Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my browser shows me unwanted Ezadblocker.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Ezadblocker.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors began a large adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the irritating Ezadblocker.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Ezadblocker.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts about the latest information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected visual appeal. Plus it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an effective marketing instrument. If you want items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this stuff, and as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a pointer regarding the item he/she intended to purchase. As well as such a marketing method is almost cost-free – this aspect is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Ezadblocker.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Watchadsfree.com, Polid.live, Qatrup.com |
Ezadblocker.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is totally various from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides unwanted Ezadblocker.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which infiltrates into your system, then begins suggesting you various ads. Their material typically has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also suggest you a substantial quantity of different Ezadblocker.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in productivity. And to terminate the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might still be influenced by adware virus. A substantial amount of promotions along with Ezadblocker.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will certainly be difficult to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Ezadblocker.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, along with your data, is in a significant danger. To stop this virus, you need to use anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Ezadblocker.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted applications on your PC, including Ezadblocker.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard 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 each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Ezadblocker.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser recovery, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Ezadblocker.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.
