Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my browser demonstrates me unwanted Reminews.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Reminews.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus distributors began a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the pc virus from your computer system, and forget about the aggravating Reminews.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Reminews.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the most recent information?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected arrival. Moreover, it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient advertising instrument. If you have an interest in products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this things, and also as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online merchants, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly get a tip about the item he/she meant to purchase. And such a marketing method is practically cost-free – this element is really important for firms.
| Site | Reminews.com |
| IP Address | Reminews.com |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Mediaevent.uno, Ryknewho.club, Wcoulditbe.club |
Reminews.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and with a text which is entirely various from your current interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Reminews.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which at first have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of pc virus which injects into your computer, then begins suggesting you various promotions. Their content usually has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can likewise demonstrate to you a huge number of different Reminews.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to terminate the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can still be influenced by adware virus. A significant number of advertisements together with Reminews.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical work will be difficult to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Reminews.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your desktop, along with your information, is in a major risk. To quit this infection, you require to make use of anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Reminews.com pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
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 malicious applications on your personal computer, including Reminews.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 malicious apps, 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 the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Reminews.com 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 displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, you may 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 Reminews.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.
