Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted Freesportsearch.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Freesportsearch.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a massive adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the annoying Freesportsearch.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Freesportsearch.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to get notifications concerning the most up to date information?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding new discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and may just sidetrack you with its abrupt showing up. Moreover, it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable advertising tool. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can acquire this stuff, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will definitely obtain a tip about the item he/she intended to pay for. As well as such a marketing technique is nearly free – this element is extremely crucial for firms.
| Site | Freesportsearch.com |
| IP Address | 104.21.57.94 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-legeha.cc, Hornypornvid.com, Menbeast1.xyz |
Freesportsearch.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, and with a text which is completely different from your current attentions or search questions. And, besides unwanted Freesportsearch.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which injects into your computer, and then starts displaying you different promotions. Their subject usually has no match with your normal search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also demonstrate you a substantial number of different Freesportsearch.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be affected by adware virus. A big number of promotions in addition to Freesportsearch.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will certainly be difficult to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Freesportsearch.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a major danger. To quit this infection, you need to use antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Freesportsearch.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the browser changes which were applied by harmful program. An additional drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted applications on your desktop, including Freesportsearch.com 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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, 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 malware. By default, all the viruses 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 is not able to be counteracted by Freesportsearch.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you may choose 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:
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 Freesportsearch.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.