Wild West is the given name of an adware, one that counts on people being distracted so it can enter their computers. It has only two real goals, to show as much ads as possible and to track down your every move online.
Wild West’s ads can be shown in pop-ups, banners, fake ads on Google, or highlighted links on green or blue inserted directly among the visited websites text. It’s pretty easy to identify these ads because they are shown with the tag: Ads by Wild West or Powered by Wild West.
Wild West is mostly installed along with some other free software whose setup program has been modified by a download platform (download.com, soft32.com, softonic.com, etc… ). These download platforms do this changes to the setup program in order to win money by offering this “tools” that are “100% clean” according to them. This is how we end up infected by some adware. You can always avoid this kind of issue by paying full attention to every step of the install process so you can reject anything optional offered with the software you wanted in the first place.
If you go to Wild West so called “official” website, it’s not likely that you’ll get infected, it’s not possible to download it there, even though there is a download button. This website is online just to make public their terms and conditions, in this way Wild West remains withing legal restrictions.
You should know that Wild West is detected as suspicious by 17 security software.
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How to remove Wild West ?
Remove Wild West with AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner is a useful tool designed to remove unwanted toolbars, browser hijackers, redirects and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Opera. AdwCleaner will require no installation and can be ran in a instant to examine your system.
- Please download AdwCleaner by Xplode and save to your Desktop :
Download AdwCleaner - Double-click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool (Windows Vista/7/8 users : right-click and select Run As Administrator).
- Click on the Scan button.
- After the scan has finished, click on the Clean button..
- Press OK again to allow AdwCleaner to restart the computer and complete the removal process.
Remove Wild West with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is an important security program for any computer user to have installed on their computer. It is light-weight, fast, and best of all, excellent at removing the latest infections like Wild West.
- Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection) - Double-click mbam-setup-consumer.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for Wild West.
- When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
- Reboot your computer if prompted.
Reset your browser (if necessary)
If after following the above steps Wild West is still present on your computer, you can reset your browser by following the instructions below.
- Open Chrome.
- Click on the three stripes button in the right top corner.
- Select Settings.
- Scroll down to the end of the page, search for Show advanced settings.
- Scroll down once again to the end of the page and click Reset browser settings button.
- Click Reset once more.
- Open Firefox
- Go to the orange Firefox button in the top left.
- Go over to the Help sub-menu, then select Troubleshooting Information.
- Click the Repair Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the page.
- Mozilla Firefox will automatically restart.
- Download ResetBrowser :
Download ResetBrowser - Download the tool, save it on your desktop and double-click on it.
- Read the disclaimer and press the Ok button.
- Click the Reset Chrome button and wait.
- Once the process is finished, click onOpen Chrome Wild West should now be deleted from Firefox.
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