How to Get Rid of Waycnews.com?

My browser has been hijacked by a virus and I don¡¯t know how to remove it. Whenever I do a search and click on any link of the search results, I will be redirected to a website unrelated to my search query. For example, when I click a link to Amazon page, it will take me to a site called Waycnews.com . It is very annoying. I tried to run security scan but it detected nothing. Is there any way to get rid of it quickly?

What is Waycnews.com? Is It Hijacking Your Browser?

Waycnews.com is a malicious website implanted with browser hijacker or adware that is able to hijacker browser and compromise system. It¡¯s designed to perform illegal tasks. Once your browsers are infected, it will means that some information about your online activities may be furtively collected by this redirect virus, for examples, how frequent you visit a website, how long you stay on a webpage, what you search, and even what you type in a banking-related website. As soon as the browser is hijacked, the junk files and useless cookies will leave inside the history record. Then users¡¯ sensitive information could be transmitted to unknown cyber criminals; therefore, it is dangerous for a user to open this website or put it into the favorites.

The hijacker is a tool to help criminals to increase the artificial traffic and boost affiliate payments by forcing users to visit Waycnews.com. The third parties are able to increase traffic and get users¡¯ search items and deliver the related advertisements or products to the target PCs. The malicious website provides links related to misleading advertisements and malware trying to attack your PC. In addition, it brings a toolbar that cannot be removed through normal uninstall processes. The hijacker has no uninstall feature and hides, which makes the removal difficult. As we can see so far, this vicious website do only harm to system, if you want to protect system from further damage, it¡¯s highly suggested to remove it as quickly as possible.

The following manual removal is recommended only for users with good computer skills. If you¡¯re not sure and are afraid to make any critical mistakes during the process, please use a redirect removal tool.

Common symptoms of the infection:

1 It hijacks your browsers to unknown websites which are full of various misleading ads.

2 It can start up automatically when Windows logs in, taking up massive CPU resources.

3 Many unknown programs or files appear on your computer.

4 It would help the hackers to record your online activities and steal sensitive personal information and data.

5 The computer fails to shutdown unless pressing the shutdown button on the host machine for a while.

6 The default homepage, search engine and bookmarks of the web browser are changed suddenly without your permission.  

Useful Waycnews.com Browser Hijacker Manual Removal Instructions:

Waycnews.com is able to tamper with the Internet settings of browsers, such as IE, Chrome and Firefox, and make you unable to browse normally. The most obvious sign of the infection is that you are forced to visit Waycnews.com and the homepage is also changed to unwanted website without consent. What¡¯s worse, random malware like Trojans may be downloaded and installed on your PC and your computer becomes more vulnerable. Since the browser hijacker interrupts your browsing, stopping you from visiting some legitimate sites and redirects you to insure websites, you need to remove Waycnews.com timely.

1. Remove the browser hijacker from the infected computer.
Click on the Start button and select Control Panel. Click on Uninstall a program under the Programs category.
Find out and locate the programs related to the browser hijacker. Click on the Uninstall button to remove them all.
2. Launch the infected browser and remove the add-ons or extensions related to the browser hijacker.
Internet Explorer:
Open IE, click on Tools and then select Manage Add-ons. When it opens a window, click on Toolbars and Extensions. Find out the extensions related to the browser hijacker and select them. Then, right-click them and click on the Disable option. Restart IE to finish the procedure.
Google Chrome:
Launch Google Chrome. Click on the Three-bar icon on top-right of the browser, select tools and then Extensions from the list. After that, click Extensions on the left side of the window. Locate the extension related to the browser hijacker, select it and click on the trash icon. Restart the browser to complete the procedure.
Mozilla Firefox:
Start Firefox and click on the tool menu from the top menu. Click on the Add-ons tab to open the configuration window. Then, click Extensions on the left side of this window. Now find out the extensions of the redirect virus and remove them from the browser. Restart the browser to complete the process.
3. Show hidden files and folders.
Go to Control panel again and click on Appearance and Personalization. Then double click on Folder Options. Hit the View tab, tick ¡°Show hidden files, folders and drives¡± and deselect ¡°Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)¡±. Click on the OK button to apply the changes.
4. Delete the malicious files of Waycnews.com from the local disk.
The files listed below are reference only because the virus may has the ability to changes the names and locations of its files.
%Program Files%\ random
%AppData%\Protector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\Inspector-[rnd].exe
%AppData%\vsdsrv32.exe
5. Open Registry Editor and delete the registry entries of the browser hijacker..
Press Windows+ R keys simultaneously to open the Run window. Then type ¡°regedit¡± in the run box and press Enter key to open Registry Editor.
After that, find out and delete all the registry entries of the redirect virus. The below registry entries are also for reference only.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\[random].exe
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\browser hijacker name
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System ¡®DisableRegistryTools¡¯ = 0
6. Restart the infected computer to apply all changes.

Note: If you are not a computer wiz and have no idea how to perform the removal, please download to use a redirect virus remover to do the removal for you.