Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my web browser shows me unwanted Propcscan.com pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Propcscan.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors started a large adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer, and also forget about the annoying Propcscan.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Propcscan.com) use you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notifications concerning the most up to date information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. Also it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are quite an effective advertising and marketing tool. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a reminder about the item he/she meant to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing technique is practically cost-free – this factor is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Propcscan.com |
| IP Address | 188.40.110.143 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Humourchapter.com, Inteo.xyz, Z-loading.icu |
Propcscan.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can come out without your permission, and with an information which is totally different from your present cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Propcscan.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which infiltrates into your PC, and then begins demonstrating you numerous ads. Their subject usually has no match with your typical search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also show you a massive quantity of various Propcscan.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to end up the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can still be affected by adware virus. A significant amount of advertisements together with Propcscan.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common jobs will be difficult to do in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Propcscan.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, and your data, is in a major danger. To quit this infection, you require to make use of anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Propcscan.com pop-ups malware. However, it can’t change the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated 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 advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted applications on your PC, including Propcscan.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Propcscan.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, 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 Propcscan.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.
