Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser presents me unwanted Gujens.xyz pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Gujens.xyz pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus suppliers began a large adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the bothersome Gujens.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Gujens.xyz) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notices regarding the current information?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its sudden appearing. Also it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are fairly an efficient marketing tool. 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 also as soon 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, auto lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly obtain a reminder concerning the product he/she planned to purchase. And such an advertising technique is nearly cost-free – this element is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | Gujens.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 | Moveyourdesk.co, Strettechoco.com, Horse-bidforreal.org |
Gujens.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is entirely various from your current interests or search queries. And, besides undesirable Gujens.xyz pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your computer, after that begins showing you different promotions. Their content usually has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise demonstrate you a massive amount of different Gujens.xyz pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big number of advertisements along with Gujens.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will certainly be impossible to perform in common way.
How Can I Deal With Gujens.xyz Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, along with your data, is in a serious risk. To stop this virus, you need to use anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Gujens.xyz pop-ups malware. However, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
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 eliminate all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Gujens.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed 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 Gujens.xyz malware, 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 choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you may 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 Gujens.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.
