Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser presents me unwanted Boculens.xyz pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Boculens.xyz pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors started a vast adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your PC, and also forget about the frustrating Boculens.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Boculens.xyz) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to have notices concerning the most up to date news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and can just sidetrack you with its unexpected appearing. And it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient advertising tool. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this stuff, and also as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will certainly get a tip about the item he/she intended to purchase. And also such an advertising and marketing approach is almost free – this aspect is very important for companies.
| Site | Boculens.xyz |
| IP Address | Boculens.xyz |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-xwukuci.com, News-yobako.com, Ptupeerdaz.com |
Boculens.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, as well as with an information which is entirely different from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Boculens.xyz pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of virus which infiltrates into your computer, after that starts displaying you numerous advertisements. Their subject typically has no connection with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also demonstrate to you a massive quantity of different Boculens.xyz pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in productivity. And to end up the user’s personal computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big quantity of promotions together with Boculens.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common work will be difficult to execute in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Boculens.xyz Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your desktop, along with your data, is in a major risk. To stop this virus, you need to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Boculens.xyz pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious applications on your personal computer, including Boculens.xyz 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 folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be removed 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 is not able to be counteracted by Boculens.xyz virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located 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 making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Boculens.xyz 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.
