Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my web browser presents me unwanted Recontent.surf pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Recontent.surf pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus distributors started a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, and forget about the annoying Recontent.surf pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Recontent.surf) show you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to get notifications about the current information?” or “permit notifications to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected visual appeal. Also it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are fairly an reliable advertising mechanism. If you have an interest in goods of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can get this things, and also as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely obtain a pointer regarding the item he/she meant to pay for. And such an advertising method is nearly free of charge – this aspect is really essential for firms.
| Site | Recontent.surf |
| IP Address | 178.62.225.201 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ntentervic.work, Surveyonline.club, Steplersforsunshine.tw |
Recontent.surf Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can come out without your permission, as well as with a text which is totally various from your current attentions or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Recontent.surf pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of virus which infiltrates into your system, then starts suggesting you different promotions. Their content often has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also suggest you a substantial number of different Recontent.surf pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can continue to be affected by adware virus. A big amount of promotions along with Recontent.surf pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal tasks will be difficult to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Recontent.surf Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a major danger. To stop this infection, you need to use anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Recontent.surf pop-ups virus. However, it can’t revert the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 eliminate all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Recontent.surf 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 observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted 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.
Reset 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 Recontent.surf virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser recovery, 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:
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 Recontent.surf 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.
