Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my internet browser shows me undesirable Read-and-reveal.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Read-and-reveal.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. Due to the data for last months, pc virus creators started a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the aggravating Read-and-reveal.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Read-and-reveal.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notifications regarding the current information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden visual appeal. And it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable advertising mechanism. If you want goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will surely get a tip about the item he/she intended to purchase. And such a marketing approach is nearly free – this factor is extremely important for companies.
| Site | Read-and-reveal.com |
| IP Address | 95.168.170.165 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Verifyisreal.com, Flightmachine.space, Clockwerkday.space |
Read-and-reveal.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up promotions can show up without your approval, and with a text which is completely various from your present cares or search queries. And, besides unwanted Read-and-reveal.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, after that starts demonstrating you numerous ads. Their subject typically has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also show you a big quantity of different Read-and-reveal.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in productivity. And to ruin the user’s computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A substantial amount of advertisements together with Read-and-reveal.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular activities will certainly be impossible to carry out in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Read-and-reveal.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your computer, as well as your data, is in a severe risk. To stop this virus, you need to use virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Read-and-reveal.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not change the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more disadvantage of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious applications on your computer, including Read-and-reveal.com 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 see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Read-and-reveal.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you can choose 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 Read-and-reveal.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.
