Recently, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser demonstrates me unwanted Advtnews.com pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Advtnews.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors started a vast adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer, and also forget about the annoying Advtnews.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Advtnews.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices regarding the current information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt appearing. And it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an reliable advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this stuff, and also as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, automobile lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will surely get a suggestion concerning the item he/she planned to purchase. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is almost free – this element is really important for companies.
| Site | Advtnews.com |
| IP Address | 52.0.170.221 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Waxapop.info, Trackztoolz.com, Listen-heres.com |
Advtnews.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can come out without your confirmation, and with an information which is completely various from your current cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Advtnews.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which originally have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your PC, and then starts showing you numerous advertisements. Their subject usually has no connection with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a massive amount of different Advtnews.com pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be impacted by adware virus. A significant number of advertisements together with Advtnews.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal activities will certainly be impossible to perform in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Advtnews.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your desktop, along with your data, is in a significant danger. To quit this virus, you need to use virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Advtnews.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious programs on your computer, including Advtnews.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 malicious programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Advtnews.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, you may 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 Advtnews.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.
