BleepingComputer.com: How To Remove Webhancer

This self-help guide will walk you through the steps to remove Webhancer.

Tools Needed for this fix:

• HijackThis
  

Related Tutorials:

• How to use HijackThis to remove Browser Hijackers & Spyware
  

Symptoms in a HijackThis Log:

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Notes: Most of the time you will not know that webhancer is installed on your machine. To identify it, run HijackThis and look for the above entries.

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Instructions:


Download LSP-Fix from the following link and save it to a location you can find later if necessary.

LSP-Fix Download Link

Follow these steps to remove Webhancer:

• Click on start, settings, control panel.
  
  
  
• Double-click on the Add/Remove Programs icon.
  
  
  
• Uninstall Webhancer from the listing of programs
  
  
  
• Delete the following files and directories:
  
  c:\program files\webhancer\
  c:\windows\webhdll.dll
  c:\windows\whagent.inf
  c:\windows\whInstaller.exe
  c:\windows\whInstaller.ini
  

If you can not connect to the Internet after removing Webhancer, please run the LSP-Fix program I had you download earlier, and click on the finish button. Reboot and you should be able to get back on.

At this point, Webhancer should now be removed from your computer.

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This is a self-help guide. Use at your own risk.

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