Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my browser shows me unwanted Read-the-article.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Read-the-article.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus suppliers started a large adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Read-the-article.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Read-the-article.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notices concerning the current news?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its unexpected appearance. Also it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient marketing instrument. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this things, and also as quickly as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will surely get a reminder concerning the item he/she planned to purchase. As well as such an advertising and marketing approach is practically free – this factor is extremely crucial for firms.
| Site | Read-the-article.com |
| IP Address | 37.48.80.112 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Buygadsgroup.com, Yourgoads.com, Inghesatin.com |
Read-the-article.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can appear without your permission, as well as with a text which is totally various from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Read-the-article.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which originally have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your computer, after that starts showing you numerous ads. Their material typically has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can likewise demonstrate to you a substantial quantity of different Read-the-article.com pop-up ads, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to finish the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive quantity of advertisements together with Read-the-article.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular jobs will be difficult to do in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Read-the-article.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a severe risk. To quit this infection, you require to use antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Read-the-article.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not return the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious programs on your computer, including Read-the-article.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 folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform 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 detected malicious 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-the-article.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you may 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 Read-the-article.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.