Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my internet browser displays me unwanted Crystalcraft.top pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Crystalcraft.top pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors started a broad adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the irritating Crystalcraft.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Crystalcraft.top) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notices regarding the current information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are risk-free, and can just sidetrack you with its sudden showing up. And it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient advertising tool. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly get a suggestion about the product he/she intended to pay for. As well as such an advertising method is practically free – this aspect is extremely important for companies.
| Site | Crystalcraft.top |
| IP Address | 172.67.158.143 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Noxert.xyz, Ladsmoney.com, Duallabdry.live |
Crystalcraft.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up promotions can show up without your permission, and with a content which is entirely different from your current cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Crystalcraft.top pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your system, after that begins showing you different ads. Their content , in most cases, has no match with your regular search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also demonstrate to you a significant number of various Crystalcraft.top pop-up ads, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be impacted by adware virus. A significant quantity of ads together with Crystalcraft.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical work will be impossible to carry out in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Crystalcraft.top Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this virus, you require to use anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Crystalcraft.top pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t change the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. Another negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious applications on your PC, including Crystalcraft.top pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to utilize Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Crystalcraft.top virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Crystalcraft.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.
