Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser shows me undesirable Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a wide adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can remove the viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the bothersome Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to get alerts concerning the most up to date news?” or “permit alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and may only distract you with its sudden arrival. And it can be quite easily turned off, in case alerts from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are quite an efficient advertising mechanism. If you have an interest in items of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can get this things, and also as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice about this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will definitely obtain a reminder concerning the product he/she intended to pay for. And such a marketing approach is practically free – this element is really essential for corporations.
| Site | Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou |
| IP Address | 51.195.43.214 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Drinkday1.xyz, Frolicpan.com, Read-before-the-rest.com |
Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up promotions can come out without your confirmation, and with a material which is totally different from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which primarily have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which infiltrates into your personal computer, after that starts demonstrating you different ads. Their material often has no match with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally display you a massive number of different Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in earnings. 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 computer may still be influenced by adware virus. A substantial quantity of advertisements in addition to Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal tasks will be impossible to execute in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou Pop-Ups?
Presuming 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 deal with Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou pop-ups virus. However, it can’t return the browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. Another drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted 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 remove all malicious applications on your PC, including Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou 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 malicious programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted 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.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
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 Recommend-premium-install-smart.cyou 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.