Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates me undesirable Colloredtheme.top pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Colloredtheme.top pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus distributors began a wide adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the aggravating Colloredtheme.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Colloredtheme.top) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to get alerts concerning the most recent information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden arrival. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are rather an efficient marketing tool. If you have an interest in products of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can buy this stuff, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, vehicle lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a reminder regarding the item he/she intended to pay for. And such a marketing technique is practically free of charge – this element is extremely essential for firms.
| Site | Colloredtheme.top |
| IP Address | 104.248.199.158 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Equargeroutwing.com, Crackerthomson.tech, News-sukete.cc |
Colloredtheme.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your confirmation, and with a text which is completely different from your current cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Colloredtheme.top pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which infiltrates into your PC, then starts suggesting you different advertisements. Their content usually has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also show you a big number of various Colloredtheme.top pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial number of advertisements in addition to Colloredtheme.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal work will certainly be difficult to do in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Colloredtheme.top Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your desktop, along with your information, is in a significant danger. To stop this virus, you need to make use of virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Colloredtheme.top pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t change the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted applications on your desktop, including Colloredtheme.top 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 checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm 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 choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. 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 Colloredtheme.top virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools 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 Colloredtheme.top 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.
