Recently, I saw a plenty of posts like “my web browser displays me unwanted Rainbowpony.xyz pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Rainbowpony.xyz pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus distributors began a large adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer, and also forget about the irritating Rainbowpony.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Rainbowpony.xyz) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notices concerning the latest information?” or “permit alerts to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and may only distract you with its unexpected appearance. Moreover, it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are quite an effective advertising mechanism. If you want goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this things, and as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a reminder about the item he/she intended to purchase. And such an advertising and marketing technique is almost free – this aspect is very vital for corporations.
| Site | Rainbowpony.xyz |
| IP Address | 173.214.240.15 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Reightpainf.top, Pushall.site, Inpushes.site |
Rainbowpony.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up promotions can show up without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is totally various from your present attentions or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Rainbowpony.xyz pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which infiltrates into your system, and then begins displaying you various advertisements. Their subject often has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also suggest you a massive amount of various Rainbowpony.xyz pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be impacted by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements in addition to Rainbowpony.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common activities will certainly be impossible to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Rainbowpony.xyz Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your computer, along with your data, is in a severe risk. To stop this infection, you require to use virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Rainbowpony.xyz pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not return the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious programs on your desktop, including Rainbowpony.xyz 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, 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 reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Rainbowpony.xyz malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Rainbowpony.xyz 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.
