can be harmful in the long run by, for example, compromising your privacy. It can often be found on people’s computers together with Ask — another search engine that seeks to show people ads.

The WebmailWorld installation is already suspicious

WebmailWorld targets Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer users.

It advertises itself with words like “Login To Your Email Faster and get direct access to free web search on your new tab page”. This is dubious, as web search is already free, and the home page of WebmailWorld simply links to a few of the most popular email services — hardy worth installing a whole plugin for.

On Chrome, Immediately as you’re done installing WebmailWorld, you’re prompted to install Ask. It’s even made to look like you’re continuing an ongoing process. It is unusual, deceptive, and makes me only more suspicious of the developers of WebmailWorld. Many people won’t notice that this is a new extension, the “START DOWNLOAD” button is big and bright, and the “No thanks” button is tiny and grey.

And if you read the permissions that Ask and WebmailWorld ask for, it’s no wonder why they are considered to be browser hijackers:

• • Read and change all your data on the websites you visit
  • Read and change your browsing history
  • Display notifications
  • Change your search settings to: search.tb.ask.com
  • Manage your downloads
  • Manage your apps, extensions, and themes

This is a tremendous amount of control over your browser, all for a new, low-quality home page. Extensions similar to WebmailWorld use these permissions to sometimes direct users to affiliated sites and to make using another search engine more inconvenient.

What does WebmailWorld do?

Apps like WebmailWorld collect information on their users so that it can be used to deliver you personalised advertisements.

Indeed, the results on MyWay search engine (the one that WebmailWorld uses) are mixed with a ridiculous number of stealthy ads. I counted 9 ads for 10 results (if you manage to see the tiny “ad” label). Other search engines show ads in search results, too, but there they are far fewer and actually clearly labeled.

Ultimately, WebmailWorld is adware. It just wants you to click on as many ads as possible and is not giving you a good service in return. This can even be dangerous, as your personal information (email address, demographic info, interests and browsing preferences) being shared with advertisers increases the risk that it will be leaked to cybercriminals who can use it to perform targeted phishing attacks. In worst cases these attacks can end up in your bank account being broken into.

Oh, and on Internet Explorer, the Uninstall link actually doesn’t work, so if you want to uninstall WebmailWorld, you need to figure out yourself how to remove the addon (there is a guide below this article). And on top of everything, the clock on the WebmailWorld homepage doesn’t even show the correct time — It’s late by 8 whole minutes!

How to avoid installing PUPs?

Before installing an extension, program, or application — whether on your browser, computer, or phone — research it, read what other people think about it. You are inviting a piece of software to the same device which you use to do banking operations, online purchases, and where you probably keep some personal information. The software needs to be reputable and trustworthy.

Install things carefully so that malware and bloatware doesn’t slip by without you noticing. Bundling is a popular method of distribution for unethical software. Some freeware installers hide additional programs — ones that you didn’t ask for — in custom options, which not everyone reads. Extensions like WebmailWorld bundle other extensions by deceptively formatting the installation, so it’s safer to install addons from your browser’s official store.

How to remove WebmailWorld

If you added WebmailWorld to Internet Explorer, you will need to remove it using Control Panel. Otherwise, you can do it through browser settings. Not just remove the extensions (plural because it is likely that more than one hijacker is installed), but also notification permissions.

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How to remove WebmailWorld using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like WebmailWorld install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to WebmailWorld . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make WebmailWorld easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove WebmailWorld from macOS

Delete WebmailWorld from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the WebmailWorld app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove WebmailWorld from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to WebmailWorld, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove WebmailWorld from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything WebmailWorld 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 then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to WebmailWorld, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove WebmailWorld from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to WebmailWorld, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove WebmailWorld from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall WebmailWorld and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to WebmailWorld, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.