Should I remove Web Layers?

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3.0.0	100.00%

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Web Layers is a web browser extension and toolbar that delivers contextual based advertising as well as modify the user's web browser home and search pages to provide advertising and search. Web Layers acts as adware and is typically defined as a potentially unwanted application by various malware vendors.

What the browser extension does:
- Changes the default search engine.
- Changes the default browser home page.
- Adds search from the address bar.
- Adds alternative redirection "page not found" and DNS errors.
- Displays contextual advertising by injecting banner and text ads.

Upon being installed, the software adds a Windows Service which is designed to run continuously in the background. Manually stopping the service has been seen to cause the program to stop functing properly. It adds a background controller service that is set to automatically run. Delaying the start of this service is possible through the service manager. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named WebLayersBHO.dll. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 14 files and is usually about 742.65 KB (760,473 bytes).

• InternetHelper Toolbar by Conduit

Displayed publisher: Web Layers

URL: weblayers.co/support

Help link: mailto:[email protected]

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Web Layers

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Web Layers\WebLayersuninstall.exe

Estimated size: 742.65 KB

updateWebLayers.exe
Memory:	15.72 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0002713640%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00013568%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00013568%	0.015104% average
I/O reads/min:	340 Bytes	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	157 Bytes	105.02 KB average

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program Web Layers 3.0.0, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Web Layers.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 59% Win Vista 0%

HOW IT RUNS Windows Service? Yes (Installs a service)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 81% Keep it 19%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	90.09%
United Kingdom	2.24%
Germany	1.87%
Canada	0.93%
Israel	0.75%
Brazil	0.56%
New Zealand	0.56%
Australia	0.37%
Belgium	0.37%
France	0.37%
Argentina	0.19%
DK	0.19%
Finland	0.19%
Indonesia	0.19%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Yontoo, a subsidiary/alias of ad-hijacker Sambreel, is a publisher of ad-supported web browser extensions designed to inject and display advertisements within the browser.

Publisher URL: www.yontoo.com

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