Recently, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my web browser presents me unwanted Get-positive.net pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Get-positive.net pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus creators started a broad adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your PC, and also forget about the bothersome Get-positive.net pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Get-positive.net) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices concerning the latest news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and may only distract you with its unexpected showing up. Moreover, it can be easily turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this things, and as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a suggestion regarding the item he/she intended to buy. As well as such an advertising approach is practically free – this aspect is very essential for firms.
| Site | Get-positive.net |
| IP Address | 52.21.125.181 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Captchamodern.top, Towercaptcha.top, To2s.biz |
Get-positive.net Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, and also with a content which is totally various from your existing attentions or search questions. And, besides unwanted Get-positive.net pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of virus which injects into your computer, after that starts displaying you numerous ads. Their subject usually has no connection with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also show you a significant quantity of different Get-positive.net pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Promotions, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in earnings. And to finish the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive quantity of advertisements in addition to Get-positive.net pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical work will be difficult to carry out in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Get-positive.net Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your desktop, as well as your information, is in a significant risk. To quit this infection, you need to utilize anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Get-positive.net pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not reset the browser changes which were applied by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 Get-positive.net 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 folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses 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 is not able to be intercepted by Get-positive.net malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 using third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Get-positive.net 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.
