Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my browser shows me unwanted Bestpenad.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Bestpenad.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors began a broad adware circulation project. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the annoying Bestpenad.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Bestpenad.com) use you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices about the most recent information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about latest discounts?”. Normally, such messages are safe, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected arrival. Moreover, it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable advertising instrument. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a reminder about the product he/she planned to pay for. And also such a marketing method is nearly free – this aspect is really essential for companies.
| Site | Bestpenad.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.96.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Skillformat.gqa, Davo.co.in, Moneysurvey69.top |
Bestpenad.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your permission, and with an information which is totally various from your present interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Bestpenad.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, then starts demonstrating to you numerous advertisements. Their content , in most cases, has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally display you a huge amount of different Bestpenad.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s personal computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might still be affected by adware virus. A big amount of promotions along with Bestpenad.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will be impossible to carry out in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Bestpenad.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your desktop, along with your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this virus, you need to make use of anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Bestpenad.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not return the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 applications on your computer, including Bestpenad.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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. 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 cannot be counteracted by Bestpenad.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located 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 making use of third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser recovery, 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:
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 Bestpenad.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.
