Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable Articlesimplifier.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Articlesimplifier.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors started a large adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the aggravating Articlesimplifier.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Articlesimplifier.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the latest information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearing. Plus it can be quickly turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an reliable advertising and marketing tool. If you want products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this things, and also as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a suggestion regarding the product he/she intended to purchase. And also such a marketing method is practically cost-free – this element is extremely important for corporations.
| Site | Articlesimplifier.com |
| IP Address | 104.21.71.156 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Security24.onlines247.io, News-figije.cc, Securesoftwarepc.com |
Articlesimplifier.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can appear without your permission, and also with a material which is completely various from your present interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Articlesimplifier.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your PC, and then starts displaying you various promotions. Their content usually has no match with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise show you a huge quantity of various Articlesimplifier.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big amount of advertisements in addition to Articlesimplifier.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common work will be impossible to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Articlesimplifier.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, as well as your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you need to make use of virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Articlesimplifier.com pop-ups malware. However, it can’t reset the web browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted programs on your computer, including Articlesimplifier.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 till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Articlesimplifier.com 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 applications
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, you may 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:
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 Articlesimplifier.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.