Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my web browser presents me undesirable Ehappene.fun pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Ehappene.fun pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus distributors started a vast adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the viruses from your PC, and also forget about the irritating Ehappene.fun pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Ehappene.fun) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to have notifications relating to the most recent news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about latest discounts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and can only sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. Moreover, it can be simply disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable advertising tool. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this things, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely obtain a reminder concerning the product he/she meant to purchase. And such an advertising approach is nearly free – this aspect is really vital for companies.
| Site | Ehappene.fun |
| IP Address | 54.237.125.12 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-woxeyo.cc, Eammem.fun, Searchhome-page.com |
Ehappene.fun Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up promotions can come out without your permission, and also with a content which is completely different from your existing attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Ehappene.fun pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, then begins suggesting you different advertisements. Their content typically has no match with your usual search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally suggest you a substantial quantity of different Ehappene.fun pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds in profitability. And to terminate the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A significant number of promotions along with Ehappene.fun pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common jobs will be difficult to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Ehappene.fun Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a major risk. To stop this virus, you require to make use of anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Ehappene.fun pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 eliminate all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Ehappene.fun 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 malicious programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm till 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 set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 intercepted by Ehappene.fun malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located 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 software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, you can 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 Ehappene.fun 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.
