Vertech Removal Guide

If you have been annoyed by third-party pop-up advertisements recently, it is possible that a malware infection called Vertech has found a way to your computer. This infection is indeed an ad-supported program that seems to affect Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. You may wonder how such an infection has crawled onto your machine since most likely you do not remember installing it. Let us tell you this in advance: This adware may not even be the only malware infection that has entered your computer. Unfortunately, this infection and the ones it may have come along with could introduce you to potentially harmful third-party web content. Engaging with such content may result in more malware programs on your system or your being scammed by criminals. This is why we suggest that you remove Vertech from your system right now together with all other potential threat sources.

Such adware programs rarely have a promotional webpage because their creators do not even bother to set up a fake website promoting some made-up application. This is true for Vertech as well. This obviously means that this infection uses questionable alternative routes to unsuspecting users’ computers. One such route is via software bundling. Unfortunately, this method has become rather suspicious because of the overuse of schemers to spread malware infections and potentially unwanted programs over the web. It is possible to infect your system with such a package if you land on suspicious file-sharing and gaming websites and you click on unsafe content, such as third-party ads and links. Therefore, if you want to download free programs, we advise you to always use reputable and official pages to do so. To be frank, sometimes even that is not enough to avoid infections because, as we have said earlier, schemers can set up fake promotional pages in no time really and these would look completely authentic, too. For this reason, we recommend that you always do a web search about the free program you are about to download to see if it is worth it at all. You might be surprised to find that entering the name of this infection into the search field of Google returns lots of articles on how to remove Vertech.

We have found that another way to get infected with this adware is to download unofficial installers. For example, you may be offered an urgent software update, such as Adobe Flash Player, and you click on this to proceed. These notifications are very tricky and some may even look totally authentic, too. However, if you stick to the rule that you only download and update software through official sources, you can avoid this type of infection. In any case, if you find this adware on board, there is only one thing you can do: you need to run a full-system malware scan to measure up the rate of infection on your computer after you delete Vertech.

This adware is nothing unusual or unique. It can display annoying third-party advertisements on your screen that could also be potentially unreliable. It is also possible that this program can hijack otherwise reliable links on reputable websites and reroute them to malicious websites. Just like all proper ad-supported programs, Vertech also can spy on you and collect information about your online activities in order to be able to target you with customized content. However, this feature can be exploited by cyber crooks who can thus send relevant-looking advertisements to your screen in an attempt to lure you onto their malicious websites. Landing on such pages could be quite dangerous because you could be tricked to reveal your personally identifiable information as well as your banking details. We hope that you understand the possible security issues involved here. If you do not wish to end up with more infections or your bank accounts drained, we advise you to delete Vertech as soon as possible.

This adware is totally useless and its uninstaller similarly so. Unfortunately, running this uninstaller in Control Panel only removes the entry from the list of installed programs and nothing more. Therefore, you need to manually take action and delete the necessary folders and Windows registry keys. If you need help with this, please use our guide below this article. The steps involved in this process are not too complicated but still require your attention since editing the registry has its own risks. Please only go for this manual method if you are confident in what you are doing. If you are looking for an easier and more effective solution that could clean your computer of all present infections and protect it in the future, you should think about installing a reliable anti-malware tool.

How to remove Vertech from Windows

1. Press Win+E.
2. Locate and delete the following folders:
   %APPDATA%\Vertech
   %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Vertech
   %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Vertech
   %USERPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Vertech
   %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Vertech
   %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Vertech
3. Press Win+R and type regedit. Press OK.
4. Locate and delete the following registry keys:
   HKCU\Software\Vertech
   HKLM\Software\Vertech
   HKLM\Wow6432Node\Software\Vertech (64-bit)
   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{80AEC1CC-B9F0-4851-9B9E-8AC15696238F}
   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{80AEC1CC-B9F0-4851-9B9E-8AC15696238F} (64-bit)
   HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Vertech
5. Exit the editor.
6. Empty your Recycle Bin.
7. Restart your computer.