Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my browser shows me undesirable Aftfile.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Aftfile.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus creators began a large adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your PC, and forget about the annoying Aftfile.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Aftfile.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts regarding the latest news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and may just sidetrack you with its sudden visual appeal. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an effective advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, automobile lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a tip regarding the product he/she planned to buy. And such a marketing technique is nearly free – this factor is extremely vital for corporations.
| Site | Aftfile.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.96.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ramlexllc.com, Uponrimking.live, News-wonale.cc |
Aftfile.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your approval, and also with a content which is totally various from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Aftfile.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of virus which injects into your computer, after that begins showing you numerous ads. Their content usually has no match with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally display you a substantial quantity of various Aftfile.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be affected by adware virus. A significant amount of ads together with Aftfile.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular tasks will be difficult to carry out in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Aftfile.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a significant risk. To quit this virus, you need to utilize antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Aftfile.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
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 programs on your personal computer, including Aftfile.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious programs 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 over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 Aftfile.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 making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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:
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 Aftfile.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.
