Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my web browser shows me unwanted Ammankeyan.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Ammankeyan.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, virus creators started a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can delete the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the frustrating Ammankeyan.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Ammankeyan.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts relating to the current information?” or “permit alerts to be reported about new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and may only distract you with its abrupt appearance. Also it can be quite easily turned off, in case alerts from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are quite an reliable advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can buy this stuff, and as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a reminder concerning the product he/she planned to buy. And also such a marketing approach is almost cost-free – this factor is really vital for companies.
| Site | Ammankeyan.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.236 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ndreadyto.fun, Toccurreda.fun, Wearevery.fun |
Ammankeyan.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and also with an information which is completely various from your current attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Ammankeyan.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which infiltrates into your computer, and then starts demonstrating to you different advertisements. Their material typically has no match with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also demonstrate to you a substantial amount of various Ammankeyan.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in earnings. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be affected by adware virus. A big amount of promotions together with Ammankeyan.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal work will certainly be difficult to do in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Ammankeyan.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your computer, and your data, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you require to utilize anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Ammankeyan.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the web browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. An additional drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious programs on your desktop, including Ammankeyan.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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be moved 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 counteracted by Ammankeyan.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 applications
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Ammankeyan.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.
