Recently, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser demonstrates to me undesirable Hfdorkmec.com pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Hfdorkmec.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus distributors started a wide adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your computer, and forget about the bothersome Hfdorkmec.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Hfdorkmec.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to get alerts about the most recent news?” or “allow alerts to be reported about new discounts?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and can only distract you with its sudden showing up. Plus it can be quickly turned off, in case notices from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are quite an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this things, and also as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a reminder about the item he/she meant to buy. As well as such a marketing approach is practically free of charge – this aspect is really vital for companies.
| Site | Hfdorkmec.com |
| IP Address | Hfdorkmec.com |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Traff3.ru, Mixevideo.me, Op11.biz |
Hfdorkmec.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is totally different from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Hfdorkmec.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of virus which infiltrates into your PC, and then starts demonstrating you various promotions. Their content often has no connection with your typical search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise demonstrate you a significant quantity of different Hfdorkmec.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might still be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements in addition to Hfdorkmec.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal jobs will be impossible to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Hfdorkmec.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, as well as your data, is in a significant danger. To stop this virus, you require to utilize security software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Hfdorkmec.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser changes which were applied by harmful program. One more drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
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 programs on your computer, including Hfdorkmec.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, 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 virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Hfdorkmec.com virus, 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 shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using 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 Hfdorkmec.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.
