Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser presents me undesirable Gonend.xyz pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Gonend.xyz pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors began a massive adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the viruses from your personal computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Gonend.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Gonend.xyz) show you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices regarding the most up to date information?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and may just sidetrack you with its abrupt appearing. Plus it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this web site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective advertising and marketing tool. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and also as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a reminder about the product he/she planned to purchase. And such a marketing technique is almost free of charge – this aspect is really essential for corporations.
| Site | Gonend.xyz |
| IP Address | 157.230.4.182 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | N1gopush.com, Shopblack2.xyz, Wadescoch.com |
Gonend.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can come out without your permission, and with an information which is completely different from your existing interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Gonend.xyz pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of virus which infiltrates into your computer, after that starts suggesting you different advertisements. Their subject usually has no match with your usual search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally show you a significant amount of different Gonend.xyz pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Ads, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in earnings. And to finish the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements together with Gonend.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular tasks will certainly be difficult to perform in common way.
How Can I Deal With Gonend.xyz Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a serious risk. To stop this virus, you need to use security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Gonend.xyz pop-ups malware. However, it can’t revert the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
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 unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Gonend.xyz 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 directories.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be removed 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 counteracted by Gonend.xyz virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser restoration, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Gonend.xyz 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.
