Recently, I saw a lot of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me unwanted Coolingcola.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Coolingcola.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus creators started a vast adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the pc virus from your PC, and forget about the frustrating Coolingcola.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Coolingcola.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices about the latest information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent discounts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its unexpected showing up. Also it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this online resource are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in products of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can get this stuff, and also as quickly as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a tip about the product he/she planned to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing technique is practically free of charge – this element is extremely crucial for companies.
| Site | Coolingcola.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Starthighlyrenewedthefile.best, Killsexkcell.com, Securestuff.xyz |
Coolingcola.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your approval, as well as with a text which is entirely various from your current attentions or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Coolingcola.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your system, then begins suggesting you different ads. Their subject , in most cases, has no connection with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also suggest you a significant quantity of various Coolingcola.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer previously. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can still be influenced by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements together with Coolingcola.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal work will be impossible to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Coolingcola.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a major danger. To stop this virus, you need to make use of anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Coolingcola.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t reset the web browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 Coolingcola.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 observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard during 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 set the action for every detected virus 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 revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Coolingcola.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, 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 Coolingcola.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.
