Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my browser demonstrates to me undesirable Notifguide.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Notifguide.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus distributors started a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the irritating Notifguide.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Notifguide.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices relating to the latest news?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding new discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and may just distract you with its abrupt arrival. Also it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective advertising mechanism. If you want items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can get this things, and as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly obtain a reminder about the product he/she meant to buy. And such an advertising and marketing method is practically cost-free – this element is very vital for firms.
| Site | Notifguide.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.96.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Notifacademy.com, News-viwinu.cc, Pc-tools-2022.xyz |
Notifguide.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and also with a text which is completely different from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Notifguide.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which infiltrates into your personal computer, and then starts suggesting you various advertisements. Their subject usually has no connection with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also show you a huge amount of different Notifguide.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in earnings. And to end up the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be affected by adware virus. A huge number of promotions together with Notifguide.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical work will be difficult to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Notifguide.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this infection, you need to utilize anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Notifguide.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not return the web browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Notifguide.com 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 checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware 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 intercepted by Notifguide.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 displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, 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 Notifguide.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.
