Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser displays me undesirable Hintonjour.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Hintonjour.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, pc virus creators started a large adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the bothersome Hintonjour.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Hintonjour.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to get notifications about the most up to date news?” or “permit notifications to be reported about recent discounts?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Also it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are rather an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this stuff, and as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will surely get a pointer about the product he/she planned to pay for. As well as such a marketing approach is practically free – this factor is really important for firms.
| Site | Hintonjour.com |
| IP Address | 52.20.131.174 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Amiableawesomeclick.shop, Ibuhaughuss.com, Mbmsg.online |
Hintonjour.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, and also with a material which is completely various from your present interests or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Hintonjour.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which injects into your system, and then begins displaying you numerous promotions. Their subject typically has no connection with your typical search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also demonstrate to you a huge number of different Hintonjour.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in earnings. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might still be affected by adware virus. A big amount of promotions together with Hintonjour.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal tasks will be difficult to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Hintonjour.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you require to use antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Hintonjour.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer 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 remove all malicious programs on your computer, including Hintonjour.com 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 apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be removed 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 counteracted by Hintonjour.com virus, 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 choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser restoration, you can pick 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:
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 Hintonjour.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.