Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my browser demonstrates me unwanted Mekiroki.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Mekiroki.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus creators started a wide adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the bothersome Mekiroki.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Mekiroki.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notifications about the most up to date news?” or “permit alerts to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its sudden appearing. Plus it can be simply turned off, in case notifications from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are quite an effective advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can get this stuff, and as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a suggestion about the product he/she intended to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly free – this aspect is very crucial for companies.
| Site | Mekiroki.com |
| IP Address | 54.197.148.150 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Topfreshnews.xyz, Neroit-news3.online, Neroit-news5.online |
Mekiroki.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your approval, and also with a content which is completely different from your current interests or search queries. And, besides unwanted Mekiroki.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your PC, after that starts demonstrating to you various advertisements. Their subject typically has no connection with your typical search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can likewise suggest you a significant number of various Mekiroki.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to terminate the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might still be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of promotions along with Mekiroki.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical work will be impossible to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Mekiroki.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, along with your data, is in a major risk. To quit this infection, you need to use anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Mekiroki.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malware 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 desktop, including Mekiroki.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 folders.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. 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 cannot be counteracted by Mekiroki.com virus, 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 utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, 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 Mekiroki.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.
