How to remove Wajam hijacker from your browsers

Wajam is an ad supported platform that can be installed into your computer without your knowledge. It will promote sponsored website and generate traffic in order to make affiliate revenues. It can be classified as an adware. Usually it is installed into your web browsers as a plugin or add-on and as soon as it is in your computer it will change your system, network and browser configurations, so it will be started automatically on every system boot and it may change your default homepage and search engine or appear within a new tab. Every time you click on pop-up ads or banners you will be redirected to some suspicious websites where you can get infected by some spyware, malware or adware. Wajam was designed specifically to make money by redirecting infected users to numerous sponsored websites. You might even see some fake virus alerts that will try to convince you to download some program. Do not click on those.

Usually Wajam is spread over the internet by bundling with suspicious freeware programs or hiding in the attachments of spam emails. The first sign of the infection is changed homepage and search engine, pop-up ads and banners all over your screen when you browse the internet. The developers of Wajam stating that it is a useful service that provides you with search results based on what your friends share. That’s sound a bit weird isn’t it? How do they know what my friends are searching? Here is the answer, once installed it will intercept your traffic and collect your browsing history and other private data. They may even collect your credentials from email, social networks or even worse, your banking account, home address and phone number. Also Wajam allows you to search on Amazon, Trip Advisor and Ebay, but we can assure you that it’s dangerous and your privacy may be compromised.

Wajam is technically not a virus, so your antivirus protection software can’t protect you from this threat. That’s why you should pay special attention while browsing the Internet. You should never open attachments in the spam emails and never download freeware programs such as pc optimizers, download managers and video players from unsafe and suspicious websites. During the installation of any software you should always pay special attention to the end users license agreement and also always opt for custom installation. You will be able to prevent the installation of additional bundled software.

In order to remove Wajam you will need to perform some simple steps mentioned in the removal guide below. Those simple tasks will not require from you any computer knowledge at all. In a matter of few minutes you will be able to clean up your PC. We recommend you to perform the steps in the correct order.