Recently, I saw a great deal of posts like “my internet browser presents me undesirable Scan-pc.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Scan-pc.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, virus distributors started a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can delete the viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the aggravating Scan-pc.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Scan-pc.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notices relating to the most recent news?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding new discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its abrupt showing up. Plus it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you want products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will definitely obtain a suggestion regarding the product he/she planned to buy. And also such a marketing method is almost free of charge – this factor is extremely important for corporations.
| Site | Scan-pc.com |
| IP Address | 91.226.31.80 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Topraw.net, Mobiletracking.ru, News-gaziwi.cc |
Scan-pc.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up promotions can show up without your permission, and also with a text which is totally various from your present cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Scan-pc.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the type of virus which infiltrates into your PC, then starts showing you numerous advertisements. Their content usually has no match with your normal search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise suggest you a huge quantity of different Scan-pc.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in profitability. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A substantial number of advertisements together with Scan-pc.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common jobs will certainly be difficult to perform in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Scan-pc.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a significant danger. To quit this virus, you require to use virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Scan-pc.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t return the web browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious programs on your computer, including Scan-pc.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Scan-pc.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser restoration, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Scan-pc.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.
