What is Cobalten.com?
Cobalten.com is ad-injection software responsible for unwanted redirects and intrusive pop-up ads in your browser. An adware usually sneaks into system together with freeware programs downloaded from the Web. Once it gets on PC, it starts making changes to the browser configuration without user’s agreement in order to force your browser to open http://cobalten.com/… periodically. Additionally, the program installs related files which pose a challenge for users who want to get rid of this potentially unwanted program easily. You may follow this guide to get rid of the adware and completely remove Cobalten.com from your browser.
How to remove Cobalten.com?
To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Cobalten.com completely. For this, you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as Cobalten.com files and registry entries.
We should warn you that performing some of the steps may require above-average skills, so if you don’t feel experienced enough, you may apply to the automatic removal tool.
Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Cobalten.com. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Cobalten.com, but also the safest and most assuring one.
Steps of Cobalten.com manual removal
Uninstall Cobalten.com from Control Panel
As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Cobalten.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.
How to remove Cobalten.com from Windows XP
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Add or Remove Programs
- Find the application related to Cobalten.com and click Uninstall
How to remove Cobalten.com from Windows 7/Vista
- Click the Start button and open Control Panel
- Go to Uninstall Program
- Find the application related to Cobalten.com and click Uninstall
How to remove Cobalten.com from Windows 8/8.1
- Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
- Choose Control Panel
- Select the Uninstall Program line
- Uninstall the application related to Cobalten.com
How to remove Cobalten.com from Windows 10
- Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
- Click Control Panel
- Choose Uninstall a Program
- Select the application related to Cobalten.com and remove it
If you experience problems with removing Cobalten.com from Control Panel: there is no such title on the list, or you receive an error preventing you from deleting the application, see the article dedicated to this issue.
Read what to do if program won’t uninstall from Control Panel
Remove Cobalten.com from browsers
How to unlock Windows Group Policies
Before you will started to remove Cobalten.com from browser you should perform following instructions in Command Prompt
This step is necessary to delete Windows Group Policies created by Cobalten.com
- Start Command Prompt as Administrator
- To do this in Windows 10/8 or Windows 7 click Start and in the search box type cmd. Right-click on the found result and choose Run as Administrator.
- While in command prompt type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers" - Press Enter button.
- Then type:
rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy" - Press Enter button.
- Finally, type:
gpupdate /force - Press Enter button.
Since some of hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.
How to remove Cobalten.com from Google Chrome
- Start Google Chrome
- Click on More tools, then go to the Extensions
- Delete Cobalten.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Cobalten.com from Internet Explorer
- Launch Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
- Delete Cobalten.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Cobalten.com from Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox
- Click on the right-upper corner button
- Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
- Delete Cobalten.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
How to remove Cobalten.com from Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Extensions
- Click the gear icon near Cobalten.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
- Choose Remove
Reset your browsers
How to reset settings in Google Chrome
- Click on the icon in the right-upper corner
- Choose Settings
- Click Advanced settings
- Click the Reset button
- In “reset” window click the Reset button
How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox
- Click the icon in the upper right corner
- Choose Help
- Select Troubleshooting Information
- Click the Refresh Firefox… button
How to reset settings in Internet Explorer
- Click on the Tools button
- Go to Internet options
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Click Reset
How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge
- Start Microsoft Edge
- Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
- Choose Settings
- Under the Clear browsing data category select Choose what to clear
- Select everything and click Clear
If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Cobalten.com.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Cobalten.com removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover Cobalten.com.
