Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser displays me undesirable Scan-pro-guard.com pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Scan-pro-guard.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus suppliers started a large adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your PC, and also forget about the annoying Scan-pro-guard.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Scan-pro-guard.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts concerning the latest news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its sudden appearance. And it can be easily turned off, in case alerts from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an effective marketing tool. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can get this things, and also as quickly as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly obtain a reminder regarding the product he/she planned to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing approach is practically free of charge – this factor is extremely crucial for corporations.
| Site | Scan-pro-guard.com |
| 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 | News-fokoge.cc, Notificationnewsspace.com, Polinbhee321.xyz |
Scan-pro-guard.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your permission, as well as with a text which is entirely various from your present attentions or search questions. And, besides unwanted Scan-pro-guard.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, after that begins showing you numerous advertisements. Their material typically has no connection with your usual search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also show you a substantial amount of different Scan-pro-guard.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to terminate the user’s PC, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be affected by adware virus. A significant quantity of advertisements in addition to Scan-pro-guard.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular jobs will be difficult to carry out in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Scan-pro-guard.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a major risk. To quit this virus, you require to make use of virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Scan-pro-guard.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. Another drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious programs on your PC, including Scan-pro-guard.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 see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, 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 malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting 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-pro-guard.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action 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 making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser reset, 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 Scan-pro-guard.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.
