Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my web browser shows me unwanted Majortoplink.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Majortoplink.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the irritating Majortoplink.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Majortoplink.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notifications relating to the current information?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and may just distract you with its unexpected visual appeal. Plus it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this stuff, and as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will certainly get a reminder about the product he/she intended to purchase. As well as such a marketing approach is almost free of charge – this aspect is really crucial for corporations.
| Site | Majortoplink.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 | Somenewforyou.cc, Land01.bid, Video18on.com |
Majortoplink.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, and also with a material which is entirely different from your present cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Majortoplink.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your PC, then starts suggesting you numerous advertisements. Their material usually has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also display you a substantial number of different Majortoplink.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Ads, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in earnings. And to terminate the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might continue to be affected by adware virus. A significant number of promotions in addition to Majortoplink.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal activities will be difficult to do in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Majortoplink.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you need to use antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Majortoplink.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t return the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. One more negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
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 desktop, including Majortoplink.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 see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, 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 malicious app. By default, all malware 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 cannot be counteracted by Majortoplink.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software 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:
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 Majortoplink.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.
