Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my web browser demonstrates me undesirable Nancontrast.com pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Nancontrast.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus suppliers began a massive adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your computer, and also forget about the annoying Nancontrast.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Nancontrast.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the current information?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are risk-free, and may only distract you with its abrupt appearing. Moreover, it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective marketing tool. If you want goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly get a reminder regarding the item he/she meant to buy. And also such a marketing approach is almost free – this aspect is very crucial for corporations.
| Site | Nancontrast.com |
| IP Address | 192.243.59.12 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Overheatusa.com, Cdn.shadowminer.top, Equaffism.com |
Nancontrast.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up promotions can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is entirely various from your current attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Nancontrast.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which originally have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your system, after that starts demonstrating you numerous promotions. Their content usually has no correlation with your typical search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can likewise demonstrate you a significant quantity of different Nancontrast.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might still be impacted by adware virus. A significant quantity of ads together with Nancontrast.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal work will certainly be impossible to execute in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Nancontrast.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, and your data, is in a major risk. To stop this virus, you need to use security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Nancontrast.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious programs on your desktop, including Nancontrast.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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 Nancontrast.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 using third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware tools 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 Nancontrast.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.
