Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser presents me unwanted Dosuns.xyz pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Dosuns.xyz pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, virus suppliers began a massive adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the annoying Dosuns.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Dosuns.xyz) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts about the current news?” or “permit alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. Plus it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you want products of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, vehicle lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a pointer concerning the product he/she planned to pay for. And such an advertising technique is nearly free of charge – this factor is really important for companies.
| Site | Dosuns.xyz |
| IP Address | 157.230.4.182 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Sortstophead.live, Doruns.xyz, Uponwarmth.com |
Dosuns.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can show up without your permission, and also with a text which is entirely different from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Dosuns.xyz pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which originally have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your computer, then begins demonstrating you different advertisements. Their material often has no connection with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise demonstrate to you a huge quantity of various Dosuns.xyz pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A significant amount of ads in addition to Dosuns.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical work will be impossible to do in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Dosuns.xyz Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you need to utilize anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Dosuns.xyz pop-ups malware. However, it can not return the web browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. Another drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your PC, including Dosuns.xyz 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard till 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.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Dosuns.xyz 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 shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware software for browser recovery, 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:
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 Dosuns.xyz 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.