Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my internet browser displays me unwanted Protaious.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Protaious.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus suppliers started a wide adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can remove the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the aggravating Protaious.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Protaious.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notices about the most up to date news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and may just sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. And it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can get this things, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will surely get a reminder regarding the product he/she intended to pay for. And also such an advertising and marketing method is nearly free – this factor is really vital for corporations.
| Site | Protaious.com |
| IP Address | 52.66.17.148 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Unpricious.com, Ponrednesand.com, Jtffjwecouldle.info |
Protaious.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and also with a content which is totally different from your current cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Protaious.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which primarily have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of malware which infiltrates into your system, and then begins suggesting you numerous promotions. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can also demonstrate to you a huge amount of different Protaious.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan loses in earnings. And to ruin the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A big amount of ads along with Protaious.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common activities will certainly be impossible to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Protaious.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you require to utilize anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Protaious.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer 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 eliminate all malicious applications on your PC, including Protaious.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 apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware 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 intercepted by Protaious.com 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 choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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:
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 Protaious.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.