Last week, I saw a great deal of messages like “my browser demonstrates to me undesirable Accounta.fun pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Accounta.fun pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus creators began a large adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can delete the pc virus from your computer system, as well as forget about the bothersome Accounta.fun pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Accounta.fun) use you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notifications regarding the current news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Plus it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an effective advertising mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will surely obtain a suggestion regarding the product he/she planned to pay for. As well as such a marketing technique is practically free of charge – this factor is really important for companies.
| Site | Accounta.fun |
| IP Address | 54.237.125.12 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Notify.tk, News-pibari.cc, Breaking-news.one |
Accounta.fun Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can appear without your approval, and with a content which is completely different from your present interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Accounta.fun pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your system, and then starts demonstrating to you various advertisements. Their material usually has no connection with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise demonstrate you a huge quantity of different Accounta.fun pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to ruin the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can still be influenced by adware virus. A huge amount of ads in addition to Accounta.fun pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal jobs will be impossible to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Accounta.fun Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your PC, and your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you need to utilize security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Accounta.fun pop-ups malware. However, it can’t change the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. One more negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Accounta.fun pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to utilize Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malicious programs, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Accounta.fun malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser reset, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Accounta.fun 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.
