Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my internet browser demonstrates me unwanted Ptonnerven.com pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Ptonnerven.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus creators began a large adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your computer, and also forget about the frustrating Ptonnerven.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Ptonnerven.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notices regarding the latest news?” or “allow notifications to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. Moreover, it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this web site are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you want items of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can get this things, and also as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a suggestion regarding the item he/she planned to buy. And also such an advertising technique is practically free – this element is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | Ptonnerven.com |
| IP Address | 44.195.137.121 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Augutabery.com, Bunnyvideo.ru, Adblockfast.com |
Ptonnerven.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and with a material which is completely different from your current cares or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Ptonnerven.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, and then starts displaying you various ads. Their material typically has no connection with your regular search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also demonstrate you a significant number of various Ptonnerven.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in profitability. And to end up the user’s computer system, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might still be impacted by adware virus. A big number of ads in addition to Ptonnerven.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical work will be difficult to carry out in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Ptonnerven.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you need to utilize anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Ptonnerven.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted 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 programs on your desktop, including Ptonnerven.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 spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Ptonnerven.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, 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 programs
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you can pick 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 Ptonnerven.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.
