Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my internet browser shows me unwanted Airclewest.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Airclewest.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus creators began a wide adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the aggravating Airclewest.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Airclewest.com) show you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to get notices regarding the current information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are risk-free, and may only distract you with its sudden appearing. And it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective marketing tool. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this things, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a reminder about the product he/she planned to buy. And such an advertising technique is nearly free of charge – this factor is really essential for firms.
| Site | Airclewest.com |
| IP Address | 107.22.28.167 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Thecred.info, Fresh-notification.com, Gmansucc.com |
Airclewest.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can show up without your confirmation, and with a content which is totally different from your existing attentions or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Airclewest.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which infiltrates into your computer, and then begins suggesting you various promotions. Their content usually has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can also display you a big quantity of various Airclewest.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer previously. Promotions, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to dispatch the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A massive quantity of promotions together with Airclewest.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal activities will certainly be impossible to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Airclewest.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a significant danger. To stop this virus, you require to make use of anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Airclewest.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t change the web browser changes which were applied by harmful program. Another drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Airclewest.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 malicious programs, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with 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 set the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Airclewest.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 shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you may pick 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:
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 Airclewest.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.