Recently, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser shows me undesirable Anti-bot-system.ru pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Anti-bot-system.ru pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. Due to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors began a broad adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the frustrating Anti-bot-system.ru pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Anti-bot-system.ru) use you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices regarding the most up to date news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about latest price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are harmless, and may just distract you with its unexpected appearing. Moreover, it can be easily turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective marketing instrument. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a reminder about the item he/she intended to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly cost-free – this aspect is extremely crucial for companies.
| Site | Anti-bot-system.ru |
| IP Address | 104.21.86.253 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Whosebeganschool.buzz, News-gifime.cc, Lpnotworld.com |
Anti-bot-system.ru Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your confirmation, as well as with a text which is entirely different from your current cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Anti-bot-system.ru pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your system, and then starts showing you different promotions. Their material usually has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also demonstrate to you a significant number of different Anti-bot-system.ru pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A significant number of advertisements together with Anti-bot-system.ru pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical tasks will be difficult to do in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Anti-bot-system.ru Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your computer, and your data, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you need to use security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Anti-bot-system.ru pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not reset the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected 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 malicious applications on your PC, including Anti-bot-system.ru 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 malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, 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 program. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Anti-bot-system.ru virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, 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 programs for browser reset, you can choose 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 Anti-bot-system.ru 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.
