Recently, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser displays me unwanted Scan-virus.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Scan-virus.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus creators began a broad adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, and also forget about the irritating Scan-virus.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Scan-virus.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notifications about the latest information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about latest discounts?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and can just sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Also it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an reliable advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can buy this stuff, and also as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a suggestion regarding the product he/she intended to pay for. As well as such a marketing method is almost free – this element is really important for corporations.
| Site | Scan-virus.com |
| IP Address | 172.67.196.115 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-cokica.cc, Fadverdirect.com, Telephoneinclination.com |
Scan-virus.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is entirely various from your current interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Scan-virus.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your system, then begins displaying you different advertisements. Their content usually has no connection with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also demonstrate to you a significant quantity of different Scan-virus.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in profitability. And to end up the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may still be influenced by adware virus. A substantial amount of ads along with Scan-virus.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal tasks will be difficult to perform in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Scan-virus.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, as well as your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you require to make use of anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Scan-virus.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not revert the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious programs on your PC, including Scan-virus.com 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 viruses, because it checks 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 choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. 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 cannot be intercepted by Scan-virus.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option 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 using third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you can pick 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:
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-virus.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.
