Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser presents me undesirable Adblockez.net pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Adblockez.net pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus distributors began a massive adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the annoying Adblockez.net pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Adblockez.net) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to have alerts regarding the latest news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and may only distract you with its abrupt appearing. And it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an reliable advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in products of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can get this stuff, and also as quickly as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will surely obtain a suggestion regarding the item he/she planned to pay for. And also such a marketing method is practically cost-free – this aspect is very essential for companies.
| Site | Adblockez.net |
| 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 | Lidgainoff.link, Ultrapromob2.click, Milipili.click |
Adblockez.net Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up promotions can show up without your permission, as well as with a content which is totally different from your existing interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Adblockez.net pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, including ones on the pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of pc virus which injects into your computer, and then begins showing you numerous ads. Their material usually has no match with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also show you a big amount of various Adblockez.net pop-up ads, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC previously. Promotions, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to finish the user’s computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be influenced by adware virus. A big number of advertisements in addition to Adblockez.net pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical tasks will be impossible to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Adblockez.net Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this virus, you need to make use of virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Adblockez.net pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the web browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Adblockez.net 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 malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, 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 virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Adblockez.net virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” function, which is usually embedded in all popular web 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:
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 Adblockez.net 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.