Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser presents me unwanted Alldotheblog.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Alldotheblog.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers started a broad adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the viruses from your PC, and also forget about the annoying Alldotheblog.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Alldotheblog.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the most recent news?” or “allow notifications to be reported about recent discounts?”. Generally, such messages are risk-free, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. Also it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are quite an efficient marketing mechanism. If you want products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a pointer about the item he/she planned to pay for. As well as such a marketing approach is practically free – this aspect is very important for companies.
| Site | Alldotheblog.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 | Sysredirector.com, Selfdefscan.site, Celebspicynews24.top |
Alldotheblog.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can come out without your approval, and also with a content which is completely different from your existing interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Alldotheblog.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your personal computer, and then starts suggesting you various advertisements. Their content , in most cases, has no connection with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally demonstrate to you a huge number of various Alldotheblog.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to finish the user’s computer, virus 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 substantial quantity of ads in addition to Alldotheblog.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal jobs will be impossible to do in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Alldotheblog.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your desktop, along with your information, is in a major risk. To quit this infection, you need to make use of antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Alldotheblog.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not return the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your computer, including Alldotheblog.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 spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware 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 cannot be counteracted by Alldotheblog.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, 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 recovery, you can 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 Alldotheblog.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.
