Womatonsha Pop-up Ads Removal

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The appearance of the Womatonsha pop-ups is a bad sign. Your device is no longer infection-free. Somewhere in the corners of your OS, the Womatonsha adware lurks and causes issues. The sneaky invader is an aggressive ad-generating invader. It follows programming to corrupt your web browsers and to turn them into ad-displaying slaves. The adware injects various in-text and banner ads on every website you visit. You would notice that even web pages that used to be ad-free get heavy on coupons and discounts. No ad blocking app is powerful enough to stop the ad invasion. Pop-ups and notifications appear every time you so much as touch your browser. Questionable websites load in new tabs and windows. Even your videos get paused for commercial breaks. That’s the nature of the parasite. The Womatonsha adware is a complete and utter menace. It uses every opportunity to interrupt you with an advert of some kind. The more ads you see, the bigger the chance you click on one. And when you do, the adware gets paid. That’s right! The parasite ruins your browsing experience for profit. This menace is created with only one goal: to generate revenue for its publishers. Your comfort and well-being are not part of the deal. Do not put up with this parasite. It has no filters nor security mechanisms. The adware is very likely to display deceptive, inappropriate, and potentially dangerous content. Spare yourself many future headaches. Remove this parasite before it gets you in serious trouble.

How did I get infected with?

The Womatonsha pop-up ads appear by courtesy of adware. As for the parasite, it sneaks into your device through deception. The thing about this invader is that it is not a virus. It cannot hack your computer. The adware is an application. To get installed, it needs your (the user’s) approval. No permission, no admission. That’s the rule. The adware is bound to seek your consent. And it does. It always asks. But it does so in the sneakiest way possible. The parasite hides in the fine print. It lurks behind software bundles, torrents, and fake updates. Its tricks, however, cannot succeed if you keep your guard up! Your actions can prevent infections. Even a little extra attention can spare you an avalanche of problems. Do not visit shady websites. Download software from reliable sources only. And don’t skip installation steps. Take the time to do your due diligence! If available, use the advanced/custom setup option. Read the terms and conditions before you agree to them. If you cannot spare enough time to go through the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Opt out of the installation if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

The Womatonsha adware has no place on your system. This parasite is intrusive, menacing, and quite dangerous. Do not underestimate the situation. The adware is not a mere annoyance. This parasite opens your browser to surveillance and targeted ads. The Womatonsha menace spies on you from the moment it invades. And as if that’s not enough, but it also uses the gathered data to turn you into an easy target. That’s right! The adware monitors and analyzes your every online activity. What websites you visit, what links you follow, what videos you watch. Even the Incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. The adware knows everything. And when it deems it has enough information, it uploads it to a remote server. Anyone willing to pay can access the data there. Numerous crooks do! They use the adware and its resources to target potential victims. The crooks flood your browser with deceptive ads. They show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. Do not test your luck. Take action against the Womatonsha adware. Find where this parasite lurks and delete it upon detection. The sooner you clean our system, the better!

How to Remove Womatonsha virus

The Womatonsha 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 Womatonsha 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.

STEP 1: Track down Womatonsha in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Womatonsha startup location

STEP 3: Delete Womatonsha traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Womatonsha 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 Womatonsha 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 Womatonsha 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 Womatonsha traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Womatonsha 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 Womatonsha

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 Womatonsha, 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 Womatonsha 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 Womatonsha 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.