Last week, I saw a plenty of posts like “my web browser presents me unwanted Greenconvert.net pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Greenconvert.net pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a broad adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the aggravating Greenconvert.net pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Greenconvert.net) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the most up to date information?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Plus it can be easily turned off, in case alerts from this web site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are rather an effective marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this stuff, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will certainly get a tip concerning the product he/she meant to buy. As well as such an advertising technique is nearly free – this element is very vital for companies.
| Site | Greenconvert.net |
| IP Address | 104.21.93.154 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Fodeg.live, Probinginquiry.store, Whitepandas1.click |
Greenconvert.net Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and with a material which is totally different from your present interests or search queries. And, besides undesirable Greenconvert.net pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of malware which infiltrates into your personal computer, and then starts demonstrating you various advertisements. Their subject , in most cases, has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise demonstrate you a huge quantity of various Greenconvert.net pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan sheds in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial number of promotions together with Greenconvert.net pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical work will certainly be impossible to do in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Greenconvert.net Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your data, is in a severe danger. To quit this virus, you require to make use of anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Greenconvert.net pop-ups virus. However, it can’t change the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malicious programs 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 computer, including Greenconvert.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm 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 each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 Greenconvert.net malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you can pick 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:
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 Greenconvert.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.