Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my browser presents me undesirable Mssg.guru pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Mssg.guru pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors started a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer, and forget about the frustrating Mssg.guru pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Mssg.guru) show you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the latest news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and may only distract you with its unexpected appearing. And it can be quickly turned off, in case alerts from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are fairly an reliable advertising mechanism. If you want goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can buy this stuff, and as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a tip concerning the item he/she meant to pay for. And such a marketing technique is practically free – this aspect is very important for corporations.
| Site | Mssg.guru |
| IP Address | 212.224.113.103 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Rgoodsearch.online, Vianidorinotor.com, Lobvideo.ru |
Mssg.guru Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can show up without your permission, as well as with a content which is totally various from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Mssg.guru pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your PC, after that begins demonstrating to you various advertisements. Their content often has no connection with your typical search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also suggest you a significant amount of various Mssg.guru pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to finish the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be impacted by adware virus. A big number of promotions in addition to Mssg.guru pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common tasks will be impossible to do in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Mssg.guru Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you need to use antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Mssg.guru pop-ups virus. However, it can’t change the browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. Another downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your desktop, including Mssg.guru 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait 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.
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 Mssg.guru 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 utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser restoration, 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 Mssg.guru 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.
