Recently, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my internet browser shows me unwanted Bemasx.com pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Bemasx.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer system, as well as forget about the frustrating Bemasx.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Bemasx.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the current news?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and may only distract you with its sudden showing up. Moreover, it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in goods of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will surely get a suggestion regarding the item he/she planned to pay for. And such an advertising method is practically cost-free – this factor is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Bemasx.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 | Newsplus.cc, Syncfree-bestextremelyfile.best, Miyugt.com |
Bemasx.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, and with a material which is completely different from your current interests or search queries. And, besides unwanted Bemasx.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of virus which infiltrates into your computer, after that starts suggesting you numerous promotions. Their content , in most cases, has no correlation with your typical search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also suggest you a significant amount of various Bemasx.com pop-up advertisements, which show up 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 injected in your PC earlier. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to end up the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be impacted by adware virus. A big amount of advertisements in addition to Bemasx.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical tasks will be impossible to do in common way.
How Can I Deal With Bemasx.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your desktop, along with your information, is in a serious risk. To quit this infection, you require to use antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Bemasx.com pop-ups virus. However, it can not return the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. One more disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your 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 erase all malicious programs on your personal computer, including Bemasx.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each 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 revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Bemasx.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you may pick 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 Bemasx.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.