Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser demonstrates to me unwanted Gxpowered.com pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Gxpowered.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus distributors began a large adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the frustrating Gxpowered.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Gxpowered.com) show you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notifications concerning the most up to date news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding new discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and may only distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this web page are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an effective marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this things, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a suggestion concerning the product he/she meant to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly free – this element is very essential for corporations.
| Site | Gxpowered.com |
| IP Address | 13.227.219.72 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Gearjewdis.link, Wewillserv.com, Traffic-links.com |
Gxpowered.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up promotions can show up without your confirmation, and with an information which is totally different from your existing cares or search questions. And, besides unwanted Gxpowered.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which infiltrates into your system, then begins demonstrating to you different advertisements. Their content often has no correlation with your regular search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a huge quantity of different Gxpowered.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be influenced by adware virus. A substantial number of ads in addition to Gxpowered.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be impossible to execute in common way.
How Can I Deal With Gxpowered.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this virus, you need to use anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Gxpowered.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 delete all malicious applications on your PC, including Gxpowered.com 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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Gxpowered.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you may 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:
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 Gxpowered.com 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.
