Recently, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser demonstrates me undesirable Pc-protections.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Pc-protections.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus creators began a vast adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can remove the viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the frustrating Pc-protections.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Pc-protections.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to get notices concerning the latest news?” or “allow alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are riskless, and may just distract you with its unexpected appearing. Plus it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in goods of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this stuff, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a tip about the product he/she planned to buy. And such an advertising and marketing approach is practically free – this element is really important for firms.
| Site | Pc-protections.com |
| IP Address | 34.102.136.180 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Defenceanalysisreport.com, News-xijura.cc, Op00.biz |
Pc-protections.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can come out without your permission, and also with a text which is completely various from your current attentions or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Pc-protections.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which infiltrates into your PC, then begins showing you various ads. Their subject usually has no correlation with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also display you a big quantity of different Pc-protections.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan loses in productivity. And to ruin the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial amount of ads together with Pc-protections.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical tasks will certainly be impossible to execute in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Pc-protections.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a significant risk. To quit this infection, you require to make use of security software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Pc-protections.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your desktop, including Pc-protections.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each 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 are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Pc-protections.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 utilizing third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you can pick 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 Pc-protections.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.
