Wyyo.com virus - How to remove

Wyyo.com website was generated by developers that had a goal of concealing their identity from clients that would choose or be forced to utilize this unknown product for searching. Nevertheless, their creators are from United States of America and they updated this website about a month ago, around the 6th of June. Nevertheless, we have figured out that Corporation Service Company (CSC CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.) could be the developers that could be behind the Wyyo.com website. The company does specialize in domain management and its website is indicated as the referral URL for the investigated search platform.

Further investigation of this hijackware sample

In the Search Terms and Conditions document, it is explained that WYYO Search Desktop runs in the background of your computer so that it can always provide you with necessary functions, but it will not impact the performance of your computer. We found information that this application could modify browsers’ settings in an unauthorized manner. There are several tricks that applications can exploit to be delivered in secret, without the knowledge of a controller of an operating system.

Wyyo.com virus belongs to the group of browser hijackers that have vicious tendencies. They are mostly applied to users’ browsing applications like Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or basically any other tool that you can explore the World Wide Web with. Once a device gets tainted with a browser hijacker, home pages, default search providers and new tab pages all are replaced with unknown searching platforms that are capable of damaging and overburdening operating systems and disabling security measures to push a device into an even more vulnerable state.

Speaking of functionality of this search engine itself, we cannot present any good news. Every keyword that gets entered into search box delivers approximately 10 URLs that all look a little suspicious. The links that Wyyo.com virus injects into results to search queries won’t lead to respectable websites. We also noticed that the presented URLs were completely irrelevant to the entered queries. Knowing the fact that your searching process won’t be executed properly and the results will contain only sponsored material, you should begin to feel an urge to remove this questionable searching tool from your operating system as soon as possible.

By demonstrating sponsored outcomes to search queries, delivering pop-ups, banners and other type of online-ads, the creators of the investigated search platform increase revenues from pay-per-click schemes and web traffic statistics. We have also read a report from a user that explained to have suffered from constant redirection to Wyyo.com, to the point that it became impossible to enjoy browsing.

Removal and prevention of malware

There are two options to remove every trace of malware that initiated modifications in your system and assigned the unknown searching platform as your preferred website. It is important to scan your operating system and discover whether more malware samples have obtained the privilege to occupy space. Since rogue search engines sponsor even those websites that might be uploaded with malicious viruses, it is possible that more variant could have been able to enter.

For the purpose of finding sources of suspicious behavior, we recommend you to scan your OS with Spyhunter or Malwarebytes. These security tools will assist you in the removal of malware and will constantly inform you about possible threats. Instructions for a manual removal can be found at the end of this article.

One of the sources of malware could be all of the file-distributing services that do not examine the content before agreeing to accept and promote it. If you happen to randomly download files that proclaim to be legitimate, but are offered from other than their official sources, you should reconsider this decision.

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Manual removal of Wyyo.com virus

How to remove Wyyo.com virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Wyyo.com virus 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 Wyyo.com virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Wyyo.com virus 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 Wyyo.com virus from macOS

Delete Wyyo.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Wyyo.com virus 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 Wyyo.com virus 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 Wyyo.com virus, 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 Wyyo.com virus 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 Wyyo.com virus 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 Wyyo.com virus, 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 Wyyo.com virus 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 Wyyo.com virus, 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 Wyyo.com virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Wyyo.com virus 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 Wyyo.com virus, 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.