Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my internet browser displays me unwanted Ionconsideri.biz pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Ionconsideri.biz pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus creators started a large adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your PC, and also forget about the irritating Ionconsideri.biz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Ionconsideri.biz) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to have alerts concerning the most up to date news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Generally, such messages are safe, and can only sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient advertising mechanism. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online stores, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will surely obtain a pointer regarding the product he/she meant to buy. As well as such an advertising approach is practically free – this element is really important for companies.
| Site | Ionconsideri.biz |
| IP Address | 34.196.151.230 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Tandvaluable.biz, Keasignifican.biz, Luckymedia.cyou |
Ionconsideri.biz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, and also with a text which is completely different from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Ionconsideri.biz pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which primarily have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which infiltrates into your computer, and then starts showing you numerous promotions. Their material often has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise display you a substantial amount of different Ionconsideri.biz pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan loses in productivity. And to finish the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can still be affected by adware virus. A significant quantity of advertisements together with Ionconsideri.biz pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal jobs will certainly be impossible to perform in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Ionconsideri.biz Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, and your information, is in a severe risk. To quit this infection, you need to utilize anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Ionconsideri.biz pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t reset the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. An additional downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 unwanted programs on your desktop, including Ionconsideri.biz 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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, 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 malware. By default, all the viruses 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 cannot be counteracted by Ionconsideri.biz virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you may choose 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 Ionconsideri.biz 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.
