Water Plant Adware

What is Water Plant?

Water Plant is adware created by SuperWeb LLC. This application claims to enhance the Internet browsing experience by enabling comparison shopping, coupons, and other similar features. Although this browser extension may seem legitimate, it is categorized as adware.

Water Plant is mostly distributed using a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' - stealth installation of additional apps together with the chosen software. After successful installation on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox without users' permission, Water Plant generates intrusive online advertisements and tracks users' Internet browsing activity.

These generated advertisements include search, banner, pop-up, interstitial, transitional, and full-page ads. It is highly probable that clicking these advertisements will cause further high-risk adware or malware infections.

Furthermore, Water Plant collects various software and hardware information such as IP addresses, unique identifier numbers, websites visited, search queries entered into search engines, pages viewed, etc. This recorded information may include personally identifiable data, and therefore, the presence of this adware on your system can lead to serious privacy issues.

The developers of this rogue add-on have released several hundred adware-type apps identical to Water Plant including, for instance, Digital More, Dolphin Deals, goinggo, Browse Pulse, and Fragile Fixer.

Be aware that extensions released by SuperWeb LLC provide no significant value for the user - their purpose is to generate revenue by the display of intrusive ads and sharing collected data with third parties. For these reasons, Water Plant should be uninstalled from your system immediately.

Research shows that most adware applications (including Water Plant) are distributed via small programs called 'download clients' on freeware download websites such as download.com, soft32.com, and softonic.com.

Download clients are employed to monetize these websites' traffic and free services by offering installation of promoted (according to the developers, '100% legitimate') apps or browser extensions together with the chosen free software. Despite these claims, most of these promoted applications are categorized as adware or malware.

To avoid such infections, closely inspect each step of the free software download procedure to ensure that no other applications are included.

Furthermore, downloaded programs should be installed using the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' options - this will reveal any bundled applications listed for installation and allow you to opt-out. If you have installed Water Plant, the following removal guide will help you to eliminate this adware from your system.

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Quick menu:

• What is Water Plant?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Water Plant application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Water Plant adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Water Plant ads from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove 'Ads by Water Plant' from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Water Plant ads from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Water Plant adware removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "Water Plant", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Water Plant ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove Water Plant adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for "Water Plant", select this entry and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by water plant, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate "Water Plant", select this entry and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by water plant, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plugins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove "Water Plant".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with ads by water plant removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by water plant, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

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