Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser displays me undesirable Astercom.top pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Astercom.top pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus suppliers began a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the irritating Astercom.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Astercom.top) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices concerning the most recent news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are harmless, and can just distract you with its unexpected showing up. Moreover, it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this web page are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable advertising mechanism. If you have an interest in items of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will surely obtain a reminder concerning the product he/she intended to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing approach is almost cost-free – this aspect is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Astercom.top |
| IP Address | 52.86.219.129 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Giftboxsweepstakes.com, Clickeoadstrack.xyz, Maroola.aditms.me |
Astercom.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and with an information which is totally various from your existing cares or search questions. And, besides unwanted Astercom.top pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which originally have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your personal computer, after that begins showing you numerous advertisements. Their subject typically has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can likewise demonstrate to you a significant number of various Astercom.top pop-up ads, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in earnings. And to ruin the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements along with Astercom.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will certainly be difficult to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Astercom.top Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your desktop, and your information, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you require to make use of security software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Astercom.top pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t return the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. Another drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Astercom.top 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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till 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 choose the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. 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 Astercom.top malware, 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 software
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser recovery, 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 Astercom.top 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.
