Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my internet browser demonstrates me undesirable Protectnscan.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Protectnscan.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus creators started a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer system, as well as forget about the annoying Protectnscan.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Protectnscan.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding new discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are riskless, and may just distract you with its abrupt showing up. Plus it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are rather an effective marketing instrument. If you want items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this stuff, and as quickly as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will surely get a suggestion about the item he/she meant to purchase. As well as such a marketing approach is practically free – this element is very crucial for corporations.
| Site | Protectnscan.com |
| IP Address | 172.67.155.13 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Tryclarktonigh.best, Chess.storerightdesicion.com, Getbellyfeilicia.best |
Protectnscan.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, and with a text which is entirely different from your existing interests or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Protectnscan.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your PC, then starts displaying you different ads. Their content usually has no correlation with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also display you a significant number of different Protectnscan.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in profitability. And to end up the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be influenced by adware virus. A substantial amount of advertisements in addition to Protectnscan.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common work will be impossible to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Protectnscan.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your personal computer, and your data, is in a significant risk. To quit this virus, you require to make use of antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Protectnscan.com pop-ups malware. However, it can’t reset the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 malicious applications on your PC, including Protectnscan.com 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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Protectnscan.com malware, 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 utilizing third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, you may 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 Protectnscan.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.
