Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my browser displays me undesirable Ancientsend.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Ancientsend.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus distributors began a large adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer, and forget about the aggravating Ancientsend.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Ancientsend.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts regarding the current news?” or “allow notifications to be reported about recent discounts?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and may only distract you with its abrupt arrival. Moreover, it can be easily disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are fairly an reliable advertising instrument. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this stuff, and as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a tip regarding the item he/she meant to buy. As well as such a marketing method is practically cost-free – this aspect is really important for firms.
| Site | Ancientsend.com |
| IP Address | 192.243.59.20 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Clevermillercooperation.com, Ruinedhack.com, Eggglove.com |
Ancientsend.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and also with a text which is completely various from your existing cares or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Ancientsend.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your personal computer, after that begins demonstrating you numerous promotions. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise suggest you a huge amount of different Ancientsend.com pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s computer system, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can still be impacted by adware virus. A substantial amount of advertisements along with Ancientsend.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal work will be impossible to do in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Ancientsend.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your computer, and your data, is in a serious risk. To stop this infection, you require to make use of anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Ancientsend.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t change the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. An additional drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
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 erase all unwanted programs on your PC, including Ancientsend.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with 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 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 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 intercepted by Ancientsend.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 choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software 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 Ancientsend.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.
