Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser displays me undesirable Fullpcchain.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Fullpcchain.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus distributors began a vast adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the pc virus from your computer, and forget about the annoying Fullpcchain.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Fullpcchain.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications concerning the latest information?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and can only distract you with its abrupt showing up. And it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this stuff, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will surely obtain a tip about the product he/she planned to pay for. And also such an advertising and marketing method is practically free – this element is really vital for companies.
| Site | Fullpcchain.com |
| IP Address | 104.21.25.117 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Fancysite.net, Harmonyboss.com, Salverbron.com |
Fullpcchain.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, and also with a content which is completely various from your existing attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Fullpcchain.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of pc virus which injects into your personal computer, after that starts suggesting you various ads. Their material often has no connection with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise show you a massive amount of different Fullpcchain.com pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in productivity. And to rub out the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A massive amount of ads together with Fullpcchain.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular tasks will be impossible to carry out in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Fullpcchain.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your personal computer, along with your data, is in a major danger. To quit this virus, you need to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Fullpcchain.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not return the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious programs on your PC, including Fullpcchain.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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, 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 virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Fullpcchain.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action 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 utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you can choose 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 Fullpcchain.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.
