Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable Scanoclean.com pop-up ads, is it a pc virus?” or “these Scanoclean.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, virus suppliers started a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Scanoclean.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Scanoclean.com) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices about the current information?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding latest discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. Plus it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this web site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are quite an effective marketing mechanism. If you are interested in products of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, vehicle lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a suggestion regarding the item he/she meant to purchase. And also such an advertising approach is almost free of charge – this aspect is extremely important for corporations.
| Site | Scanoclean.com |
| IP Address | 5.45.112.153 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Freenotifications.com, Devicespam-shield.com, News-fesihe.cc |
Scanoclean.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, as well as with an information which is completely various from your current interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Scanoclean.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which primarily have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, after that begins showing you numerous advertisements. Their subject usually has no match with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also suggest you a big quantity of different Scanoclean.com pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan sheds in productivity. And to ruin the user’s computer system, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may still be influenced by adware virus. A big amount of advertisements in addition to Scanoclean.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical jobs will be impossible to do in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Scanoclean.com Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your computer, along with your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this infection, you need to use anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Scanoclean.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the web browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious applications on your personal computer, including Scanoclean.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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm 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 choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Scanoclean.com 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 using third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, 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:
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 Scanoclean.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.