Last week, I saw a plenty of posts like “my web browser presents me unwanted Scan-defender.info pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Scan-defender.info pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus suppliers started a massive adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your computer system, and also forget about the irritating Scan-defender.info pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Scan-defender.info) use you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the current news?” or “allow alerts to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and may just distract you with its abrupt appearance. Plus it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this web site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient marketing mechanism. If you want goods of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this things, and also as quickly as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a reminder concerning the item he/she planned to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing technique is almost free – this element is really important for companies.
| Site | Scan-defender.info |
| IP Address | 188.166.29.65 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Trafcfy.com, Webprotectrenew.live, Glitudra.com |
Scan-defender.info Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can show up without your permission, and with an information which is completely different from your current cares or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Scan-defender.info pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of virus which injects into your system, then starts displaying you various promotions. Their subject typically has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally demonstrate you a huge quantity of different Scan-defender.info pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in earnings. And to terminate the user’s personal computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be affected by adware virus. A substantial amount of promotions along with Scan-defender.info pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal work will be impossible to carry out in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Scan-defender.info Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your computer, as well as your data, is in a serious risk. To quit this virus, you require to use anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Scan-defender.info pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not change the browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 desktop, including Scan-defender.info pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to utilize Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malicious programs, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, 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.
Reset 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 Scan-defender.info virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you can pick 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:
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 Scan-defender.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.