Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my internet browser shows me unwanted Greentopper.online pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Greentopper.online pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors began a broad adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can delete the pc virus from your computer system, and forget about the bothersome Greentopper.online pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Greentopper.online) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to get notices regarding the current information?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its abrupt showing up. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable marketing tool. If you are interested in items of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this stuff, and as quickly as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will definitely obtain a reminder concerning the item he/she meant to purchase. And also such a marketing method is practically cost-free – this element is really essential for firms.
| Site | Greentopper.online |
| IP Address | 188.166.68.96 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Freeadvhub.com, Favoritespace.top, Glickredden.tech |
Greentopper.online Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a text which is entirely various from your current cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Greentopper.online pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of pc virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, then begins showing you various promotions. Their material often has no match with your normal search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also demonstrate you a massive amount of different Greentopper.online pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to rub out the user’s computer system, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A substantial number of advertisements in addition to Greentopper.online pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal tasks will be impossible to do in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Greentopper.online Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your desktop, as well as your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this infection, you need to utilize security program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Greentopper.online pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. Another downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 Greentopper.online 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 malicious apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected malicious 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 reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Greentopper.online 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 displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, you may 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 Greentopper.online 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.
