Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my web browser demonstrates me unwanted Obsession.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Obsession.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus distributors began a massive adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your PC, and also forget about the irritating Obsession.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Obsession.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have alerts regarding the latest information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are safe, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected visual appeal. And it can be quickly disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient advertising tool. If you have an interest in goods of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this things, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will surely obtain a suggestion about the product he/she intended to purchase. And also such a marketing method is practically free – this factor is extremely crucial for firms.
| Site | Obsession.com |
| IP Address | 64.190.62.111 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Gossip-incoming-news.com, Savideo.ru, Zautils.online |
Obsession.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, and also with a material which is entirely different from your current interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Obsession.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which infiltrates into your computer, and then starts demonstrating you various ads. Their content usually has no match with your typical search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also show you a massive amount of different Obsession.com pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan loses in earnings. And to ruin the user’s computer system, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big quantity of promotions together with Obsession.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical work will certainly be impossible to carry out in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Obsession.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, along with your information, is in a severe risk. To quit this infection, you need to utilize antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Obsession.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not return the browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your 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 eliminate all malicious applications on your computer, including Obsession.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 malicious apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
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 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 malware. 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 Obsession.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you can 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 Obsession.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.
