Recently, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser displays me undesirable Rockdriller.top pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Rockdriller.top pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus creators started a massive adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the irritating Rockdriller.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Rockdriller.top) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices about the latest information?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and can only distract you with its sudden appearing. Moreover, it can be easily turned off, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient marketing mechanism. If you want products of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this things, and as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will certainly get a reminder regarding the item he/she meant to purchase. And also such an advertising technique is almost cost-free – this factor is really essential for corporations.
| Site | Rockdriller.top |
| IP Address | Rockdriller.top |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Tomp3.cc, Bajers.xyz, Gruffermail.com |
Rockdriller.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up advertisements can appear without your approval, as well as with an information which is totally different from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Rockdriller.top pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your PC, and then starts suggesting you various ads. Their subject typically has no connection with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can additionally show you a huge quantity of different Rockdriller.top pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in earnings. And to dispatch the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might still be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of ads together with Rockdriller.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common jobs will be difficult to do in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Rockdriller.top Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your computer, and your information, is in a serious risk. To stop this virus, you require to make use of virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Rockdriller.top pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t return the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. One more downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
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 remove all malicious applications on your PC, including Rockdriller.top 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 malicious apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Rockdriller.top virus, 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 specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, you can 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:
- 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 Rockdriller.top 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.
