Wajam search results. How to get rid of them?

What is Wajam?

Wajam is a potential unwanted application which purpose is to display diffirent kinds of deals withing your search results:
Wajam search results


Wajam belongs to PUP (Potential Unwanted Application) family of programs and can be named by different malware scanners also as:
  • Adware.Wajam (Gridinsoft Trojan Killer) 
  • Wajam (fs)
  • Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
  • Adware.Searcher
  • Win32/Wajam
  • PUP.Optional.Wajam
  • Wajam

How to figure out that your computer is infected with Wajam?

Here are some symptoms that indicate that your computer is infected with Wajam:
  • you see any kind of "deals" along with your search results;
  • you have seen at least one of the following icons on your computer or in your browsers:
  • at least one of the following folders is present on your computer: 
    • C:\Program Files\WajaWebEnhancer
    • C:\Program Files\WaInterEnhance
    • C:\Program Files\wwe
    • C:\Program Files\Common Files\WaInterEnhance
  • at least one of the following registry items is present on your computer:
    • HKCU\Software\WaInterEnhance
    • HKLM\software\wajam
    • HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\wajam
    • HKCU\software\wajam
    • HKCU\Software\WaInterEnhance
    • HKCU\Software\WajIEnhance
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WaInterEnhance
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\WaInterEnhance
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\{1FAEE6D5-34F4-42AA-8025-3FD8F3EC4634}
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{5D64294B-1341-4FE7-B6D8-7C36828D4DD5}
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{A7A6995D-6EE1-4FD1-A258-49395D5BF99C}
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Interface\{431532BD-0AE1-4ABC-BE8C-919F3D1332E2}
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{095BFD3C-4602-4FE1-96F1-AEFAFBFD067D}
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Wajam Web Enhancer
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wajam Web Enhancer
    • HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Wajam Web Enhancer
  • at least one of the following files is running on your computer:
    • wajam_goblin.dll
    • wajam.exe
    • yxeejnrjerpd.dll
    • wajam_installer.exe
  • at least one of the following services is present on your computer:
    • Wajam Web Enhancer
    • WaInterEnhance
    • WajIEnhance
    • wajam
  • at least one file with the following MD5 hashes is present on your computer:
    • CDC339910694FD0C5BEFAAC38261CD06
    • F294301386C4182C9484D10C3C8BCE0F
    • 4F94D776590E82140DFBB189BABE6D01
    • 1C1579F56AE57B22AD2E43EDCD9DF8FB
    • 6112508F9BEBC81E049039412F19F9F1

    How to get rid of Wajam?

    Follow this guide to remove Wajam from your computer completely.

    Step 1.  Try to remove Wajam using tools of Windows operating system.

    If you have installed Windows 8, press Start button on the screen or Windows button on your keyboard, start typing "programs and features" and choose "Programs and Features" in the appeared menu:
    Programs and Features
    If you are using Windows 7, press Start button and choose "Control panel": 
    Windows 7 start menu

    Look for Wajam in the list of installed programs, select it and press Uninstall button:
    Wajam uninstall
    Now reboot your computer and check the result. If the advertising is still present, please move to the next step.

    Step 2. Remove Wajam completely using Gridinsoft Trojan Killer tool

    Gridinsoft Trojan Killer is a powerful all-in-one tool aimed to kill diffirent kinds of malware. It has no analogues on the quality of malware and browser hijackers removal. Gridinsoft Trojan Killer also has professional support team that can resolve your problem remotely even though Trojan Killer didn't find any threat on your PC.
    Please, follow the guide below to remove Wajam malware from your computer.
    • Close all your programs and browsers
    • Install Gridinsoft Trojan Killer and run it by double-clicking on the icon on your desktop 
      Trojan Killer icon on the desktop
    • Run Standart scan using Scan tab of your Trojan Killer
      Scan tab of Trojan Killer
    • After the scanning completed mark all items as Move to quarantine and press Apply button to remove all dangerous items from your computer. Reboot your PC if Trojan Killer asks about it:
      Scan results
    • Now you have to clean all your browsers. Go to Tools tab and press Reset browser settings button:
      Tools tab of Trojan Killer
    • Mark all your browsers as shown below and press Reset button:
      Resetting browser settings
    • Reboot your PC and check the result
    Now your computer should be cleaned of Wajam virus. If you still notice any signs of Wajam, please send your request to the Trojan Killer Support. Specialists from Gridinsoft will help you to remove any kind of threats.

    Please, notice that Trojan Killer Support service is able for registred users only. 

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