Recently, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser displays me unwanted Ourcommonnews.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Ourcommonnews.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus suppliers started a massive adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the bothersome Ourcommonnews.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Ourcommonnews.com) show you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to have alerts regarding the latest information?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and may just distract you with its abrupt arrival. Moreover, it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this web site are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you want goods of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this things, and also as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a suggestion regarding the item he/she planned to buy. And also such a marketing method is nearly cost-free – this element is very crucial for corporations.
| Site | Ourcommonnews.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.151 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-rulujo.cc, Samplelocation3.xyz, Synergynews3.xyz |
Ourcommonnews.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, as well as with an information which is entirely different from your current cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Ourcommonnews.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the pages which at first have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your personal computer, after that begins displaying you various promotions. Their material typically has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also demonstrate to you a big number of various Ourcommonnews.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in earnings. And to rub out the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of ads in addition to Ourcommonnews.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical activities will be difficult to perform in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Ourcommonnews.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your desktop, along with your data, is in a major danger. To stop this infection, you need to utilize virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Ourcommonnews.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. One more drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 erase all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Ourcommonnews.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe 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 finished, 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 virus. By default, all malware will be moved 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 Ourcommonnews.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option 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 software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, 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:
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 Ourcommonnews.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.
