Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my web browser displays me unwanted Madeengu.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Madeengu.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, virus creators began a massive adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer system, as well as forget about the aggravating Madeengu.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Madeengu.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notifications concerning the most recent information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its sudden visual appeal. Also it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in items of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this things, and as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a reminder about the product he/she meant to purchase. And such an advertising approach is nearly free – this factor is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Madeengu.com |
| IP Address | 104.21.37.217 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Lubircaf.xyz, Wheeglault.com, Oteelaiphoo.com |
Madeengu.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your approval, and with a content which is completely different from your existing attentions or search queries. And, besides undesirable Madeengu.com 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 trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which injects into your computer, after that begins suggesting you various promotions. Their material , in most cases, has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also demonstrate to you a huge amount of various Madeengu.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might continue to be affected by adware virus. A significant quantity of advertisements in addition to Madeengu.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common jobs will be impossible to execute in common way.
How Can I Deal With Madeengu.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, and your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this virus, you need to use anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Madeengu.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 eliminate all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Madeengu.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 spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses 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 is not able to be intercepted by Madeengu.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Madeengu.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.
