Ads by Water Plant. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
What is Water Plant?
We want to inform people that SuperWeb LLC company, which is known for releasing adware-type programs, has activated its production and released tens of adwares, including Dollar Dream, Fragile Fixer, Triple Poses at the beginning of 2015. Water Plant is just a newly released version for all aforementioned programs. All of the products owned by this program may be considered to be clones. They share the same features and cause more or less the same inconveniences to the users. In addition to that, all SuperWeb LLC products have mainly been designed in order to make people visit affiliate websites, increase their rank and collect clicks. Generally speaking, none of them can be really useful for you. Therefore, if you have a slightest suspect that Water Plant adware is hiding in your PC, we recommend you to run a full system scan with Reimage or another reputable anti-spyware and remove all suspicious entries from your computer. That’s because ‘Ads by Water Plant’ and similar messages brought by this adware because it seems that this adware is set to deliver third-party content. By clicking on Water Plant ads, you risk exposing your computer to various cyber threats. In addition to that, you should remove this adware as soon as possible in order to prevent information leakage. That’s because this app may use ‘cookies’ (tracking software) for spying on you. Of course, it’s developers claim that personally identifiable information will not be touched; however, who can guarantee you that? Finally, you should not blame your computer to work slow because we are pretty sure that it’s performance is diminished by Water Plant virus. Therefore, make sure that you remove it as soon as possible.
How can Water Plant hijack my computer?
The majority of SuperWeb LLC products have their official websites and can be downloaded there. Water Plant is not an exception. People might download it manually believing that it will help them to save time and money by keeping them informed about various deals and discounts. However, this dubious program may also slither onto your computer behind your back. Water Plant redirect virus may be attached to various freewares and if you will not pay enough attention to its installation process, it’s very likely that you will end up installing it on your PC. Be aware that ‘optional downloads’ are commonly disclosed in a misleading manner and noticing them requires reading all notifications. In order to prevent Water Plant ads and redirects, always select Advanced or Custom installation option, check everything carefully and unmark tick stating that ‘By clicking the ‘Next’, I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy and consent to install Water Plant’. Of course, you may be offered to install any other suspicious app in the same way. No matter how useful it may seem to you, remember that it’s not recommended to install ‘additional components’ that are traveling along with other freewares because usually they appear to be adwares or other potentially unwanted programs.
How to remove Water Plant virus?
Despite the fact that it’s non-malicious, Water Plant is not worth keeping. In order to remove it, you should follow this guide:
You can remove virus damage automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Malwarebytes MalwarebytesCombo Cleaner, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareMalwarebytes Malwarebytes. We recommend these applications because they detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.

To remove Water Plant ads, follow these steps:
Erase Water Plant from Windows systems
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Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
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Uninstall Water Plant and related programs
Here, look for Water Plant or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Get rid of Water Plant from Mac OS X system
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Water Plant or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Eliminate Water Plant from Internet Explorer (IE)
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Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Water Plant and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
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When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Water Plant removal.
Uninstall Water Plant ads from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
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Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
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Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
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Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
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Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
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When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe.
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Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
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Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Water Plant should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariRemove Water Plant from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions. -
Here, select Water Plant and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Water Plant removal.
Delete Water Plant from Google Chrome
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select Water Plant and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
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Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
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When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
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Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Water Plant removal.
Erase Water Plant from Safari
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences. -
Here, select Extensions and look for Water Plant or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
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Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari.... -
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Water Plant removal process.