Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser demonstrates to me unwanted Rainbowpony1.xyz pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Rainbowpony1.xyz pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus creators began a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the frustrating Rainbowpony1.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Rainbowpony1.xyz) show you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices concerning the most up to date news?” or “allow notifications to be reported about new discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its unexpected appearing. Plus it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this things, and as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a reminder regarding the product he/she planned to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing method is practically cost-free – this element is very important for corporations.
| Site | Rainbowpony1.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 | News-vetuje.cc, News-wakami.cc, News-mewuci.cc |
Rainbowpony1.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up advertisements can appear without your confirmation, and with a material which is completely various from your existing attentions or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Rainbowpony1.xyz pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which originally have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which injects into your system, after that starts demonstrating to you different promotions. Their content usually has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally display you a massive amount of different Rainbowpony1.xyz pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive number of ads along with Rainbowpony1.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common work will be difficult to perform in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Rainbowpony1.xyz Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, and your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this infection, you need to use security program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Rainbowpony1.xyz pop-ups malware. However, it can not return the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your computer 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 remove all unwanted programs on your PC, including Rainbowpony1.xyz 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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted 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 reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Rainbowpony1.xyz 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 software for browser recovery, you can 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 Rainbowpony1.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.
