Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my web browser demonstrates me undesirable Cowboy2u4me.me pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Cowboy2u4me.me pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus distributors began a vast adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, and forget about the bothersome Cowboy2u4me.me pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Cowboy2u4me.me) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts concerning the current information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent discounts?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and can just distract you with its abrupt arrival. Also it can be easily turned off, in case alerts from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly obtain a pointer regarding the product he/she meant to purchase. And also such a marketing technique is practically cost-free – this factor is very essential for companies.
| Site | Cowboy2u4me.me |
| IP Address | 188.42.218.242 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Clevercaptcha.top, Ukndaspiratioty.xyz, Current-captcha.top |
Cowboy2u4me.me Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your permission, as well as with a text which is totally different from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Cowboy2u4me.me pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of virus which infiltrates into your system, then begins showing you various ads. Their content , in most cases, has no connection with your typical search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a big amount of different Cowboy2u4me.me pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of promotions together with Cowboy2u4me.me pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal work will be impossible to perform in common way.
How Can I Deal With Cowboy2u4me.me Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a significant danger. To stop this infection, you require to make use of security software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Cowboy2u4me.me pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
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 remove all unwanted applications on your desktop, including Cowboy2u4me.me 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 see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Cowboy2u4me.me 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 specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser reset, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Cowboy2u4me.me 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.
