Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser presents me unwanted Oc-protection.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Oc-protection.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, virus distributors started a vast adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the pc virus from your computer system, and also forget about the bothersome Oc-protection.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Oc-protection.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts regarding the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt appearing. And it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are quite an effective advertising tool. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a reminder about the item he/she planned to buy. And also such a marketing approach is almost free – this factor is very crucial for corporations.
| Site | Oc-protection.com |
| IP Address | 64.225.2.103 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Mandistreet.top, Allcoolposts.com, Get-your.cash |
Oc-protection.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and also with an information which is entirely different from your current cares or search queries. And, besides unwanted Oc-protection.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which at first have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, and then starts showing you various advertisements. Their subject , in most cases, has no connection with your typical search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally suggest you a significant quantity of different Oc-protection.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Ads, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might continue to be affected by adware virus. A big quantity of promotions along with Oc-protection.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical jobs will be difficult to perform in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Oc-protection.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your computer, along with your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this virus, you require to utilize security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Oc-protection.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Oc-protection.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Oc-protection.com malware, 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 displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you can pick 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:
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 Oc-protection.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.
