Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser presents me undesirable Rgezfu.com pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Rgezfu.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus creators began a large adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the bothersome Rgezfu.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Rgezfu.com) show you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications relating to the latest news?” or “allow alerts to be reported about new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and can just sidetrack you with its sudden appearing. Also it can be simply disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are fairly an efficient advertising instrument. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notice about this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a reminder concerning the product he/she intended to purchase. As well as such a marketing method is almost cost-free – this element is really essential for companies.
Site | Rgezfu.com |
IP Address | 185.56.234.205 |
Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
Similar behavior | News-rivoxa.cc, Mentrandi.com, Trends-celebs.com |
Rgezfu.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up promotions can come out without your confirmation, and with a material which is totally different from your present interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Rgezfu.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, after that starts suggesting you numerous promotions. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your ordinary search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also display you a huge quantity of various Rgezfu.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in productivity. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can still be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of promotions together with Rgezfu.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common activities will be difficult to do in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Rgezfu.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your PC, and your information, is in a significant risk. To quit this virus, you need to make use of anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Rgezfu.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your computer, including Rgezfu.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Rgezfu.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 displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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: After choosing this option, you will see the next message:
- 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 Rgezfu.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.