Recently, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my internet browser shows me undesirable Ponuadema.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Ponuadema.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus suppliers started a wide adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the viruses from your computer system, and forget about the bothersome Ponuadema.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Ponuadema.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices concerning the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and may only sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. And it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a reminder about the item he/she intended to purchase. And such a marketing technique is nearly cost-free – this factor is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Ponuadema.com |
| IP Address | 172.67.167.154 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Wukbgater.buzz, Fossilsafety.store, Trcklinkwinkwink.xyz |
Ponuadema.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up ads can appear without your approval, and with a content which is entirely different from your existing interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Ponuadema.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which infiltrates into your computer, and then begins demonstrating you different advertisements. Their material usually has no match with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally show you a huge quantity of different Ponuadema.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Ads, which are shown to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to finish the user’s computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements along with Ponuadema.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical jobs will be difficult to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Ponuadema.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your computer, and your data, is in a serious risk. To quit this infection, you require to make use of virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Ponuadema.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not reset the browser changes which were applied by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected 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 eliminate all malicious applications on your desktop, including Ponuadema.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 programs, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is over, 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 malware. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 intercepted by Ponuadema.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located 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 programs for browser restoration, you may 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 Ponuadema.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.
