Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my web browser displays me undesirable Rotumal.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Rotumal.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors began a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the pc virus from your computer, and forget about the bothersome Rotumal.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Rotumal.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts regarding the most up to date information?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are riskless, and can only sidetrack you with its abrupt appearance. Also it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient marketing tool. If you are interested in items of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a tip concerning the item he/she meant to pay for. And also such a marketing method is nearly free – this element is extremely important for companies.
| Site | Rotumal.com |
| IP Address | 81.171.10.215 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Sauwoaptain.com, Clickjump.biz, Pickupmates.com |
Rotumal.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, and with a text which is completely various from your current cares or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Rotumal.com 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 indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your computer, then starts demonstrating to you numerous promotions. Their material typically has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise demonstrate to you a substantial number of different Rotumal.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to terminate the user’s computer system, 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 number of ads together with Rotumal.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal jobs will certainly be difficult to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Rotumal.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your computer, along with your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this virus, you need to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Rotumal.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t reset the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal 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 delete all malicious programs on your computer, including Rotumal.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 malicious apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. 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 intercepted by Rotumal.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located 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 applications
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Rotumal.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.
