Recently, I saw a great deal of posts like “my web browser shows me undesirable Rujing.xyz pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Rujing.xyz pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus creators started a broad adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the annoying Rujing.xyz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Rujing.xyz) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the current information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about new discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and may just sidetrack you with its abrupt appearance. Plus it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an effective advertising tool. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can get this things, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a reminder concerning the item he/she intended to purchase. As well as such a marketing approach is practically free – this factor is very important for companies.
| Site | Rujing.xyz |
| IP Address | 157.230.4.182 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Fly.copperblade.top, Play.copperblade.top, Browbeatzone.com |
Rujing.xyz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can show up without your approval, and also with a material which is totally different from your current interests or search queries. And, besides unwanted Rujing.xyz pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your computer, then starts showing you various advertisements. Their content typically has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also show you a significant amount of various Rujing.xyz pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be influenced by adware virus. A massive quantity of advertisements together with Rujing.xyz pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be difficult to perform in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Rujing.xyz Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your desktop, along with your data, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you need to make use of virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Rujing.xyz pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 erase all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Rujing.xyz 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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected virus 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.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Rujing.xyz malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 software
Besides using anti-malware 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:
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 Rujing.xyz 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.