Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable Owletguide.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Owletguide.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, virus suppliers began a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the annoying Owletguide.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Owletguide.com) show you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices regarding the latest information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. Moreover, it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are quite an reliable marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can get 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 regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will definitely get a tip about the product he/she meant to purchase. And also such an advertising approach is nearly free – this factor is very essential for corporations.
| Site | Owletguide.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.96.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-hixumu.cc, Finishedwarmth.com, Gosteadyplaymate.store |
Owletguide.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up promotions can appear without your approval, as well as with a content which is totally different from your current cares or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Owletguide.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your PC, after that starts demonstrating to you different ads. Their content often has no correlation with your typical search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise display you a massive number of various Owletguide.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer previously. Ads, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be impacted by adware virus. A huge amount of ads together with Owletguide.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular activities will be difficult to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Owletguide.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your computer, and your data, is in a serious risk. To quit this infection, you require to utilize virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Owletguide.com pop-ups malware. However, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. One more drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any viruses 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 PC, including Owletguide.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 see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Owletguide.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 specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, you may 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:
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 Owletguide.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.
