Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my internet browser displays me unwanted Mentsecon.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Mentsecon.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus distributors began a large adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can delete the viruses from your computer, and also forget about the frustrating Mentsecon.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Mentsecon.com) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have notices relating to the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its unexpected appearing. And it can be simply turned off, in case notifications from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable advertising instrument. If you want products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will surely get a suggestion concerning the product he/she meant to pay for. And also such a marketing method is nearly free of charge – this aspect is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Mentsecon.com |
| IP Address | 107.22.28.167 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Maringpolit.com, Save-secur.com, News-jeweva.cc |
Mentsecon.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and with a text which is entirely different from your existing cares or search questions. And, besides unwanted Mentsecon.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which injects into your system, and then starts demonstrating you different advertisements. Their content usually has no match with your normal search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a substantial quantity of different Mentsecon.com pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to terminate the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements along with Mentsecon.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal tasks will certainly be impossible to execute in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Mentsecon.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this virus, you need to use virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Mentsecon.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. An additional drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted programs on your computer, including Mentsecon.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 malware, 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 apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted malicious 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 reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Mentsecon.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Mentsecon.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.
