Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser demonstrates me undesirable Positiveweb.net pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Positiveweb.net pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus distributors started a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the irritating Positiveweb.net pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Positiveweb.net) show you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the most recent information?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding new discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. Plus it can be easily disabled, in case alerts from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective marketing tool. If you want goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this things, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will definitely get a reminder about the item he/she meant to purchase. As well as such an advertising and marketing method is practically free – this aspect is really vital for companies.
| Site | Positiveweb.net |
| IP Address | 18.207.172.221 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Thehomesail.com, Dnsvibes.co, New.vip4u.ml |
Positiveweb.net Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up promotions can come out without your approval, as well as with a text which is completely different from your present attentions or search questions. And, besides unwanted Positiveweb.net pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your PC, then starts demonstrating to you various promotions. Their subject often has no connection with your typical search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally suggest you a substantial amount of various Positiveweb.net pop-up ads, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to ruin the user’s personal computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A significant number of promotions along with Positiveweb.net pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular tasks will certainly be difficult to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Positiveweb.net Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your personal computer, along with your data, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you need to use antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Positiveweb.net pop-ups malware. However, it can not revert the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your personal 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 delete all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Positiveweb.net 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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Positiveweb.net virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you can choose 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 Positiveweb.net 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.
