Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable Protect-me.vip pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Protect-me.vip pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus creators started a massive adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your PC, and also forget about the frustrating Protect-me.vip pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Protect-me.vip) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the current news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and may only distract you with its abrupt arrival. Moreover, it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an effective advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want goods of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this stuff, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly obtain a suggestion about the item he/she intended to buy. As well as such an advertising technique is practically cost-free – this aspect is really important for corporations.
| Site | Protect-me.vip |
| IP Address | 188.114.96.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Srchtravel.com, Search.toptopix.com, Protection.byguardio.com |
Protect-me.vip Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can show up without your confirmation, and also with a text which is totally various from your present cares or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Protect-me.vip pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your PC, after that starts demonstrating you numerous ads. Their material typically has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally display you a substantial number of various Protect-me.vip pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in productivity. And to ruin the user’s computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of promotions along with Protect-me.vip pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal jobs will be impossible to perform in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Protect-me.vip Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your desktop, and your information, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you need to utilize anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Protect-me.vip pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 erase all malicious applications on your PC, including Protect-me.vip pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use 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 malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Protect-me.vip malware, 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 using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, you can 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:
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 Protect-me.vip 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.
