Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser demonstrates to me unwanted Boney-blog.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Boney-blog.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus creators began a broad adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the pc virus from your computer system, as well as forget about the bothersome Boney-blog.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Boney-blog.com) show you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts concerning the current news?” or “allow notifications to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are safe, and can only distract you with its abrupt showing up. Plus it can be easily disabled, in case alerts from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are rather an reliable advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want items of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can get this stuff, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a pointer regarding the item he/she meant to purchase. And also such an advertising and marketing approach is almost free of charge – this factor is very essential for companies.
| Site | Boney-blog.com |
| IP Address | 95.168.170.165 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Notiftravel.com, Extravideo.live, News-lohida.cc |
Boney-blog.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can come out without your permission, as well as with an information which is completely different from your present attentions or search queries. And, besides undesirable Boney-blog.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your PC, and then starts demonstrating to you various advertisements. Their subject often has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can likewise display you a big number of various Boney-blog.com pop-up ads, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to end up the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be affected by adware virus. A significant amount of promotions along with Boney-blog.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular jobs will certainly be difficult to perform in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Boney-blog.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a severe danger. To stop this virus, you need to make use of security software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Boney-blog.com pop-ups malware. However, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
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 eliminate all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Boney-blog.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, 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 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 cannot be counteracted by Boney-blog.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you may pick 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 Boney-blog.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.
