Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser presents me unwanted Oouooo.com pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Oouooo.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors started a massive adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer, and also forget about the bothersome Oouooo.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Oouooo.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to get notifications relating to the most up to date information?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding latest price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and may just sidetrack you with its abrupt arrival. Plus it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient advertising mechanism. If you want items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online merchants, auto lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a suggestion regarding the item he/she planned to pay for. And such a marketing technique is nearly cost-free – this factor is really important for firms.
| Site | Oouooo.com |
| IP Address | 34.102.136.180 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Profitmagnet.life, Alltmcilive.com, Youdtravel.com |
Oouooo.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can show up without your permission, and also with a material which is completely various from your present interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Oouooo.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your computer, and then starts displaying you various ads. Their subject usually has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also demonstrate to you a substantial quantity of different Oouooo.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in earnings. And to terminate the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can still be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of ads in addition to Oouooo.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will certainly be impossible to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Oouooo.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you need to utilize virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Oouooo.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. An additional downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your personal 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 erase all malicious programs on your PC, including Oouooo.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 see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses 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 cannot be counteracted by Oouooo.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” function, which is usually embedded in all popular web 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 Oouooo.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.
