I wrote this article to help you remove Wethma.com. This Wethma.com removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

The Wethma.com website is controlled by a browser hijacker. If you contract this parasite, you will start to get redirected by the domain. The hijacker will disrupt your browsing sessions by redirecting you, displaying ads on your screen, and altering your search results. The last of these activities is the least evident. You may not notice that your search results are being manipulated for some time. This makes the degree of the security threat that much more high. If you are unaware of the problem, you would not take action against it. This is where we step in. If you are experiencing redirects through Wethma.com, you need to withhold your searches. The sinister program can lead you to dangerous websites by including them in the results to your queries.

The Wethma.com hijacker makes alterations to the DNS settings. This is characteristic for browser hijackers. By appending certain changes to the internal browser settings, the rogue program gains a measure of control over the client. Most web browsers are vulnerable to the attacks. If you are using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, or Opera, you will be affected. The Wethma.com hijacker will interfere with your searches in a seamless way. It will include supported results amid the regular. This is a security risk because the sponsored content is not confirmed to be reliable. The websites you are directed to could turn out to be malicious.

Another type of exploit is to display ads. The Wethma.com hijacker will generate various kinds of advertisements, including banners, in-text links, coupon boxes, freebies, contextual, floating, inline, transitional, interstitial, and comparison ads. This activity takes up a lot of CPU and RAM which in turn makes the system sluggish. Not only will you be interrupted all the time, but your machine will slow down to a crawl. The inefficient performance of your computer is not what you should worry about, though. This is just a minor inconvenience, compared to the threat surrounding the ads. They may seem harmless and even helpful, but the truth is quite the opposite. If you are baited to click on them, you could be taken to malware-infused domains. It is best to avoid them.

To conclude the analysis of the security threats, we will explain how the Wethma.com hijacker can assist cyber criminals to obtain your personal and financial details. The malevolent program collects data like a sponge. It will record your browsing history, tracking cookies, keystrokes, IP address, zip code, email, telephone number, geographic location, physical registration, demographic profile, user names, passwords, financial credentials, and other input. The owners of the rogue tool will compile your information into catalogs and sell it on the darknet. The people who acquire your personal data can use it to break into your accounts and steal from them.

It is important to know how malware like the Wethma.com hijacker is spread. Familiarizing with the distribution process can help you protect your system from future attacks. There are several methods for spreading malware. The same tricks and schemes have been reused and recycled time and again since they were first conceived. There isn’t much to it. Fraud artists exploit basic resources, such as websites, electronic posts, and software. The latter is the most common technique of the bunch. It is called bundling. The designated parasite is merged with a given program which hosts its install. The types of software which you should avoid is freeware, shareware, and pirated copies of paid tools.

The next method on the list is drive-by installations. This is the most facilitated, as it only requires a single click. The Wethma.com hijacker can be transferred from a website with the help of a macro or script. The transmission will commerce once you enter the domain. You should not take unnecessary risks. Do your research on unfamiliar websites. The same goes for unknown email senders. A spam letter can contain the payload of the Wethma.com hijacker. Attached files play the role of the carrier. The transfer begins when accessing the attachment. It should be noted that spam messages are often sent on behalf of existing organizations and companies. Even when an email seems legitimate, you should still check the contacts.

Wethma.com Uninstall

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you are familiar with this task, 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.

Here are the steps you must follow to permanently remove 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 Wethma.com from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.