How to remove Shlega.com

What is Shlega.com?

Shlega.com is a deceptive website that might open on your browsers from time to time trying to convince you to click “Allow” button and enable that site to send you notifications. The notifications, once allowed, will start spamming you with offers to visit various shady sites. If Shlega.com and its subdomains (10.shlega.com, 41.shlega.com, 93.shlega.com and more) are popping up on your browser, that is a result of adware getting installed on your machine. The adware may have gotten installed along with freeware downloaded from an untrustworthy source. This removal guide will help you to get rid of the adware and remove Shlega.com pop-ups from your browsers.

Shlega.com

How to remove Shlega.com?

To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Shlega.com completely. For this, you need to remove the application from the Control Panel and then check the drives for such leftovers as Shlega.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.

Download SpyHunter

Performing an antimalware scan with Norton would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Shlega.com. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Shlega.com, but also the safest and most assuring one.


Steps of Shlega.com manual removal

As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Shlega.com you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.

How to remove Shlega.com from Windows XP

  1. Click the Start button and open Control Panel
  2. Go to Add or Remove Programs
  3. Find the application related to Shlega.com and click Uninstall

How to remove Shlega.com from Windows 7/Vista

  1. Click the Start button and open Control Panel
  2. Go to Uninstall Program
  3. Find the application related to Shlega.com and click Uninstall

How to remove Shlega.com from Windows 8/8.1

  1. Right-click the menu icon in left bottom corner
  2. Choose Control Panel
  3. Select the Uninstall Program line
  4. Uninstall the application related to Shlega.com

How to remove Shlega.com from Windows 10

  1. Press Win+X to open Windows Power menu
  2. Click Control Panel
  3. Choose Uninstall a Program
  4. Select the application related to Shlega.com and remove it

noteIf you experience problems with removing Shlega.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 Shlega.com from browsers

How to unlock Windows Group Policies

Before you will started to remove Shlega.com from browser you should perform following instructions in Command Prompt
This step is necessary to delete Windows Group Policies created by Shlega.com
Shlega.com

  1. Start Command Prompt as Administrator
  2. 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.
  3. While in command prompt type:
    rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers"
  4. Press Enter button.
  5. Then type:
    rd /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
  6. Press Enter button.
  7. Finally, type:
    gpupdate /force
  8. 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 Shlega.com from Google Chrome

  1. Start Google Chrome
  2. Click on More tools, then go to the Extensions
  3. Delete Shlega.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

How to remove Shlega.com from Internet Explorer

  1. Launch Internet Explorer
  2. Click on the Tools/Gear icon, then select Manage Add-ons
  3. Delete Shlega.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

How to remove Shlega.com from Mozilla Firefox

  1. Start Mozilla Firefox
  2. Click on the right-upper corner button
  3. Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
  4. Delete Shlega.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

How to remove Shlega.com from Microsoft Edge

  1. Start Microsoft Edge
  2. Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
  3. Choose Extensions
  4. Click the gear icon near Shlega.com or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them
  5. Choose Remove

Reset your browsers

How to reset settings in Google Chrome

  1. Click on the icon in the right-upper corner
  2. Choose Settings
  3. Click Advanced settings
  4. Click the Reset button
  5. In “reset” window click the Reset button

How to reset settings in Mozilla Firefox

  1. Click the icon in the upper right corner
  2. Choose Help
  3. Select Troubleshooting Information
  4. Click the Refresh Firefox… button

How to reset settings in Internet Explorer

  1. Click on the Tools button
  2. Go to Internet options
  3. Go to the Advanced tab
  4. Click Reset

How to reset settings in Microsoft Edge

  1. Start Microsoft Edge
  2. Click the three-dot button in the upper right corner
  3. Choose Settings
  4. Under the Clear browsing data category select Choose what to clear
  5. 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 Shlega.com.

Download SpyHunter

We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Shlega.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 Shlega.com.

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