Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser shows me undesirable Freepotato.fun pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Freepotato.fun pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. Due to the data for last months, pc virus creators began a massive adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can erase the pc virus from your PC, as well as forget about the bothersome Freepotato.fun pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Freepotato.fun) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices concerning the most recent news?” or “allow notifications to be reported about recent discounts?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and can just distract you with its sudden showing up. And it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want products of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this things, and as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly get a tip concerning the product he/she planned to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is practically cost-free – this element is extremely crucial for firms.
| Site | Freepotato.fun |
| IP Address | 185.177.94.27 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-tecayu.cc, Mycleancomputer.net, Storeprecisesupertheproduct.vip |
Freepotato.fun Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, as well as with a text which is totally various from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides unwanted Freepotato.fun pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your computer, and then begins displaying you numerous promotions. Their content usually has no match with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally display you a huge quantity of various Freepotato.fun pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC previously. Promotions, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in productivity. And to finish the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A big quantity of ads along with Freepotato.fun pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical tasks will be difficult to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Freepotato.fun Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, as well as your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this infection, you need to utilize anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Freepotato.fun pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your computer 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 remove all malicious programs on your computer, including Freepotato.fun 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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus 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 revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Freepotato.fun malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you can 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 Freepotato.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.
