Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my web browser presents me undesirable Aboutsmartcook.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Aboutsmartcook.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus creators started a large adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the frustrating Aboutsmartcook.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Aboutsmartcook.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to receive alerts relating to the most recent news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about latest discounts?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and can only distract you with its unexpected arrival. And it can be simply turned off, in case notifications from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient advertising tool. If you are interested in products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will certainly obtain a pointer regarding the item he/she planned to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing technique is almost free – this factor is very vital for companies.
| Site | Aboutsmartcook.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Nkingwitheaam.com, Majorinryesopert.com, Bukers.xyz |
Aboutsmartcook.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and with a text which is completely various from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Aboutsmartcook.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your system, and then starts suggesting you different ads. Their subject usually has no connection with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally display you a big quantity of different Aboutsmartcook.com pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan sheds in productivity. And to finish the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A significant quantity of promotions in addition to Aboutsmartcook.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular work will be impossible to carry out in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Aboutsmartcook.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your computer, along with your data, is in a serious risk. To stop this virus, you need to use anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Aboutsmartcook.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. An additional drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your personal computer, including Aboutsmartcook.com pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Aboutsmartcook.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” option, which is usually embedded in all popular browsers.
Reset Microsoft Edge ⚙ Settings
- Open "Settings and more" tab in upper right corner, then find here "Settings" button. In the appeared menu, choose "Reset settings" option:
- After picking the Reset Settings option, you will see the following menu, stating about the settings which will be reverted to original:
Reset Mozilla Firefox ⚙ Settings
- Open Menu tab (three strips in upper right corner) and click the "Help" button. In the appeared menu choose "troubleshooting information":
- In the next screen, find the "Refresh Firefox" option:
- Open Settings menu by pressing the gear icon in the toolbar (left side of the browser window), then click "Advanced" option, and choose "Browser" button in the drop-down list. Scroll down, to the bottom of the settings menu. Find there "Restore settings to their original defaults" option:
- After clicking the "Restore settings..." button, you will see the window, where all settings, which will be reset, are shown:
- Open Settings tab, find the "Advanced" button. In the extended tab choose the "Reset and clean up" button:
- In the appeared list, click on the "Restore settings to their original defaults":
- Finally, you will see the window, where you can see all the settings which will be reset to default:
After choosing this option, you will see the next message:
Reset Opera ⚙ Settings
Reset Google Chrome ⚙ Settings
As an afterword, I want to say that the time plays against you and your PC. The activity of browser hijacker Aboutsmartcook.com must be stopped as soon as possible, because of possibility of other malware injection. This malware can be downloaded autonomously, or offered for you to download in one of the windows with advertisements, which are shown to you by the hijacker. You need to act as fast as you can.
