How to Remove Wyyo.com Hijacker

There are plenty of safe search engines out there. Wyyo.com isn’t one of them. This is a classic member of the nasty browser hijacker family. In other words, it’s a dangerous infection that causes you damage. In addition, it lies to your face and promises bogus functionalities. If you come across Wyyo.com on your machine, it is time to take action. Do not underestimate the hijacker’s malicious potential and do not ignore this program. After all, we’re talking about a virus. It was developed to serve hackers’ purposes only, not to be beneficial for you. That means you’ll be practically compromising both your safety and privacy by keeping it. What is the solution? Don’t keep the hijacker. Uninstall it as soon as possible. You definitely won’t regret it. Wyyo.com messes with your default browser settings. In addition, these modifications happen completely behind your back. Infections don’t really tend to take the victim’s opinion into consideration. Wyyo.com doesn’t do that either. It adds an extension to your browsers without any authorization. In addition, your search engine and homepage get altered too. The virus replaces them with its own highly questionable domain. You see, this way the parasite takes control over your browsers. You are now unable to surf the Web without having to deal with the hijacker. That’s what hackers are waiting for. Wyyo.com is supposed to provide you accurate, harmless web links. However, what it actually delivers are sponsored and unreliable links. Stay away from all of them. This program generates web traffic to some particular pages. Without a doubt, there are dangerous links currently on your PC screen. You can’t tell which is safe and which isn’t, though. The only way to know for sure is by clicking. Does that seem like a risk worth taking? It is not. You only need one click on the wrong link to download more infections so keep that in mind. None of the search results Wyyo.com displays is to be trusted. The virus also injects your browsers with equally unreliable pop-ups. You may stumble across commercials, product deals and offers, discounts, coupons. These advertisements may seem to be very attractive. However, they are misleading and could turn out to be corrupted. To prevent further damage, uninstall the Wyyo.com virus before it’s too late. The hijacker will get out of hand eventually unless you take measures.

How did I get infected with?

Nobody compromises their machines on purposes. That leads us to the logical conclusion  Wyyo.com relied on your distraction. Just like all programs, infections need to be properly installed before they get activated. Did you agree to download the hijacker? No? The most effective virus infiltration method is freeware bundling. It is both quick and stealthy. Thus, it allows parasites to get downloaded in silence. Needless to say, this is very dangerous. When installing bundled programs, always opt for the advanced or custom option. By doing so, you will successfully watch out for malware. If you do spot some pesky intruder, deselect it ASAP. That’s all it takes to protect your security. Otherwise, you will have to deal with the virus later on. Make the wiser choice and be cautious online. It is your responsibility and yours only to prevent virus installation. Check out the Terms and Conditions of what you download too. Same thing goes for the EULA (End User License Agreement). Instead of skipping installation steps, pay attention. You may accidentally accept some pesky term or condition if you don’t watch out for malware. Do not overlook the many infiltration techniques parasites apply.

Why is this dangerous?

Your browsing experience isn’t up to you anymore. It’s up to hackers. And it goes without saying that crooks don’t have to care for your safety. That is why your PC screen is covered with suspicious, fake, corrupted web links. To get rid of them, you must get rid of the hijacker.  Wyyo.com installs its browser extension and exposes you to threats. It also redirects you to unknown websites that may have nothing to do with your search queries. As mentioned, your everyday browsing activities are simply out of the picture. Hijackers boost web traffic. They do not provide a better browsing experience. Therefore, you must tackle the Wyyo.com virus instead of tolerating it. As if that wasn’t enough, Wyyo.com steals your private details. The virus collects browsing history and IP addresses and usernames and passwords. In addition, some personally identifiable data could get monitored too. That is how Wyyo.com causes financial scams or even identity theft. To delete it manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove Wyyo.com virus

The Wyyo.com infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Wyyo.com infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Wyyo.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Wyyo.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Wyyo.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Wyyo.com in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Wyyo.com startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Wyyo.com virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Wyyo.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Wyyo.com by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Wyyo.com

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Wyyo.com, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Wyyo.com argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Wyyo.com Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.