Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my web browser shows me unwanted Nowtosearch.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Nowtosearch.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a vast adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can remove the pc virus from your computer, and also forget about the aggravating Nowtosearch.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Nowtosearch.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to receive alerts relating to the most recent news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its abrupt appearing. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective advertising mechanism. If you want products of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will definitely obtain a tip about the item he/she planned to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is nearly free of charge – this aspect is really essential for corporations.
| Site | Nowtosearch.com |
| IP Address | 108.156.60.120 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-cokaze.cc, Drirer.live, Abwiswry.live |
Nowtosearch.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 totally different from your current interests or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Nowtosearch.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your personal computer, after that begins showing you various promotions. Their subject typically has no correlation with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a significant number of various Nowtosearch.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in profitability. And to ruin the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A significant amount of promotions along with Nowtosearch.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal tasks will certainly be difficult to carry out in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Nowtosearch.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a significant danger. To stop this infection, you need to use security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Nowtosearch.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not revert the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. An additional drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer 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 malicious programs on your PC, including Nowtosearch.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 malicious apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset 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 Nowtosearch.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 shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you may choose 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 Nowtosearch.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.
