How to remove WiseEnhance virus

What is WiseEnhance?

WiseEnhance is a very untrustworthy application from Super Web LLC. No matter how safe it looks, you should keep in mind that is can be associated with unfair online marketing tricks. As far as we know, it is not a malicious program; nevertheless, many respectable anti-spyware programs have started recognizing this doubtful application as a potential threat. So, you should scan your computer with one of these apps if you have just discovered this potentially unwanted program on your computer. In this case, you should think what freeware have you recently downloaded to your computer because there are lots of download managers, PDF creators and similar applications that have been involved to the distribution of WiseEnhance adware.

Beware that the appearance of WiseEnhance may be deceiving: this program is usually promoted as a tool that can improve your browsing routine. Before you fall for these words, you should know that this program may cause many unwanted activities behind your back or may even expose your computer to other suspicious applications. If would dedicate some time for reading the terms of agreement of WiseEnhance adware, you would clearly see what kind of program it is: “The Software (WiseEnhance) is supported by various types of advertising in your browser, including, without limitation, search-related ads, banner and video ads, in-text ads and links, transitional, interstitial and full page ads.”. So, before you install WiseEnhance on your computer, you should realize that this is yet another ad-supported program (adware) that seeks to earn easy money from advertising. After being installed on computer, it may start causing ‘ads by WiseEnhance’, ‘brought to you by WiseEnhance’, ‘WiseEnhance ads’ and similar pop-up notifications. In order to get rid of them, you should waste no time and run one of these programs: Fortect Intego, Fortect Intego.

How can WiseEnhance hijack my computer?

We have mentioned that WiseEnhance is promoted as a program that helps online shoppers find beneficial deals and coupons. Although that sounds like a useful feature, we highly recommend avoiding this ad-supported program. Instead of relevant and helpful discount deals, this program may flood you with tons of random advertisements and negatively affect your browsing experience. We have also noticed that WiseEnhance virus is often traveling with freewares as an extra attachment. This distribution method is misused by online advertisers for making people install completely useless applications, plug-ins, toolbars and other doubtful programs. You should know this: free programs are usually supported by advertisers and the majority of them may act as a tracking cookies in order to find more information about your browsing habits. In order to protect your computer from similar unwanted intruders, you should avoid installing doubtful free programs from unknown sources. The first thing that you should do before any questionable installation is check whether this program is safe enough and whether it has any unnecessary attachments.

How to remove WiseEnhance virus?

This program was developed by a company called Super Web LLC. The company is notoriously known for hundreds of similar-nature ad-supported applications. If you are suffering from WiseEnhance redirects and annoying advertisements, you just need to follow these simple steps and remove this adware from your computer:

Uninstall from Windows

Uninstall from Windows 10/8:

Type Control Panel into the Windows search box and open the result.
Under Programs, select Uninstall a program.

Uninstall from Windows 7/XP:

Click on Windows Start > Control Panel (Windows XP users should click on Add/Remove Programs).
In Control Panel, select Programs > Uninstall a program.

Remove the unwanted program:

In the Programs and Features window, look for any recently installed suspicious entries, select them, and click Uninstall.
If User Account Control appears, click Yes to confirm, then complete the removal.

Delete from macOS

Remove the unwanted application:

From the menu bar, select Go > Applications.
In the Applications folder, look for any suspicious entries, then drag them to Trash (or right-click and pick Move to Trash).

Delete leftover files and folders:

Select Go > Go to Folder.
Enter /Library/Application Support and remove any suspicious folders related to the unwanted program.
Repeat the same check in the /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons folders, deleting any suspicious entries.
Finally, empty the Trash to permanently remove the leftovers.

Remove from Microsoft Edge

Delete unwanted extensions from MS Edge:

Select Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and pick Extensions.
From the list, pick the extension and click on the Gear icon.
Click Remove.

Clear cookies and other browser data:

Click on the Menu (three horizontal dots at the top-right of the browser window) and select Settings > Privacy, search, and services..
Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
Select Cookies and other site data and Cached images and files. (apart from passwords, although you might want to include Media licenses as well, if applicable) and click on Clear.

Restore new tab and homepage settings:

Click the menu icon and choose Settings.
Then find On startup section.
Click Remove next to any suspicious startup page.

Reset MS Edge if the above steps did not work:

Press on Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
Click on More details arrow at the bottom of the window.
Select Details tab.
Now scroll down and locate every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right-click on each of them and select End Task to stop MS Edge from running.

Instructions for Chromium-based Edge

Delete extensions from MS Edge (Chromium):

Open Edge and click select Settings > Extensions.
Delete unwanted extensions by clicking Remove.

Clear cache and site data:

Click on Menu and go to Settings.
Select Privacy, search and services.
Under Clear browsing data, pick Choose what to clear.
Under Time range, pick All time.
Select Clear now.

Reset Chromium-based MS Edge:

Click on Menu and select Settings.
On the left side, pick Reset settings.
Select Restore settings to their default values.
Confirm with Reset.
This will disable extensions and reset startup pages but will not delete bookmarks, saved passwords, or browsing history.

Remove from Mozilla Firefox (FF)

Remove dangerous extensions:

Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click on the Menu (three horizontal lines at the top-right of the window).
Select Add-ons.
In here, select the unwanted extension and click Remove.

Reset the homepage:

Click three horizontal lines at the top right corner to open the menu.
Choose Settings.
Under Home, set your preferred homepage and new tab settings.

Clear cookies and site data:

Click Menu and pick Settings.
Go to Privacy & Security section.
Scroll down to locate Cookies and Site Data.
Click on Clear Data...
Select Cookies and Site Data and Temporary cached files and pages, then click Clear.

Reset Mozilla Firefox

If clearing the browser as explained above did not help, reset Mozilla Firefox:

Open Mozilla Firefox browser and click the Menu.
Go to Help and then choose Troubleshooting Information.
Under Give Firefox a tune up section, click on Refresh Firefox...
Once the pop-up shows up, confirm the action by pressing on Refresh Firefox.

Remove from Google Chrome

Delete malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Open Google Chrome, click on the Menu (three vertical dots at the top-right corner) and select More tools > Extensions.
In the newly opened window, you will see all the installed extensions. Uninstall all suspicious extensions related to the unwanted program by clicking Remove.

Clear cache and web data from Chrome:

Click on Menu and pick Settings.
Under Privacy and security, select Clear browsing data.
Select Browsing history, Cookies and other site data, as well as Cached images and files.
Click Clear data.

Change your homepage:

Click menu and choose Settings.
Look for a suspicious site in the On startup section.
Click on Open a specific or set of pages and click on three dots to find the Remove option.

Reset Google Chrome:

If the previous methods did not help you, reset Google Chrome to eliminate all the unwanted components:

Click on Menu and select Settings.
In the Settings, scroll down and click Advanced.
Scroll down and locate Reset and clean up section.
Now click Restore settings to their original defaults.
Confirm with Reset settings.

Delete from Safari

Remove dangerous extensions:

Open Safari, click Safari in the menu at the top-left of the screen, and select Preferences.
Go to the Extensions tab, look for any suspicious entries, and click Uninstall to remove them.

Clear history and website data:

Click Safari in the menu and pick Clear History.
Set Clear to all history and confirm with Clear History.

Reset Safari:

Click Safari in the menu and select Preferences > Advanced.
Enable Show Develop menu in menu bar.
From the menu bar, click Develop and select Empty Caches.