Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my internet browser presents me undesirable Notcomp.com pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Notcomp.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers began a vast adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the pc virus from your personal computer, and also forget about the irritating Notcomp.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Notcomp.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to get notices concerning the latest news?” or “permit notifications to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and may just sidetrack you with its sudden arrival. And it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective advertising and marketing instrument. If you want goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this stuff, and also as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly get a tip regarding the product he/she intended to buy. And such an advertising and marketing approach is almost free of charge – this element is very essential for companies.
| Site | Notcomp.com |
| IP Address | 3.86.130.101 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Dating-point.top, Jimeu.info, Rizereward.com |
Notcomp.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, and also with a content which is entirely various from your present attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Notcomp.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, then begins demonstrating you different advertisements. Their material typically has no correlation with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also display you a significant number of various Notcomp.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive number of promotions in addition to Notcomp.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common jobs will be difficult to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Notcomp.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your desktop, as well as your data, is in a major danger. To quit this virus, you need to make use of security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Notcomp.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not revert the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious programs on your PC, including Notcomp.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each 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.
Reset 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 Notcomp.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser restoration, you may 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:
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 Notcomp.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.