Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable Puiont.com pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Puiont.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus distributors started a broad adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the aggravating Puiont.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Puiont.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices relating to the latest information?” or “permit alerts to be reported about new discounts?”. Usually, such messages are harmless, and may only distract you with its sudden visual appeal. And it can be simply turned off, in case notices from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable advertising tool. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notice about this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will certainly get a pointer regarding the item he/she planned to buy. And such an advertising and marketing approach is nearly free – this factor is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Puiont.com |
| IP Address | 185.56.234.205 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Clickgate09.biz, Uxdes-news5.online, Uxdes-news4.online |
Puiont.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can show up without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is entirely various from your existing interests or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Puiont.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your computer, then starts displaying you different promotions. Their content , in most cases, has no match with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise demonstrate you a huge amount of different Puiont.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in earnings. And to ruin the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be affected by adware virus. A significant amount of promotions in addition to Puiont.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical tasks will certainly be difficult to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Puiont.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a major risk. To stop this infection, you need to utilize security software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Puiont.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not change the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Puiont.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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with 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 set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Puiont.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser restoration, you may choose 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 Puiont.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.
