Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my web browser demonstrates me undesirable Ourscratch.fun pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Ourscratch.fun pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus suppliers started a broad adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your personal computer, as well as forget about the irritating Ourscratch.fun pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Ourscratch.fun) use you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices about the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and can only sidetrack you with its abrupt appearing. Moreover, it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want items of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will certainly get a pointer about the item he/she planned to purchase. And such an advertising and marketing approach is practically free – this element is really crucial for companies.
| Site | Ourscratch.fun |
| IP Address | 54.144.3.29 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Dthesadne.fun, Wsoyourwi.fun, Websearches.club |
Ourscratch.fun Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can come out without your confirmation, and with an information which is entirely different from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides unwanted Ourscratch.fun pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, and then begins suggesting you various ads. Their subject , in most cases, has no connection with your normal search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also suggest you a massive amount of various Ourscratch.fun pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be impacted by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements in addition to Ourscratch.fun pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will be difficult to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Ourscratch.fun Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your computer, along with your data, is in a major risk. To stop this infection, you require to utilize antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Ourscratch.fun pop-ups virus. However, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 programs on your desktop, including Ourscratch.fun 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 spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. 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 Ourscratch.fun malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
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:
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 Ourscratch.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.
