Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my internet browser presents me unwanted Hcatukhyis.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Hcatukhyis.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus creators started a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer, and forget about the annoying Hcatukhyis.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Hcatukhyis.com) show you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notifications regarding the latest news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and may just distract you with its sudden arrival. Moreover, it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are rather an effective advertising tool. If you want products of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a tip regarding the product he/she planned to pay for. As well as such a marketing method is almost free – this factor is really essential for companies.
| Site | Hcatukhyis.com |
| IP Address | 44.195.137.121 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-nuhiko.cc, Startcompletelyswiftthefile.vip, Kenus.info |
Hcatukhyis.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, and also with a text which is totally different from your present interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Hcatukhyis.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your computer, after that starts suggesting you various advertisements. Their material often has no connection with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally demonstrate to you a huge number of various Hcatukhyis.com pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be affected by adware virus. A significant amount of ads together with Hcatukhyis.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular work will certainly be difficult to execute in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Hcatukhyis.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a serious risk. To stop this virus, you need to make use of anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Hcatukhyis.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t reset the web browser changes which were applied by harmful program. One more negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 programs on your computer, including Hcatukhyis.com 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 spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, 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 malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Hcatukhyis.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Hcatukhyis.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.
