Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my internet browser presents me unwanted Advertmony.com pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Advertmony.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus creators began a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the irritating Advertmony.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Advertmony.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to receive alerts regarding the current information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and may just distract you with its sudden appearance. Moreover, it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are quite an reliable advertising tool. If you are interested in items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the alert about this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly obtain a pointer regarding the product he/she intended to buy. And such an advertising method is almost free – this aspect is very essential for companies.
| Site | Advertmony.com |
| IP Address | 172.67.194.113 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Firuns.xyz, Adblockology.com, News-pimegi.cc |
Advertmony.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can come out without your approval, and also with a content which is completely various from your present attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Advertmony.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your personal computer, and then starts displaying you various promotions. Their content usually has no connection with your normal search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can also demonstrate you a massive amount of different Advertmony.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in productivity. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be impacted by adware virus. A massive quantity of promotions together with Advertmony.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal activities will be difficult to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Advertmony.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your data, is in a major risk. To stop this infection, you need to use anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Advertmony.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the web browser changes which were applied by harmful program. An additional drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Advertmony.com 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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, 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 reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Advertmony.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found 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 programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, 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:
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 Advertmony.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.