Last week, I saw a plenty of posts like “my browser shows me unwanted Hilycover.top pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Hilycover.top pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus distributors began a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the frustrating Hilycover.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Hilycover.top) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices about the most up to date information?” or “permit alerts to be reported about latest price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and can only sidetrack you with its sudden visual appeal. Moreover, it can be quite easily turned off, in case alerts from this web page are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable advertising tool. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this stuff, and also as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notice about this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will certainly obtain a suggestion about the item he/she planned to pay for. As well as such a marketing method is nearly cost-free – this aspect is extremely essential for firms.
| Site | Hilycover.top |
| IP Address | 52.86.219.129 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Mainchargenews.com, Enspread.top, Click-to-continue.shop |
Hilycover.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is entirely various from your present interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Hilycover.top pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which originally have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your personal computer, and then starts showing you different advertisements. Their material usually has no connection with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can likewise demonstrate you a huge number of various Hilycover.top pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Ads, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to dispatch the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements along with Hilycover.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal tasks will certainly be impossible to execute in common way.
How Can I Deal With Hilycover.top Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your PC, and your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this virus, you require to make use of security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Hilycover.top pop-ups virus. However, it can not reset the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious programs on your personal computer, including Hilycover.top 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 malicious programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with 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 set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware 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 is not able to be intercepted by Hilycover.top malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, 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 Hilycover.top 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.
