Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser shows me unwanted Pushnow.net pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Pushnow.net pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors began a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the pc virus from your PC, and forget about the aggravating Pushnow.net pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Pushnow.net) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the latest news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can only sidetrack you with its sudden showing up. Plus it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you have an interest in products of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this things, and also as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will certainly get a tip concerning the product he/she intended to pay for. As well as such an advertising and marketing technique is almost cost-free – this factor is very crucial for companies.
| Site | Pushnow.net |
| IP Address | 199.59.243.200 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-funipi.cc, News-tulode.com, Best24-files.com |
Pushnow.net Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can appear without your confirmation, as well as with an information which is completely various from your current interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Pushnow.net pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your personal computer, then starts demonstrating to you numerous promotions. Their subject usually has no connection with your typical search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally suggest you a significant number of various Pushnow.net pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in productivity. And to finish the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might still be impacted by adware virus. A substantial quantity of advertisements together with Pushnow.net pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical tasks will certainly be impossible to perform in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Pushnow.net Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your desktop, and your data, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you need to utilize virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Pushnow.net pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t change the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted programs on your PC, including Pushnow.net 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 apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait 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 app. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Pushnow.net virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 utilizing third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, 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:
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 Pushnow.net 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.