Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser demonstrates me unwanted Not-robot.top pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Not-robot.top pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers started a broad adware circulation project. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the annoying Not-robot.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Not-robot.top) offer you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to get notifications about the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and may just distract you with its unexpected visual appeal. Plus it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this things, and as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online sellers, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a reminder regarding the product he/she planned to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is practically free of charge – this element is extremely important for corporations.
| Site | Not-robot.top |
| IP Address | 134.209.192.77 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Managehighlyrefinedinfo-product.info, Hitthesuneverybody.com, News2-cebore.com |
Not-robot.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can appear without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is completely various from your current attentions or search queries. And, besides unwanted Not-robot.top pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, and then begins demonstrating to you numerous ads. Their subject , in most cases, has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can likewise display you a massive quantity of various Not-robot.top pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be affected by adware virus. A huge quantity of ads together with Not-robot.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common work will certainly be difficult to perform in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Not-robot.top Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your PC, and your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this virus, you need to use anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Not-robot.top pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t reset the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
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 erase all unwanted applications on your desktop, including Not-robot.top 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected 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 reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Not-robot.top malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Not-robot.top 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.
