Recently, I saw a plenty of posts like “my internet browser shows me undesirable Online-video-hosting.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Online-video-hosting.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus distributors started a vast adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the frustrating Online-video-hosting.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Online-video-hosting.com) use you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notifications relating to the latest information?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and may only distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. Moreover, it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable marketing mechanism. If you want items of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this things, and as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will definitely obtain a reminder concerning the item he/she planned to purchase. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is practically free of charge – this element is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | Online-video-hosting.com |
| IP Address | 109.206.187.4 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Pornhdvideos.info, Enpreven.online, Faindianship.club |
Online-video-hosting.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, and also with a content which is entirely various from your present interests or search queries. And, besides undesirable Online-video-hosting.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your personal computer, then begins demonstrating to you various ads. Their content often has no correlation with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a big amount of various Online-video-hosting.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in profitability. And to terminate the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A huge quantity of advertisements in addition to Online-video-hosting.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal jobs will be difficult to perform in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Online-video-hosting.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your computer, along with your data, is in a serious risk. To quit this virus, you need to utilize anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Online-video-hosting.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with 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 offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious programs on your PC, including Online-video-hosting.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 malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Online-video-hosting.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 making use of third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware software 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:
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 Online-video-hosting.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.