Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates me undesirable Ourtopstories.com pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Ourtopstories.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors began a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your personal computer, as well as forget about the frustrating Ourtopstories.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Ourtopstories.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices about the most up to date news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and can only sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. Moreover, it can be quickly turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable marketing instrument. If you want items of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can acquire this stuff, and as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a pointer about the item he/she planned to buy. And also such a marketing technique is nearly free – this element is really vital for firms.
| Site | Ourtopstories.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.146 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Nfgmyassion.top, Perienfcefot.top, 24-sportnews.com |
Ourtopstories.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, as well as with an information which is completely various from your current interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Ourtopstories.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which at first have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of malware which infiltrates into your PC, after that begins showing you various ads. Their subject usually has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also demonstrate to you a substantial number of various Ourtopstories.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to ruin the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be affected by adware virus. A huge quantity of promotions along with Ourtopstories.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular jobs will be impossible to perform in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Ourtopstories.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a serious risk. To stop this virus, you require to use anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Ourtopstories.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not revert the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious programs on your personal computer, including Ourtopstories.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 malicious apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Ourtopstories.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found 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 antivirus software for browser reset, you can 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 Ourtopstories.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.
