Recently, I saw a lot of messages like “my internet browser demonstrates me undesirable Kekonum.com pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Kekonum.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus creators began a large adware circulation project. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your computer, and forget about the frustrating Kekonum.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Kekonum.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts regarding the latest information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and may just distract you with its sudden appearing. Also it can be quickly turned off, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient advertising instrument. If you have an interest in items of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can get this things, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will certainly get a suggestion about the item he/she planned to buy. And such an advertising approach is almost cost-free – this aspect is very vital for companies.
| Site | Kekonum.com |
| IP Address | 62.122.171.6 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Myquiztionnaire.com, Laddleoser.com, Defenderlab.xyz |
Kekonum.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, and also with a text which is entirely various from your present interests or search queries. And, besides undesirable Kekonum.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, including ones on the pages which primarily have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your PC, then starts displaying you different ads. Their material usually has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a huge number of different Kekonum.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan sheds in profitability. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of promotions along with Kekonum.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common jobs will be impossible to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Kekonum.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, along with your information, is in a severe danger. To stop this infection, you require to make use of anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Kekonum.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not revert the web browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted 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 erase all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Kekonum.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 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 perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting 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 Kekonum.com 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 shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Kekonum.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.