Zlappy.com Removal Guide

Zlappy.com is a browser hijacker that looks like an advertising domain. This program takes over your browser’s settings and changes your default homepage. At first, you may think that this website is useful because it comes with multiple shortcuts and other additional functions, but the truth is that it is too dangerous to keep this website on your browser. The sooner you remove Zlappy.com from your computer, the better because you can never know who could exploit this program for their own malevolent gains. Check out the manual removal instructions below this description, and do not hesitate to leave us a comment if you encounter problems trying to protect your PC.

When you look at the hijacker’s homepage, it is easy to see why some users think this program might be a good thing. It has shortcuts to Facebook, YouTube, Gmail, Twitter, Wikipedia, and other popular sites. It also comes with a widget that displays the weather conditions in your area and the current date. However, aside from these details, Zlappy.com also has a lot of advertising space that is usually full of random flash advertisements. These advertisements will slow down your browser and will probably expose you to corrupted content if you end up clicking them.

So if Zlappy.com is so annoying, how come it is there on your computer? Of course, here you might say that the program infected your computer behind your back, but a browser hijacker is very far from a genuine computer infection. Of course, it does pose certain computer security threats, but it cannot enter your system without your permission. Most of the time, they spread in software packages via file-sharing websites, so whenever you install a freeware application on your PC downloaded from some third-party site, it is very likely that a few other unwanted applications and features (like Zlappy.com) will enter your PC, too.

Currently, Zlappy.com spreads only in the United States, but if no one reins in this application, it could read a global distribution level as well. From what we have seen before, the hijacker is quite similar to Mywebtopic.com and Polarisearch.com, so you should be able to remove it by applying the same methods that worked on these older hijackers. The most important thing is to not ignore this intruder. Although the program does not seem like much of a threat, it could be easily misused by malevolent third parties.

Any browser hijacker out there enters target computers with the intention to make some money. Most of the profit is generated via third-party advertising. Zlappy.com and other similar programs merely provide the advertising space for third parties, and they are not responsible for whatever content they promote. Hence, some of the ads displayed by this hijacker could lead to dangerous sites, too. It is up to you to refrain from clicking the flashy ads, but that is not all. The program might also monitor your online activity by employing tracking cookies. In a sense, Zlappy.com does that to provide you with customized web browsing experience, but it is very intrusive and potentially harmful.

Therefore, delete Zlappy.com right now and then safeguard your system against other unwanted applications. The best way to do that would be investing in a powerful antispyware program.

How to Remove Zlappy.com

Internet Explorer

1. Press Win+R and type regedit. Click OK.
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
3. On the right pane, right-click the Start Page value.
4. Select Modify and change your homepage address. Click OK.

Firefox

1. Press Win+R and the Run prompt will open.
2. Type %AppData% into the Open box and click OK.
3. Go to Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[User ID].
4. Open the prefs.js file with Notepad.
5. Delete the following string: user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://Zlappy.com");
6. Save changes and close the file.

Chrome

1. Press Win+R and type %LocalAppData%.
2. Click OK and go to Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
3. Delete the Preferences, Secure Preferences, and Web Data files.