Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my web browser demonstrates to me unwanted Executive-story.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Executive-story.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus suppliers began a large adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer, and forget about the aggravating Executive-story.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Executive-story.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notifications regarding the most recent news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and may just distract you with its sudden showing up. And it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this web page are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient marketing tool. 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 soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will surely get a tip concerning the product he/she planned to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing method is practically free of charge – this element is really essential for companies.
| Site | Executive-story.com |
| IP Address | 104.248.47.162 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Justgetlook.com, Videosearchusa.com, Aloetichansels.casa |
Executive-story.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up ads can appear without your approval, and with a text which is totally different from your present attentions or search queries. And, besides undesirable Executive-story.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which originally have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which injects into your computer, then starts suggesting you various ads. Their subject typically has no correlation with your typical search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise demonstrate you a significant number of various Executive-story.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds in profitability. And to finish the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might still be affected by adware virus. A huge quantity of ads together with Executive-story.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common jobs will be difficult to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Executive-story.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your personal computer, and your data, is in a severe danger. To stop this virus, you require to utilize virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Executive-story.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not revert the web browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. One more downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 programs on your PC, including Executive-story.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 malicious apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Executive-story.com malware, 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 specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you can 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:
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 Executive-story.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.
