Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser presents me undesirable Convpdfnow.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Convpdfnow.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors started a large adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the annoying Convpdfnow.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Convpdfnow.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices regarding the current news?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and may only sidetrack you with its abrupt arrival. Moreover, it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are rather an effective marketing mechanism. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this stuff, and as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a reminder regarding the product he/she planned to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing method is nearly cost-free – this element is very important for firms.
| Site | Convpdfnow.com |
| IP Address | 172.67.196.123 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-bemedu.cc, Downloadit-on.com, Xml-api.online |
Convpdfnow.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and also with a content which is totally various from your current cares or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Convpdfnow.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your computer, and then begins displaying you different advertisements. Their subject usually has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also demonstrate you a significant amount of different Convpdfnow.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view 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 desktop earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be influenced by adware virus. A significant amount of promotions together with Convpdfnow.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal jobs will be impossible to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Convpdfnow.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, as well as your data, is in a major danger. To quit this infection, you require to make use of antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Convpdfnow.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer 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 delete all malicious applications on your personal computer, including Convpdfnow.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 apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Convpdfnow.com malware, 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 displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser restoration, you may choose 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 Convpdfnow.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.
