Recently, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser displays me undesirable Allcommonstories.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Allcommonstories.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus distributors began a massive adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your PC, and also forget about the frustrating Allcommonstories.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Allcommonstories.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get alerts concerning the most recent news?” or “permit notifications to be reported about latest price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and may just sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. Moreover, it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this web site are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an effective marketing tool. If you are interested in products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will surely get a tip regarding the item he/she planned to pay for. And also such an advertising technique is practically free of charge – this aspect is really important for corporations.
| Site | Allcommonstories.com |
| IP Address | 172.64.128.15 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-busuwi.cc, News-vimufi.cc, Datelinkage.top |
Allcommonstories.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, and also with a text which is entirely different from your current interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Allcommonstories.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your PC, then begins displaying you different promotions. Their material typically has no correlation with your typical search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also show you a big number of different Allcommonstories.com pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Ads, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive number of promotions along with Allcommonstories.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular activities will certainly be difficult to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Allcommonstories.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this infection, you require to make use of virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Allcommonstories.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not change the web browser changes which were applied by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
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 applications on your personal computer, including Allcommonstories.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 apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware 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 intercepted by Allcommonstories.com virus, 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 using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you can 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:
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 Allcommonstories.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.
