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How to remove wadogo.go2cloud.org redirect [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

Myantispyware team January 10, 2017    

If you find that your web-browser has become show the unwanted wadogo.go2cloud.org website then it’s a sign that your computer is infected with dangerous software from the adware family. The adware (sometimes called ‘ad-supported’ software) is a form of unwanted software that can show a huge number of popup ads without a user’s permission. Moreover, it can redirect the web browser on malicious and misleading sites. Also, if you seeing that the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge tries to load an unknown page, when you try to open a long-known web site, then you do not need to wait! Press the stop button in web-browser’s address bar. Perform the instructions below and clean your personal computer from ad-supported software as soon as possible. It’ll assist you to remove the redirect to wadogo.go2cloud.org and any unwanted pop-up ads.

http://wadogo.go2cloud.org/aff_r?offer_id= …

The malicious applications from the ‘ad-supported’ software family that changes the settings of internet browsers usually affects only the Firefox, Google Chrome, IE and MS Edge. However, possible situations, when any other web browsers will be affected too. The adware may change the Target property of a web-browser’s shortcut, so every time you open the browser, instead of your startpage, you will see the annoying wadogo.go2cloud.org ads.

What is more, the ad supported software may open advertisements depend on a web-page that you are visiting. That is, it is clear that this ad supported software, without your permission, steals your private information such as: your ip address, what is a web page you are viewing now, what you are looking for on the Internet, which links you are clicking, and much, much more. The ‘ad-supported’ software may monetize its functionality by collecting data from your browsing sessions and selling it to third party companies. This puts your personal information at a security risk.

We recommend to remove the adware, which redirects your web-browser on the wadogo.go2cloud.org annoying page, as soon as you found this problem, as it can direct you to web-resources which may load other dangerous software on your machine.

How does wadogo.go2cloud.org ads get installed onto computer

The ad supported software actively distributed with freeware, as a part of the installer of the software. Therefore, it is very important, when installing an unknown software even downloaded from known or big hosting web page, read the Terms of use and the Software license, as well as to choose the Manual, Advanced or Custom installation mode. In this mode, you can disable the installation of unneeded modules and programs and protect your machine from the adware infection. Unfortunately, most users when installing unknown applications, simply click Next button, and do not read any information that the free applications displays them during its installation. This leads to the fact that the web browser starts to open lots of the wadogo.go2cloud.org advertisements.

How to manually remove wadogo.go2cloud.org

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the wadogo.go2cloud.org . Read it once, after doing so, please print this page as you may need to close your browser or reboot your system.

  1. Delete suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel
  2. Get rid of wadogo.go2cloud.org redirect from Firefox
  3. Remove wadogo.go2cloud.org pop-up ads from Chrome
  4. Remove wadogo.go2cloud.org pop-ups from Microsoft Internet Explorer
  5. Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove wadogo.go2cloud.org redirect
  6. Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If you are using an Apple computer running Mac OS, then use the following guide How to remove virus, pop-ups, ads on Mac

Remove suspicious and unknown software by using Windows Control Panel

We recommend that you begin the PC cleaning process by checking the list of installed applications and delete all unknown or suspicious programs. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the malicious applications such as ‘ad-supported’ software and browser hijackers may be bundled with free programs. Remove the unwanted applications may delete the annoying ads or browser redirect to unknown or annoying pages.

Windows 8, 8.1, 10

Press Windows key windows key, then click Search windows search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.

Windows XP, Vista, 7

First, click “Start” and select “Control Panel”.
It’ll display the Windows Control Panel as shown in the figure below. windows control panel.jpg

Next, click “Uninstall a program” Remove application panel It will open a list of all programs. Scroll through the all list, and remove any suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort applications by date of installation in the Control panel.

Get rid of wadogo.go2cloud.org redirect from Firefox

First, run the FF. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (Firefox menu button). It will open the drop-down menu. Next, click the “Help” button (Firefox help button).

Firefox settings menu

In the Help menu, click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page, click “Refresh Firefox” button.

Firefoxx troubleshooting info window

Confirm your action, press the “Refresh Firefox”.

Remove wadogo.go2cloud.org pop-up ads from Chrome

Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (google chrome menu button). It opens the drop-down menu. Next, click the “Settings” option.

chrome drop-down menu

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as shown on the screen below and press the “Reset settings” button.

chrome advanced settings

Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.

Remove wadogo.go2cloud.org pop-ups from Microsoft Internet Explorer

To remove the wadogo.go2cloud.org pop-ups you need to reset the IE to the state, that was when the Windows was installed on your machine.

First, start the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then click ‘gear’ icon Internet Explorer tools menu icon. It will show the drop-down menu on the right part of the web-browser, then click the “Internet Options” as shown below.

reset Microsoft Internet Explorer tools menu

In the “Internet Options” screen, you need to select the “Advanced” tab and click the “Reset” button. The IE will open the “Reset Microsoft Internet Explorer settings” dialog box as shown in the figure below. Next, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. After that, click the “Reset” button.

reset Internet Explorer settings

Once the procedure is finished, click “Close” button. Close the Internet Explorer and restart your personal computer for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your web browser’s settings to default state and disable ‘ad-supported’ extensions.

Disinfect the browser’s shortcuts to remove wadogo.go2cloud.org redirect

When installed, the adware may add an argument similar “http://site.address” into the Target property of the desktop shortcut for the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Edge. Due to this, every time you open the web-browser, it will show the wadogo.go2cloud.org annoying page.

Right click on the web-browser’s shortcut, click Properties option. On the Shortcut tab, locate the Target field. Click inside, you will see a vertical line – arrow pointer, move it (using -> arrow key on your keyboard) to the right as possible. You will see a text which begins with “http://”. Remove it or everything after .exe. An example, for Google Chrome you should remove everything after chrome.exe.

clean a shorcut

Next, click OK to save changes. You need to clean all web-browser’s shortcuts. So, repeat this step for the Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge.

Get rid of unwanted Scheduled Tasks

If the annoying wadogo.go2cloud.org web site opens automatically on Windows startup or at equal time intervals, then you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and remove all the tasks that have been created by malicios application.

Press Windows and R keys on the keyboard at the same time. This displays a dialog box that called Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and click OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown in the figure below.

Task scheduler

Task scheduler

In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be open just below automatically. Next, click the Actions tab. Pay attention to that it launches on your PC system. Found something like “explorer.exe http://site.address” or “chrome.exe http://site.address”, then you need get rid of it. If you are not sure that executes the task, check it through a search engine. If it is a component of the ‘ad-supported’ programs, then this task also should be removed.

Having defined the task that you want to delete, then press on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as shown in the following image.

Delete a task

Delete a task

Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by adware. Once is done, close the Task Scheduler window.

How to delete wadogo.go2cloud.org ads with free malware remover

Remove wadogo.go2cloud.org ads manually is difficult and often the adware is not completely removed. Therefore, we recommend you to use the Malwarebytes Free that are completely clean your machine. Moreover, the free application will help you to remove malware, internet browser hijacker and toolbars that your PC may be infected too.

  1. Download Malwarebytes from the link below.
    Malwarebytes Anti-malware
    Malwarebytes Anti-malware
    327226 downloads
    Author: Malwarebytes
    Category: Security tools
    Update: April 15, 2020
  2. Close all programs and windows on your PC. Open the directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
  3. This will launch the install of Malwarebytes. Next, press Next button and follow the prompts.
  4. When installation is done, click on the “Scan Now” button for scanning your computer for the ad-supported software which redirects your web browser to the wadogo.go2cloud.org annoying page. This procedure can take some time, so please be patient.
  5. When the system scan is complete, make sure all entries have “checkmark” and click “Quarantine Selected”. Once the disinfection is finished, you may be prompted to restart your system.

These steps above are shown in detail in the following video guide.

How to stop wadogo.go2cloud.org pop-up ads

To increase your security and protect your machine against new unwanted ads and malicious web sites, you need to use an application that blocks access to malicious advertisements and web-pages. Moreover, the program can block the display of intrusive advertising, that also leads to faster loading of pages and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

  1. Download AdGuard program from the following link.
    Adguard
    Adguard download
    26883 downloads
    Version: 6.4
    Author: © Adguard
    Category: Security tools
    Update: November 15, 2018
  2. When the download is complete, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” window. Follow the prompts.
  3. Once the installation is complete, press “Skip” to close it and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see a quick tutorial which will help you get to know AdGuard better.
  4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you run your PC, AdGuard will start automatically and block popup ads, wadogo.go2cloud.org redirects, as well as other malicious or misleading sites. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that is located on your Windows desktop.

Delete wadogo.go2cloud.org redirect and malicious extensions with AdwCleaner.

If MalwareBytes Anti-malware cannot get rid of the annoying wadogo.go2cloud.org redirect from the Chrome, FF, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer, then we suggests to use the AdwCleaner. AdwCleaner is a free removal tool for ad supported software, browser hijackers, PUPs and toolbars.

Download AdwCleaner from the link below.

AdwCleaner
AdwCleaner download
225612 downloads
Version: 8.4.1
Author: Xplode, MalwareBytes
Category: Security tools
Update: October 5, 2024

After downloading is complete, open the file location. Double click the AdwCleaner icon. Once this tool is started, you will see a screen like below.

adwcleaner win10

Now, press the “Scan” button . This will start scanning the whole personal computer to find out malicious extensions and ad supported software that opens ads from wadogo.go2cloud.org web-page. When the system scan is complete, it will show a scan report as shown below.

adwcleaner win10 scan for wadogo.go2cloud.org finished

Review the report and then click “Clean” button. It will show a prompt. Click “OK”. When the clean up is complete, AdwCleaner may ask you to reboot your computer.

Look at the following video, which completely explains the process of using the AdwCleaner to remove ‘ad-supported’ software, browser hijackers and other malicious programs.

Finish words

Now your machine should be clean of the wadogo.go2cloud.org ads. Remove AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you block unwanted popup ads and annoying dangerous web pages) and Malwarebytes (to periodically scan your computer for new malware and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new dangerous programs and adware are released.

If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of wadogo.go2cloud.org from your personal computer, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.

 

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