Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates me unwanted Ourcoolspot.com pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Ourcoolspot.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus creators began a wide adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, and forget about the bothersome Ourcoolspot.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Ourcoolspot.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices about the latest information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and may just distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. Also it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient advertising mechanism. If you are interested in products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this things, and also as quickly as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a suggestion concerning the product he/she meant to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly cost-free – this aspect is very important for corporations.
| Site | Ourcoolspot.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.183 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Publicprize.cyou, Destinynewyorks.co, Ssrequires.fun |
Ourcoolspot.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can show up without your approval, as well as with an information which is entirely different from your existing interests or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Ourcoolspot.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of virus which injects into your personal computer, and then begins demonstrating you various promotions. Their subject typically has no match with your typical search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also demonstrate you a big amount of different Ourcoolspot.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in earnings. And to end up the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can continue to be affected by adware virus. A big quantity of ads along with Ourcoolspot.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will be impossible to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Ourcoolspot.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your data, is in a major risk. To quit this infection, you need to use anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Ourcoolspot.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted applications on your PC, including Ourcoolspot.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 malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, 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 malware. By default, all the viruses will be removed 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 Ourcoolspot.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware software for browser reset, you can choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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:
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 Ourcoolspot.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.