I wrote this article to help you remove Thekelp.com. This Thekelp.com removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.
The Thekelp.com site is a sign of trouble. The page is a clear indication that there is a cyber infection on your computer. An adware-type one. As you have probably heard, adware infections are incredibly annoying. They constantly meddle and make a complete mess of your browsing experience. However, what most users don’t realize is that an adware is also dangerous. It poses a threat to your privacy. The pest spies on you and monitors your every move. It turns your browsers into a spying device. It has access to your IPs, email addresses, usernames, passwords, accounts, etc.
If you are particularly unlucky and especially if you use your machine to make online payments or to shop, the parasite may even get to your personally identifiable and financial credentials. Do yourself a favor and cut its stay short. Your private life is no longer private. Not until the adware remains on board. As soon as the Thekelp.com site pops up, take it as the warning it is and start looking for the infection. When you find its lurking spot, delete it upon discovery. The sooner it is gone, the better.
The security risk you face is, without a doubt, your biggest problem. Yet, it is not the only one. You face many others as well. For example, your browsing experience turns into a nightmare. You suffer constant intrusions. It all starts with the Thekelp.com site. It becomes your online companion. Every time you go online, the page is there to greet you. Also, you are bombarded with countless, incredibly annoying ads. The adware injected all of your browsers with sponsored commercials and now your whole screen is heavy on banners, deals, offers, pop ups, pop unders, video ads, in texts, etc. Even the pages which used to be ad-free are now infested. All of this completely ruins your previously normal online activities. Not only that. It exposes you to malware risk on daily basis.
Nothing the adware shows you (ads, pages, etc.) is reliable. If you happen to click on the wrong link/ad, you will worsen your predicament by downloading more infection on your PC. Your overall computer performance worsens as well. Your machine becomes slow. It crashes often. Your applications take forever to load. Your browsers freeze due to the never-ending ad bombardment. You may even face problems finding a stable Internet connection. The question is why do you put up with all this madness? Why do you tolerate the adware when you can remove it completely and bring everything back to normal? Do it! The program was never meant to be beneficial to you. And it never will be. Find it and delete it ASAP. To do so manually, use our removal guide below.
The adware turns to the old but gold means of infiltration when it comes to getting in. It hides behind malicious messages and attachments. It hitches a ride with freeware/shareware bundles. It can pose as a fake program update like Java or Adobe. It also lurks behind compromised pages and ads. The methods are many but neither of them is good enough to work without your inactive cooperation, aka your carelessness. If you are negligent enough, though, any of them would do.
Be more cautious and attentive. Be careful what you click on and what you agree to. Read the Terms and Conditions when installing programs/updates. Avoid shady pages and illegitimate download sources. Proceed with caution when you receive a message from an unknown sender. Be on the alert in general. A little bit extra attention could save you a ton of trouble in the future.
Thekelp.com Uninstall
Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you know how to do this, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:
For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.
For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.
Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.
While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.
Please, follow the steps precisely to remove Thekelp.com from the browser:
Remove From Mozilla Firefox:
Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.
Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.
Remove From Chrome:
Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).
Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.
Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.
Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.
Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.
Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.
Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.
Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.
Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.
Go in the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.
Still can not remove Thekelp.com from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.