Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my web browser demonstrates to me unwanted Safesitenow.info pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Safesitenow.info pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus creators started a broad adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your PC, and also forget about the bothersome Safesitenow.info pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Safesitenow.info) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notices regarding the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can just distract you with its sudden arrival. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are rather an efficient advertising mechanism. If you are interested in items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will definitely get a pointer about the product he/she intended to buy. And such an advertising and marketing method is practically cost-free – this aspect is really crucial for companies.
| Site | Safesitenow.info |
| IP Address | 188.114.96.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Safehomestar.info, N1topserch.com, Cleargreenline.com |
Safesitenow.info Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, and also with a text which is completely different from your present interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Safesitenow.info pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your system, after that begins demonstrating to you different promotions. Their subject often has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a huge number of different Safesitenow.info pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive quantity of ads in addition to Safesitenow.info pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal activities will be difficult to carry out in common way.
How Can I Deal With Safesitenow.info Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, as well as your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this virus, you require to utilize security program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Safesitenow.info pop-ups malware. However, it can not return the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted programs on your computer, including Safesitenow.info 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 scans 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 choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses 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 counteracted by Safesitenow.info malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, you may choose 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 Safesitenow.info 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.
