Recently, I saw a plenty of posts like “my internet browser displays me undesirable Convmusic.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Convmusic.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors started a vast adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the irritating Convmusic.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Convmusic.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to have notifications about the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and can just distract you with its abrupt arrival. Also it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an reliable advertising mechanism. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this things, and also as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a reminder concerning the item he/she meant to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing approach is practically free – this aspect is very essential for companies.
| Site | Convmusic.com |
| 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 | News-jasevu.cc, Findjobsdaily.co, Earningates.com |
Convmusic.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, and with a text which is completely different from your existing attentions or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Convmusic.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your computer, then starts demonstrating you various promotions. Their material usually has no match with your typical search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally demonstrate to you a substantial amount of various Convmusic.com pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to end up the user’s desktop, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A substantial quantity of advertisements along with Convmusic.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal work will be impossible to carry out in common way.
How Can I Deal With Convmusic.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you require to make use of security software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Convmusic.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. Another negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious programs on your computer, including Convmusic.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be removed 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 cannot be counteracted by Convmusic.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action 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 utilizing third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser restoration, you can choose 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 Convmusic.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.
