Get Rid of SafeWeb Popup Virus from IE/Firefox/Chrome

What is SafeWeb?

SafeWeb is an unwanted program that sneaks into your PC when you install some freeware downloaded from unsafe resources. It disguises itself as a functional browser add-on that tracks your local weather and offers some other features. While, in fact, it is a kind of browser hijacker virus that is used by hackers to make money.

After installation, SafeWeb virus will quickly take control of your web browser and disable other browser plug-ins. The reason why it can do this is that this virus can alter browser settings and the registry entries. So, if you don’t fix the registry errors, you can’t restore the previous browser settings. Besides, when you do online searches, you will find that all your search results will be rerouted to SafeWeb’s official site or other irrelevant websites. You have to try couples of times to reach the expected domains.

Moreover, the infected PC will run slow and perform poorly, for SafeWeb virus displays many pop-up advertisements and introduces a lot of additional malware. What’s worse, SafeWeb also plays the role as a spy, which means it can spy on your surfing activities and steal data from the infected machine. That is to say, owing to SafeWeb virus, your privacy and important data will not be safe anymore.

To sum up, before SafeWeb adware causes more severe consequences, you need to take immediate action to get rid of it.

SafeWeb is really hazardous

a.       SafeWeb virus attacks your PC with many dangerous malware

b.      SafeWeb virus controls your web browsers once it is installed

c.       SafeWeb virus redirects your search results all the time

d.      SafeWeb virus will display tons of malicious ads and attracts your attentions

e.       SafeWeb virus forces you to download unwanted program onto your PC

The reason why your security tool cannot detect SafeWeb

It is very sure that some antivirus programs cannot detect all PC threats completely. And SafeWeb should be one of the threats that are hard to remove. Commonly, it uses root kit technology to hide deep inside the system and changes its location all the time. Thus, many security tools cannot find out its location exactly, not to mention to remove it. In such situation, you should get rid of SafeWeb manually. Please read the following guide and remove this browser hijacker quickly and efficiently.

Get Rid of SafeWeb Step by Step

Step1. Remove its program from the PC

Open the control panel>find add or remove programs>uninstall SafeWeb

Step2. Delete all add-ons about SafeWeb from the browsers

Google Chrome

Click “customize and control”>settings>basic options>use google.com as the homepage and make Google as your search engine at “Manage Search”

Internet Explore

Click Tools>select “Manage Add-ons”>”search providers”>set Yahoo or other reputable search engine as your default one>go to “search results”>remove its add-ons

Mozilla Firefox

Click “magnifier”icon>Manage Search Engine…”>select “search results”>click the removal button

Step3. Remove all files that are associated with SafeWeb

%AllUsersProfile%\SafeWeb Data\.exe

%ProgramFiles%\random.exe

Step4. Remove SafeWeb’s registry entries

Go to start menu>run>type regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\supWPM

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Wpm

Attention: the manual removal guide requires you to have some knowledge about computers. If you are an inexperienced computer user, you may operate mistakenly. Every wrong step will result in system programs. So you must be careful when remove SafeWeb virus.