Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my internet browser presents me undesirable Positivestar.org pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Positivestar.org pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus suppliers started a large adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the bothersome Positivestar.org pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Positivestar.org) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to get notifications concerning the most up to date information?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding latest price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and can only sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. And it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective advertising and marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in goods of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can get this stuff, and as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a pointer about the item he/she meant to buy. As well as such a marketing method is practically cost-free – this element is very important for companies.
| Site | Positivestar.org |
| IP Address | 107.22.58.232 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Atwithdifferuken.xyz, Icewaterhous.xyz, News-lezisu.cc |
Positivestar.org Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and also with a content which is completely different from your present interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Positivestar.org pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the indication of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your system, after that starts showing you different promotions. Their content , in most cases, has no connection with your typical search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also demonstrate to you a big quantity of different Positivestar.org pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Promotions, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in productivity. And to rub out the user’s desktop, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be impacted by adware virus. A substantial number of promotions in addition to Positivestar.org pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal tasks will be difficult to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Positivestar.org Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your computer, as well as your data, is in a significant risk. To stop this virus, you need to use anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Positivestar.org pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. Another drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
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 eliminate all malicious applications on your desktop, including Positivestar.org 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 folders.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved 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 cannot be counteracted by Positivestar.org virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action 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 making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, you can pick 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 Positivestar.org 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.
