Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser demonstrates me unwanted Cepundal.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Cepundal.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus creators began a wide adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the annoying Cepundal.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Cepundal.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have alerts concerning the most recent information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt appearing. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an reliable advertising mechanism. If you want goods of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a pointer regarding the item he/she intended to purchase. As well as such a marketing technique is nearly free of charge – this aspect is really crucial for firms.
| Site | Cepundal.com |
| IP Address | 104.21.78.135 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Playadvanced-bestgreatlyinstallation.best, Spicaladapt.com, Casttravel2.xyz |
Cepundal.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, and with a material which is completely different from your current attentions or search queries. And, besides unwanted Cepundal.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your system, then starts suggesting you different promotions. Their subject typically has no connection with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can likewise demonstrate you a massive amount of different Cepundal.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to ruin the user’s computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be influenced by adware virus. A big number of advertisements along with Cepundal.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical jobs will be impossible to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Cepundal.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your computer, and your information, is in a major risk. To quit this virus, you require to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Cepundal.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not change the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
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 erase all unwanted applications on your computer, including Cepundal.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 malicious programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Cepundal.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found 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 programs
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser restoration, you may 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 Cepundal.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.
