Recently, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable Hawent.xyz pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Hawent.xyz pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, pc virus suppliers began a large adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer, and also forget about the aggravating Hawent.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Hawent.xyz) offer you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notifications regarding the latest news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and can only sidetrack you with its abrupt appearance. Plus it can be simply turned off, in case notifications from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in items of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can get this things, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will definitely obtain a pointer regarding the item he/she meant to purchase. And also such an advertising approach is nearly free of charge – this aspect is very essential for companies.
| Site | Hawent.xyz |
| IP Address | 159.203.70.113 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ds2play.com, Revives.live, Findyourdatedating.top |
Hawent.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up advertisements can appear without your confirmation, as well as with an information which is entirely different from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Hawent.xyz pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which infiltrates into your PC, then starts demonstrating to you various ads. Their material typically has no connection with your typical search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also show you a massive number of different Hawent.xyz pop-up ads, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in productivity. And to finish the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be impacted by adware virus. A massive number of ads together with Hawent.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical tasks will be impossible to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Hawent.xyz Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your desktop, along with your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you need to make use of anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Hawent.xyz pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not revert the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. Another drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your desktop, including Hawent.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, 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 malicious program. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Hawent.xyz malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you may choose 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 Hawent.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.
