Wow.utop.it virus - How to remove

Wow.utop.it virus is a browser hijacker that can appear on your Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome out of sudden. Most of the times, it is installed to computers by the users themselves, without knowing that. As many other annoying applications, Wow.utop.it virus is distributed with other programs without clearly disclosing about it. Another quite a popular way of getting infected is distribution via attachments that can be embedded to various emails from unknown people. So if you want to avoid this application, you have to pay additional attention to your downloads from the Internet and avoid opening any emails that come from unfamiliar senders.

After the application is installed, first thing it does is Wow.utop.it virus replaces your homepage and default search provider. Even though in the “about” section of the latter search engine it is written that utop.it is supposed to be an innovative web search aggregation tool that combines information from Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Twitter and more, unfortunately, it is not a trustworthy search tool. If you have a look at the information provided on Wow.utop.it “contact us” page, you will see that there are no contacts other than the e-mail form listed there. After looking through “Terms” or “Privacy” pages you will not find any physical company’s address as well. Usually trustworthy online tools indicate their owner and its contacts either in “Terms” or in “Contacts” pages making it easy for the users to find them. We we curious and made a little investigation, alas the owner of the domain was listed as one under Privacy protection which means it is not known publicly. One would rise a question why the ownership should be such a secret matter if the tool is such a benefit to have?

Alas, many computer users do not go into such investigations untill they face the problems with their PC. Just like in the case of Wow.utop.it virus, when you use its search, the program will mainly list commercial websites in your search results and you will also find numerous ads popping up every time you visit some website. Not to mention that all this is very irritating and disturbs your ordinary working routine, this browser hijacker can also include unsafe pages in your search results and if you click on their links you can easily get your computer infected with much more serious threats. It is strongly recommended not to use Wow.utop.it because any products that do not indicate its owner or creator are of a suspicious origin.

You should remove Wow.utop.it virus from your browser as soon as possible as it is not a reliable search engine. If you are ever offered to change your homepage or search provider to this page when installing some free software to your computer, make sure you refuse that. Beware that some free downloads do not clearly disclose about making certain changes in your browser, so you should always be very careful with the installation steps of any programs from the Internet. Always opt for a Custom installation and follow the steps carefully to avoid any unnecessary changes or additional downloads.

If one of your browsers has already been attacked by this hijacker, go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs list and uninstall anything Wow.utop.it virus related from there. It is recommended to uninstall ALL programs installed on the same date as problems have appeared. Some versions of this hijacker add software that blocks browser settings from changing. To identify them, scanning with Spyhunter or other reputable antispyware tool might be useful. Then you can uninstall the extensions and reset settings in your browsers.

How To remove Wow.utop.it virus from Internet Explorer (older versions):

1. Click on the arrow on the right of the search box;
2. Do the following: on IE8-9 choose Manage Search providers, on IE7 click change search defaults;
3. Remove Wow.utop.it from the list.

How To remove Wow.utop.it virus from IE 11:

1. Click on the Settings icon (top right)->Manage Addons;
2. Select Search Providers;
3. Change the default search engine to Bing or Google;
4. If any of these search providers is not available, follow “Find more search providers” in the bottom of the screen and install Google.

How To remove Wow.utop.it virus from Firefox:

1. Enter “about:config” in url bar. This will open settings page;
2. Type “Keyword.url” in the search box. Right click and reset it;
3. Type “browser.search.defaultengine” in the search box. Right click it and reset it;
4. Type “browser.search.selectedengine” in the search box. Right click it and reset it;
5. Type “browser.startup.homepage” in the search box. Right click it and reset;
6. Search for “browser.newtab.url”. Right-click and reset. This will make sure that the search page won’t launch on every new tab;
7. If the settings revert and scan with anti-malware programs are clean: close Firefox, open file explorer and enter %AppData% in the address bar. Enter user.js in the search box. If this file exists, rename it and start Firefox again. You will have to repeat the steps above.

How To remove Wow.utop.it virus from Google Chrome:

1. Click on 3 horizontal lines icon on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings.
3. Select Basics ->Manage Search engines.
4. Remove unnecessary search engines from the list.
5. Go back to Settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
6. If your New Tab page is hijacked, you will have to scan with anti-malware program or use New Tab Redirect extension from Chrome Store.

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