Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my web browser demonstrates me undesirable Atkatj.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Atkatj.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a large adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can delete the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the irritating Atkatj.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Atkatj.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the current news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. And it can be quickly turned off, in case notices from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an reliable advertising and marketing tool. If you want goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this things, and as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a suggestion about the product he/she planned to pay for. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is nearly free – this aspect is really crucial for firms.
| Site | Atkatj.com |
| IP Address | 185.56.234.205 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Webnotificationsgroup.com, Securtytrk.xyz, Boot-uprenewedgreatlytheproduct.vip |
Atkatj.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up ads can show up without your confirmation, and also with a content which is entirely different from your current cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Atkatj.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your PC, after that begins demonstrating to you various promotions. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also demonstrate you a massive number of various Atkatj.com pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to rub out the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements together with Atkatj.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal activities will certainly be difficult to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Atkatj.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your data, is in a severe danger. To stop this infection, you need to make use of anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Atkatj.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not reset the browser changes which were applied by harmful program. One more downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted programs on your PC, including Atkatj.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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Atkatj.com 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 shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you can choose 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:
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 Atkatj.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.