Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my web browser shows me unwanted Phoureel.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Phoureel.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors began a large adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the aggravating Phoureel.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Phoureel.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts relating to the most recent news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and may only distract you with its abrupt arrival. Plus it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are quite an reliable marketing tool. If you want goods of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can acquire this things, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will definitely obtain a reminder about the item he/she intended to pay for. And such an advertising and marketing technique is practically cost-free – this element is extremely essential for firms.
| Site | Phoureel.com |
| IP Address | 104.21.0.108 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Lovelypush.club, Boyu.com.tr, Re-captha-version-3-223.buzz |
Phoureel.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can show up without your approval, and also with a material which is completely various from your current interests or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Phoureel.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of pc virus which injects into your system, then begins suggesting you numerous promotions. Their content usually has no correlation with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also suggest you a significant number of various Phoureel.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A significant amount of advertisements along with Phoureel.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will certainly be difficult to do in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Phoureel.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a major risk. To quit this virus, you need to make use of anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Phoureel.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t reset the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. Another negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
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 delete all unwanted applications on your computer, including Phoureel.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 spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, 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 removed 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 is not able to be intercepted by Phoureel.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action 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 utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware software for browser reset, you may 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 Phoureel.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.
