Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my web browser displays me unwanted Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus creators started a broad adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer, and also forget about the irritating Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to get alerts concerning the current information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can only distract you with its abrupt arrival. Moreover, it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable advertising instrument. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can get this stuff, and also as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will certainly get a pointer about the product he/she meant to purchase. And such an advertising method is almost free – this element is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com |
| IP Address | 104.21.10.32 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Grandocasino.com, Processing-center-wn1.click, Streamvidair.ru |
Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and with an information which is totally various from your current cares or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which infiltrates into your computer, and then begins demonstrating you numerous ads. Their content often has no correlation with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise display you a significant amount of various Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big quantity of ads in addition to Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical tasks will certainly be difficult to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your data, is in a major risk. To stop this infection, you need to utilize security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com pop-ups malware. However, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Antivirus.safe-web-pc.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 malicious apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 counteracted by Antivirus.safe-web-pc.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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:
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 Antivirus.safe-web-pc.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.