Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted Boom-free.xyz pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Boom-free.xyz pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, virus suppliers began a wide adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can delete the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the annoying Boom-free.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Boom-free.xyz) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get alerts concerning the latest information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and can just sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. Plus it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are fairly an efficient advertising mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this things, and also as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a pointer regarding the product he/she intended to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing approach is almost free of charge – this factor is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Boom-free.xyz |
| IP Address | 173.214.240.15 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Among-download.xyz, Angie1.top, Musicially.website |
Boom-free.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is totally various from your existing interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Boom-free.xyz pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which infiltrates into your PC, after that starts suggesting you various promotions. Their content typically has no match with your typical search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise display you a huge number of different Boom-free.xyz pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in profitability. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may still be affected by adware virus. A significant amount of promotions together with Boom-free.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular activities will be impossible to do in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Boom-free.xyz Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a major risk. To quit this virus, you need to use antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Boom-free.xyz pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not reset the browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. Another downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted applications on your PC, including Boom-free.xyz 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 malicious programs, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard till 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 set the action for every detected virus 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 reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Boom-free.xyz malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser restoration, you can pick 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 Boom-free.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.
