Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my browser displays me undesirable Kokotrokot.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Kokotrokot.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a large adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the irritating Kokotrokot.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Kokotrokot.com) show you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts concerning the most recent information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and can just sidetrack you with its sudden arrival. Also it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are quite an reliable advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this stuff, and as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will definitely obtain a tip concerning the product he/she intended to purchase. And also such an advertising method is almost free of charge – this element is really essential for corporations.
| Site | Kokotrokot.com |
| IP Address | 52.86.24.55 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Itodayire.fun, Demetravertando.best, Takhiza.com |
Kokotrokot.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, and with an information which is totally various from your current attentions or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Kokotrokot.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your system, and then begins displaying you various ads. Their material typically has no match with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise display you a big quantity of different Kokotrokot.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to ruin the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of ads along with Kokotrokot.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal work will be impossible to execute in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Kokotrokot.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this virus, you need to utilize anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Kokotrokot.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. Another downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 delete all malicious applications on your computer, including Kokotrokot.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 folders.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. 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 cannot be counteracted by Kokotrokot.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, 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 reset, you can pick 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 Kokotrokot.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.
