Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted Download-ready.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Download-ready.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus creators started a large adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the bothersome Download-ready.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Download-ready.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notices regarding the most recent news?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and may just distract you with its sudden arrival. Moreover, it can be quickly disabled, in case notices from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can get this things, and also as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a pointer regarding the item he/she meant to purchase. As well as such a marketing method is practically free – this factor is really vital for corporations.
| Site | Download-ready.com |
| IP Address | 172.67.134.186 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Topfreearticles.xyz, Nginrespon.biz, Youractualfeed.com |
Download-ready.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up promotions can appear without your approval, and also with a content which is entirely various from your existing interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Download-ready.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, after that begins demonstrating to you numerous advertisements. Their material typically has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also display you a big number of different Download-ready.com pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Advertisements, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in earnings. And to dispatch the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A substantial amount of advertisements in addition to Download-ready.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be difficult to do in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Download-ready.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your computer, and your data, is in a severe risk. To stop this infection, you require to make use of anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Download-ready.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your computer, including Download-ready.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Download-ready.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found 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 programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, you may 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 Download-ready.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.
