Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my browser presents me unwanted Hanrecut.xyz pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Hanrecut.xyz pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus creators began a vast adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the annoying Hanrecut.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Hanrecut.xyz) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices relating to the most recent news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and can only distract you with its sudden appearance. And it can be quite easily turned off, in case alerts from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an reliable marketing instrument. If you are interested in items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a reminder concerning the product he/she planned to buy. As well as such an advertising method is almost free – this factor is extremely vital for corporations.
| Site | Hanrecut.xyz |
| IP Address | 45.89.245.53 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Woonews4.xyz, Whoaglaugnow.com, Whimpeezit.com |
Hanrecut.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your permission, as well as with a content which is completely different from your current attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Hanrecut.xyz pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware presence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your computer, and then starts displaying you various promotions. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also demonstrate you a big quantity of various Hanrecut.xyz pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to terminate the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can still be influenced by adware virus. A big amount of advertisements along with Hanrecut.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal tasks will be impossible to do in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Hanrecut.xyz Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you require to make use of security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Hanrecut.xyz pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 eliminate all malicious programs on your PC, including Hanrecut.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 malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses 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 is not able to be intercepted by Hanrecut.xyz virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you may pick 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 Hanrecut.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.
