How to Easily Remove Wajam?

Is your computer receiving many ads, deals, coupons, banners from Wajam? Are you annoyed by those unsolicited pop-ups and want to get rid of them completely? Have you tried using a pop-up blocker, but only sadly to find that the pop-ups keep appearing? How can you effectively stop the Wajam pop-ups? Actually, you have to thoroughly remove the Wajam adware which is the root cause of the pop-ups. Don't know how to do that? Please continue reading.

Wajam Narration

Wajam is not a reliable website; instead, it is a deceptive site created to mislead you into installing the fake update software on your PC. The reason why you always receive this website pop-up is that your computer has been infected by a piece of adware which supports this website. Typically, this adware gets into your PC when you download and install some free software from the Internet. It may also slip into your computer when you open spam email attachments or click on suspicious links. When installed on your computer, it will modify your web browser settings without any permission, which allows the website "Wajam" to pop up on your web browsers continuously. Accordingly, you'd better remove Wajam virus without any delay.

INFECTED SYMPTOMS:

Your personal data like bank account and passwords would be in high risk of exposure to the open.
Wajam allows remote access to compromise your computer by changing your PC system settings, registry settings and files to capture and steal your personal privacy data without any permission.
Wajam may steal your privacy information and compromise your security.
Wajam will shut down your computer and restart it without your permission, it can do lots of malicious things on an infected computer.
Wajam can replicate via the network easily.

How did you get infected with?

Wajam is a master of disguise as it has to be if it's to gain access to your system. The application is bound to seek your approval for its installation. If it fails to get it, it cannot enter. That's why the tool resorts to deception and finesse to fool you into agreeing to install it while keeping you oblivious that you did. More often than not it uses freeware or spam email attachments as a shield to hide behind and sneak in undetected. The application can also hitch a ride with corrupted links or sites, or pretend to be a bogus update, like Java or Adobe Flash Player. Do you see the pattern? Wajam relies on your distraction, haste, and naivety. It slips right through the cracks and then proceeds to make a mess. Maybe if you're a bit more careful and don't rush, you'll manage to avoid accidentally letting in this malevolent tool. Don't throw caution to the wind, and you won't be forced to deal with Wajam and its ever-growing pile of daily messes.

Tips: If you are a novice user, it is better for you to adopt the automatic removal method. The manual removal is cumbersome and risky. If you make any mistakes during the removal process, it would bring unexpected damage to your computer system.

Guide to Remove Adware Pop-up Alert Manually

Step-by-step manual removal guide:

*Special hints: Below are some general steps on how to get rid of Wajam virus pop up manually. But as mentioned before, the virus files and locations can change from time to time in order to hide itself deep inside the system. If you are having troubles identifying the files to delete, look closely and pay attention to those similar system files with different paths. This Trojan horse is capable of renaming its files quite similarly with system files. Confusing letters or digits like "1" and "I", "0" and "o" may be used.

1. Windows Task Manager.

Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC; or pull up Run box from Start menu to type in taskmgr

Click on Processes tab

End process of items related to the Trojan virus

Or

Click on Applications tab

Right click on the items you want to End

Go To Process

End Processes

2. Delete virus files and registries from system.

Click on Start button

Control Panel

Search for "folder options" on top right corner

Click on View tab

Show hidden files, folders, and drives

C:\Users\user name\AppData\local\temp\-

C:\Users\user name\appdata\local\-\cache\random.exe.

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\-

Friendly Advice

It is not recommended to manually remove the adware, if you don't possess sufficient computer skills and experience. This is because that any wrong operation would lead to serious system damage. A wiser choice is to download and run a professional malware removal tool to perform a complete and safe removal of Wajam. The removal tool will not only thoroughly remove the nasty adware, but also provide real-time protection against malware from the online world.