How to Remove Word Surfer Adware

What Is Word Surfer?

Word Surfer is classified as adware that performs a number of dubious actions and affects the web browsers and change the browser settings. Ads from this threat often pop up fully on the browser and it’s not easy for you to deal with it. Most of time, it enters your machine by coming bundled with the free applications that you have downloaded from the Internet.

Although Word Surfer may not be considered as a malicious program, it’s able to bring in lots of attachments that come from hackers. When staying on your computer, it will take control over your browsers by modifying the settings and keep showing a number of commercial ads almost on every page you visit. This adware will also monitor your online activities in order to pop up more ads based on your interests or habits. If you find any traces of this virus, you should be cautions and take urgent actions to have it removed completely.

How Did You Get the Word Surfer Adware?

Usually PC users will get this adware infection while downloading and installing infected programs. Any of those additional programs can bring about the annoying pop-up ads. You will also get infected by this adware when the time you install the wanted program, but the once thing you do not know is, the wanted program you are downloading has been infected by Word Surfer adware and you just choose to ignore the installation process. No matter what you click on them by chance, it will automatically get installed on your computer. Once It is installed to the computer, all the browsers can be infected including IE, FF, or Chrome which makes it hard to be removed.

How Can You Remove Word Surfer Completely?

To make sure your computer is clean we suggest you remove any malicious program that has installed on your machine. Whenever you are online, your screen will pop up numerous coupons, sponsored links, ads and other unknown websites. This post will also provide a fully protection to help you remove this adware and avoid further damage.

Step 1: Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys together to bring up Windows Task Manager and stop Word Surfer related processes there.

Step 2: Remove the adware related programs.

Windows Vista/7:
Click the Start Orb and click Control Panel.
Make sure you are in the category view in control panel (indicated in the top right hand corner).
Click Uninstall a Program under the Programs heading.
Search for the adware related programs, click Uninstall from the options at the top of the list.

Windows XP:
Click the Start menu and click Control Panel.
Click Switch to Category View, if you are not already in this view.
Click Add or Remove Programs.
Select the adware related programs , and click Change /Remove or Remove.

Windows 8:
Press Windows key + R.
Type “control panel” in the box shown and hit Enter.
Go to Uninstall a Program.
Look for the adware related programs , and click Uninstall.

Step 3: In the C drive, find out and delete all adware associated files.

Step 4: Press Windows+ R keys and type "regedit" into the Run box. When the registry editor is opened, search for and delete the adware associated entries completely.

Step 5. Remove all add-ons and extensions.

Internet Explorer
1. Click Tools > Manage add-ons.
2. Under “Toolbars and Extensions”, search for Word Surfer adware related add-ons. Highlight them, and disable them.

Google Chrome
1. Click the 3 bar options icon or wrench icon and navigate to Tools >Extensions.
2. Search for the adware related extensions and remove them all.

Mozilla Firefox
1. Click Tools > Add-ons (Ctrl+Shift+A).
2. Under “Plugins”, search for the adware related add-ons. Disable or remove them. You may also search for other unwanted add-ons under “Extensions”.


The threat is a so terrible program that it tends to bring in nasty problems to the computer. Hence, just follow the guide given above to remove this nuisance from your computer without any hesitation. Moreover, do not forget to level up your computer defense to prevent infections.

Tips to Prevent Your Computer From Being Infected Again

1. Install a professional malware removal tool. A real-time and effective anti-malware program is first needed if you want to protect your computer. There are lots of malware removal tools for you, which are just offered to try and test. An trusted security program can scan your computer files as well as clearing your browsers and then make your computer be away from threats.

2.keep your software update. Updates for software are immediately offered by its developers once it’s needed. Instant updates can help your computer not only become more functional but also keep getting rid of any malicious infections. You’d better download software from official websites.

3. Maximize the security level of your web browsers. Different browsers have different features that you can set them according to your habits. It is highly recommended that you maximize the setup to tighten the security of your browser.

4. Be cautious when surfing the Internet. A variety of nasty programs, especially fraud and malware, are popular on the Internet. There are many unidentified links which can be delivered through email attachment, suspicious pages and third party programs as well. It might bring you to unsafe sites that would be harmful to your computer. Keep away from those suspicious websites that display free services or freeware downloads.