Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser presents me undesirable Majormedialink.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Majormedialink.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors began a broad adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the aggravating Majormedialink.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Majormedialink.com) show you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices regarding the most recent news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and can just distract you with its unexpected showing up. And it can be quickly turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient advertising tool. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this things, and also as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will certainly get a tip regarding the product he/she meant to buy. As well as such an advertising method is practically free – this factor is very important for companies.
| Site | Majormedialink.com |
| IP Address | 185.177.94.194 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Uidart.com, Affmoneyysg.com, News-wezepo.cc |
Majormedialink.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can come out without your permission, and with an information which is entirely various from your current interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Majormedialink.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your system, and then starts suggesting you various promotions. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also suggest you a significant quantity of different Majormedialink.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be impacted by adware virus. A massive amount of ads in addition to Majormedialink.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will be impossible to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Majormedialink.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you need to utilize security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Majormedialink.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. One more drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your computer 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 remove all malicious programs on your computer, including Majormedialink.com 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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved 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 intercepted by Majormedialink.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, 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 tools for browser recovery, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Majormedialink.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.
