WebTouch - How to remove

WebTouch ads may show up on your web browser if your computer is infected with this adware. It can be added to all most popular web browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. By definition, WebTouch should enhance your browsing experience by providing you with various deals and coupons and save both your time and money this way. However, it will not enhance your web browsing in any way.

Update of WebTouch ads

WebTouch Windows smart Web platform adware (Meaning of adware) virus had been threatening people for quite some time, but it first caught our attention in 2014. In 2017, its activity is expected to have significantly reduced to the point that barely any people should become compromised by this infection. However, even old programs could be distributed in packages of freeware (Free downloads can be dangerous). Therefore, be careful not to download a potentially unwanted tool like WebTouch malware.

Back in its active years, this adware parasite might have commenced similar activities that the recent ad-based tools do. For instance, its activity might have resembled Clean My Chrome or Tabs2Grid. Furthermore, it might have displayed annoying messages like Go.mobifoth.com pop-up. They would have been witnessed overtime browsers were in action. In other cases, parasite might have presented users with fraudulent notifications like “Outdated Browser Detected” pop-up which was actually also popular in 2014.

In the latter year, such scams like “Java required” message were more convincing than they are now. This is because a number of security researchers warn people about the possibility of being introduced to online ads, secretively transmitting malware (What is malvertising?). We hope that you have not and will not have to suffer inconveniences of an adware parasite.

Disturbing activity of WebTouch parasite

Instead of valuable offers, you will get loads of ads in various forms, including sponsored links, coupons, deals and banner ads, “pop-unders” or interstitial ads. It is not so difficult to notice that your computer is infected with WebTouch adware because all ads delivered by this program is labeled with a slogan “WebTouch Ads”, “WebTouch Deals”, “Powered by WebTouch” or “Brought by WebTouch”. Furthermore, this app will gather your personal information (Protection of personally-identifiable info), such as browsing history, search queries or top visited sites. This data will be used to adjust ads and make them more attractive to you.

As most adware, WebTouch is distributed bundled with other free software. That being said, in order to avoid this application, you need to pay attention to installation process of free software that can be found on the Internet. Do not skip any steps and read all terms and conditions. If possible, opt out for a custom or advanced install mode.

If you see that some software that you are not aware of is being installed alongside – do not allow it, as it can be an adware. If your computer is already infected and you want to get rid of all those tiring ads, scan your PC with an anti-malware program like Spyhunter or malwarebytes and it will solve problems automatically. In case you prefer to perform this manually, just use our step-by-step WebTouch removal guide.

Using Control Panel to remove the main WebTouch 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 WebTouch 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 WebTouch from Internet Explorer

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

Removing WebTouch from Firefox

1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything WebTouch 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 WebTouch from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to WebTouch. 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.

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