Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser demonstrates to me unwanted Omothert.fun pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Omothert.fun pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors began a massive adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer, and forget about the annoying Omothert.fun pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Omothert.fun) show you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notifications about the most recent information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding latest price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and can only distract you with its unexpected appearance. Moreover, it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient advertising instrument. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can get this things, and as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a suggestion about the item he/she intended to buy. As well as such a marketing approach is practically free – this aspect is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Omothert.fun |
| IP Address | 52.86.219.129 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Worldlifestylez.com, Willgetitfr.fun, Xtmonthifth.fun |
Omothert.fun Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, and also with a material which is completely various from your present cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Omothert.fun pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which injects into your computer, after that begins demonstrating to you numerous ads. Their material usually has no correlation with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also demonstrate you a substantial amount of different Omothert.fun pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to rub out the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A substantial number of advertisements in addition to Omothert.fun pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical activities will be impossible to carry out in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Omothert.fun Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your computer, along with your information, is in a severe danger. To stop this infection, you need to make use of antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Omothert.fun pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 malicious programs on your PC, including Omothert.fun 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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Omothert.fun virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 programs
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 Omothert.fun 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.