Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser presents me unwanted Defendyourfiles.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Defendyourfiles.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors started a large adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the pc virus from your personal computer, as well as forget about the irritating Defendyourfiles.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Defendyourfiles.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts relating to the latest news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can just distract you with its sudden showing up. And it can be simply disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are rather an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can buy this things, and also as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, automobile lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly obtain a reminder concerning the product he/she planned to purchase. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is practically free of charge – this factor is very crucial for companies.
| Site | Defendyourfiles.com |
| IP Address | Defendyourfiles.com |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Klemusvid.cc, News-hovupi.cc, Sinknslide.xyz |
Defendyourfiles.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can appear without your approval, and with an information which is completely various from your current attentions or search queries. And, besides undesirable Defendyourfiles.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, and then begins showing you various advertisements. Their material often has no correlation with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also show you a huge number of various Defendyourfiles.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in profitability. And to ruin the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may still be affected by adware virus. A significant number of ads together with Defendyourfiles.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal work will certainly be difficult to execute in common way.
How Can I Deal With Defendyourfiles.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, and your data, is in a severe risk. To stop this infection, you need to utilize antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Defendyourfiles.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Defendyourfiles.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting 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 Defendyourfiles.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you may pick 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 Defendyourfiles.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.
