Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my internet browser presents me undesirable Mediaevent.fun pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Mediaevent.fun pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, virus distributors started a broad adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the aggravating Mediaevent.fun pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Mediaevent.fun) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts relating to the current news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can just distract you with its abrupt appearing. Also it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are quite an reliable marketing instrument. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this things, and as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a suggestion regarding the product he/she intended to pay for. And also such an advertising and marketing method is nearly cost-free – this element is really important for corporations.
| Site | Mediaevent.fun |
| IP Address | 178.62.225.201 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Fkolib.com, Eisanythi.fun, Video-notification.digital |
Mediaevent.fun Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can come out without your confirmation, as well as with an information which is completely different from your present cares or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Mediaevent.fun pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which infiltrates into your system, and then starts demonstrating to you different promotions. Their material typically has no connection with your normal search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also demonstrate to you a significant quantity of different Mediaevent.fun pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be impacted by adware virus. A substantial quantity of advertisements along with Mediaevent.fun pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common jobs will be impossible to carry out in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Mediaevent.fun Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your desktop, along with your data, is in a serious risk. To quit this virus, you need to use anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Mediaevent.fun pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not revert the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted applications on your desktop, including Mediaevent.fun 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 malicious programs, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during 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 every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Mediaevent.fun 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 making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser restoration, you can 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 Mediaevent.fun 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.
