Recently, I saw a lot of messages like “my web browser displays me undesirable Mmenta.com pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Mmenta.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, pc virus distributors began a vast adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the pc virus from your personal computer, and also forget about the annoying Mmenta.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Mmenta.com) show you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications about the latest news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and may only sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. And it can be easily disabled, in case alerts from this web page are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you want items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this things, and as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will definitely get a suggestion concerning the product he/she planned to purchase. And also such a marketing approach is practically cost-free – this element is really essential for corporations.
| Site | Mmenta.com |
| IP Address | 190.2.146.101 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Desktopanalyticscenter.site, Xviewsinterfu.xyz, Expansionzoo.xyz |
Mmenta.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up promotions can show up without your approval, as well as with a content which is totally various from your current attentions or search questions. And, besides unwanted Mmenta.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, after that begins displaying you numerous advertisements. Their content often has no match with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also show you a huge amount of various Mmenta.com pop-up ads, which show up 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 PC previously. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be affected by adware virus. A significant quantity of promotions in addition to Mmenta.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular work will be difficult to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Mmenta.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this virus, you need to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Mmenta.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not change the browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious programs on your personal computer, including Mmenta.com pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to utilize 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 malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Mmenta.com malware, 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 shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you can pick 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 Mmenta.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.
