navigation.iwatchavi.com is a browser hijacker that takes control of your web browsers, it goes specially after Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and even Safari. This program is distributed with some other free software and doesn’t really asks the user for its approval to be installed. Once it has been set in place, it will change several settings of your web browser, and will try to direct your browsing towards sponsored websites through a search engine that for some parts of the results will use Google. You might be sent towards dangerous websites that might compromise the security of your information.
Once installed, navigation.iwatchavi.com will replace your default homepage and search engine. It will force upon you a search engine by removing any other engine you had previously configured. If you use navigation.iwatchavi.com you’ll quickly notice that it mainly shows sponsored websites in the results page proposed. This is due to the fact that the main goals of navigation.iwatchavi.com are, first of all to increase traffic of those sponsored websites and to increase its own ads revenue by showing publicity.
Most users notice they have been infected by navigation.iwatchavi.com right after downloading and installing some free software. Usually fake video players, download managers, PDF readers, etc. Your first move must be to stop downloading this kind of programs, but if you must then remember to take all precautions needed and to be aware of everything that happens during the install process. These programs usually show a screen where the unwanted program is mentioned, this is where you can act to reject its installation. Also remember to always use the customized versions of every installer and read thoroughly every screen presented before clicking on “Next” or “Accept”.
How to remove navigation.iwatchavi.com ?
Remove navigation.iwatchavi.com with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is an important security program for any computer user to have installed on their computer. It is light-weight, fast, and best of all, excellent at removing the latest infections like navigation.iwatchavi.com.
- Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware :
Premium Version Free Version (without Real-time protection) - Double-click mbam-setup-consumer.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
- Once installed, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will automatically start and you will see a message stating that you should update the program, and that a scan has never been run on your system. To start a system scan you can click on the Fix Now button.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now check for updates, and if there are any, you will need to click on the Update Now button.
- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will now start scanning your computer for navigation.iwatchavi.com.
- When the scan is done, you will now be presented with a screen showing you the malware infections that Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware has detected. To remove the malicious programs that Malwarebytes Anti-malware has found, click on the Quarantine All button, and then click on the Apply Now button.
- Reboot your computer if prompted.
Remove navigation.iwatchavi.com with AdwCleaner
The AdwCleaner tool will scan your computer and web browser for navigation.iwatchavi.com, browser extensions and registry keys, that may have been installed on your system without your permission.
- You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
Download AdwCleaner - Before starting AdwCleaner, close all open programs and internet browsers, then double-click on the file AdwCleaner.exe.
- If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run AdwCleaner, please allow it to run.
- When the AdwCleaner program will open, click on the Scan button.
- To remove malicious files that were detected in the previous step, please click on the Clean button.
- Please click on the OK button to allow AdwCleaner reboot your computer.
Remove navigation.iwatchavi.com with ZHPCleaner
ZHPCleaner is a program that searches for and deletes Adware, Toolbars, Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUP), and browser Hijackers from your computer. By using ZHPCleaner you can easily remove many of these types of programs for a better user experience on your computer and while browsing the web.
- If Avast is installed on you computer you have to disable it during the process.
- You can download AdwCleaner utility from the below button :
Download ZHPCleaner - Select ZHPCleaner.exe with right mouse click and Run as Administrator.
- Accept the user agreement.
- Click on the Scanner button.
- After the scan has finished, click on the Repair button.
- Reboot your computer.
Reset default homepage (if necessary)
- Open Google Chrome then go to the three stripes in the right top corner
- Select Settings
- Go to the header: On Startup
- Click on the blue link: Set Pages behind Open a specific page or set of pages
- Remove the actual homepage by clicking the X icon.
- Enter a new homepage of your choice in textbox "Enter Url..."
- Go to the header: Search
- Click on the button: Manage search engines
- Select Google.com from the list, hover over it and click blue button Make Defaults
- Hover over navigation.iwatchavi.com and click the X to remove it from the list.
- Open Mozilla Firefox and at the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, then select Options
- Click on the General tab.
- Replace the homepage with one of your choice and click on OK.
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click on the gear icon
, in the upper right part of your browser, then click again on Internet Options.. - Click on the General tab.
- Replace the homepage with one of your choice, for example: google.com
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