A grumble from the victim of Websearch.calcitapp.info :
I have a virus or something on google chrome. Sometimes I click on something and a popup comes up, sometimes words are green and when I hover over them an ad pops up. Everything says ads by Websearch.calcitapp.info or offersbycontext. I have uninstalled all bad programs from add or remove programs, I have removed all extensions from google chrome and internet explorer, I have reset chrome settings and deleted all history, cookies... I have tried using Adw cleaner and malwarebytes anti malware and microsoft security essentials. I have updated chrome. I dont know what to do. Someone help. I have windows 7.Websearch.calcitapp.info is an Adware.
Websearch.calcitapp.info is an adware that is created as an advertisement planter. It targets at browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Once it is installed, it plants ads on every webpage you open and underlines some words on the webpage. The ads from Websearch.calcitapp.info generate advertising hyperlinks.It is you who installed Websearch.calcitapp.info.
Typically, Websearch.calcitapp.info gets on your computer as a bundled component of your wanted freeware or shareware from the internet. When you are downloading and installing your desired freeware, you also download and install Websearch.calcitapp.info in the background. You wouldn’t know that it was you who downloaded and installed Websearch.calcitapp.info in the background accidently.Threats from Websearch.calcitapp.info
1. Websearch.calcitapp.info can’t be removed by your existing antivirus program, acting like an immortal pest.2. Websearch.calcitapp.info steals your confidential information like credit card details and some account log in details.
3. Websearch.calcitapp.info collects your browsing history and use the information to deliver more and more related ads.
4. Websearch.calcitapp.info may install backdoors and make your computer vulnerable for the additional malware like trojan, spyware and ransomware.
Websearch.calcitapp.info removal instruction :
Solution 1: Remove Websearch.calcitapp.info Manually
1. End all the running processes of Websearch.calcitapp.info Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.
Stop all the malicious running processes.
2. Remove malicious add-on and extensions from your web browsers. Internet Explorer: (1). Click Start, type: Manage browser add-on.
(2). Hit Enter on your keyboard
(3). Click Manage add-on and disable all the suspicious add-on.
Firefox: (1). Click the Firefox menu and click Add-on
(2). Click Extensions, select the related browser add-on and click Disable. Google Chrome:
(1). Click the Customize and Control menu button →Tools→ click Extensions
3. Disable any suspicious startup items that are made by this computer virus Windows Vista or Windows7: click start menu→type msconfig in the search bar → open System Configuration →Disable all possible startup items generated.
4. Clean cookies Internet Explorer: Tools → Internet Options →the General tab, Delete the Cookies button can be directly seen in IE6, IE7 is to click the Delete Browsing History button then tick Cookies and click Delete. Firefox: Tools → Options → Privacy → Remove Individual Cookies → Delete corresponding cookies in the cookies showing box. Opera: Tools → Preferences → Advanced → Cookies →Delete corresponding cookies in Management Cookies.
5. Show all hidden files and clean all the malicious files about Websearch.calcitapp.info (1).Click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it.
(2).In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).
(3). Clean all the malicious files about this infection as below.
%AllUsersProfile%\{random.exe\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random
6. Delete malicious registry entries related to Websearch.calcitapp.info.
Open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )
Delete all the vicious registries as below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run\random.exe"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\random HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run \Regedit32 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “CertificateRevocation” = 0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 1 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\random
Solution 2: Remove Websearch.calcitapp.info automatically (with SpyHunter)
Step A. Download removal tool SpyHunter1) Click here or the icon below to download SpyHunter automatically.
2) Follow the instructions to install SpyHunter
Step B. Run SpyHunter to block Websearch.calcitapp.info
Run SpyHunter and click "Malware Scan" button to scan your computer, after detect this unwanted program, clean up relevant files and entries completely.
Step C. Restart your computer to take effect