Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my browser presents me unwanted Easy-ad-blocker.net pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Easy-ad-blocker.net pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus distributors started a vast adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your PC, and also forget about the aggravating Easy-ad-blocker.net pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Easy-ad-blocker.net) use you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to get notifications regarding the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and can just distract you with its unexpected visual appeal. Moreover, it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable advertising mechanism. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a tip concerning the product he/she intended to purchase. And such an advertising technique is nearly free of charge – this aspect is extremely crucial for corporations.
| Site | Easy-ad-blocker.net |
| IP Address | 104.21.4.58 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Blackdealfriday.online, Utilityhub.info, Getsecures.com |
Easy-ad-blocker.net Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and also with an information which is totally different from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides unwanted Easy-ad-blocker.net pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of malware which infiltrates into your system, then starts demonstrating you different promotions. Their subject , in most cases, has no connection with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise demonstrate you a significant quantity of various Easy-ad-blocker.net pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might continue to be affected by adware virus. A huge number of ads in addition to Easy-ad-blocker.net pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical activities will certainly be difficult to carry out in common way.
How Can I Deal With Easy-ad-blocker.net Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your PC, and your information, is in a major danger. To quit this infection, you need to make use of anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Easy-ad-blocker.net pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. Another negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
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 unwanted programs on your computer, including Easy-ad-blocker.net 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 folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, 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 malicious app. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Easy-ad-blocker.net malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 utilizing third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, you may pick 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 Easy-ad-blocker.net 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.
