Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my web browser displays me undesirable Rocklightstep.com pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Rocklightstep.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors began a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the pc virus from your computer, and also forget about the bothersome Rocklightstep.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Rocklightstep.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the most recent news?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and can only sidetrack you with its sudden showing up. Also it can be simply disabled, in case notices from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this things, and also as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a suggestion about the item he/she meant to purchase. And also such an advertising approach is almost free of charge – this factor is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | Rocklightstep.com |
| IP Address | 134.209.192.77 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Rockblackstep.com, Read-the-notification.com, Inarilyhukel.info |
Rocklightstep.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and also with an information which is entirely various from your existing interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Rocklightstep.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, then begins suggesting you different promotions. Their subject usually has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise suggest you a huge number of various Rocklightstep.com pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements along with Rocklightstep.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal tasks will be difficult to do in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Rocklightstep.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you need to utilize anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Rocklightstep.com pop-ups malware. However, it can’t change the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. One more downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious programs on your computer, including Rocklightstep.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Rocklightstep.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 software for browser reset, you may pick 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:
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 Rocklightstep.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.