Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my browser demonstrates to me unwanted Pcprotect.name pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Pcprotect.name 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 distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the bothersome Pcprotect.name pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Pcprotect.name) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to receive alerts regarding the latest news?” or “allow notifications to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden visual appeal. Plus it can be quickly disabled, in case notices from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective advertising mechanism. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this stuff, and as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a reminder concerning the item he/she intended to purchase. As well as such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly cost-free – this factor is extremely important for firms.
| Site | Pcprotect.name |
| IP Address | 192.248.187.102 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Principledecli.xyz, News-xovoni.cc, Notifications.website |
Pcprotect.name Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can appear without your approval, and also with a content which is entirely different from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Pcprotect.name pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your system, then starts displaying you various promotions. Their content often has no match with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally show you a massive quantity of different Pcprotect.name pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s personal computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be affected by adware virus. A huge number of promotions in addition to Pcprotect.name pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular jobs will be difficult to perform in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Pcprotect.name Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your computer, along with your data, is in a major danger. To stop this virus, you need to use virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Pcprotect.name pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware 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 malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious programs on your personal computer, including Pcprotect.name 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform 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 spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Pcprotect.name virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 tools for browser restoration, you can pick 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 Pcprotect.name 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.
