Recently, I saw a plenty of posts like “my browser demonstrates me unwanted Kensaq.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Kensaq.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus creators started a large adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your PC, and also forget about the frustrating Kensaq.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Kensaq.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notices relating to the latest news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden appearing. Moreover, it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an effective marketing instrument. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this things, and as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will surely obtain a tip regarding the product he/she intended to purchase. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is almost free of charge – this factor is very crucial for companies.
| Site | Kensaq.com |
| IP Address | 151.101.38.114 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Protectyour-device.com, Defenderfocus.xyz, Jugatism.com |
Kensaq.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up advertisements can show up without your approval, and also with a text which is entirely various from your present cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Kensaq.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which infiltrates into your computer, then begins suggesting you various promotions. Their content usually has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise demonstrate to you a significant amount of different Kensaq.com pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to ruin the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be impacted by adware virus. A significant number of promotions together with Kensaq.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical work will be difficult to do in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Kensaq.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, and your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this infection, you need to utilize anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Kensaq.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious programs on your computer, including Kensaq.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 malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard during 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 set the action for each 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 need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Kensaq.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, 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 anti-malware software for browser restoration, you can choose 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:
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 Kensaq.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.
