Last week, I saw a plenty of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates me undesirable Scantowebprotection.online pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Scantowebprotection.online pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers began a vast adware circulation project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the frustrating Scantowebprotection.online pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Scantowebprotection.online) show you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications about the most recent news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. Also it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient marketing instrument. If you have an interest in products of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this stuff, and also as quickly as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a pointer regarding the product he/she intended to buy. And also such a marketing technique is nearly free of charge – this aspect is extremely vital for firms.
| Site | Scantowebprotection.online |
| IP Address | 34.102.136.180 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Safestar.info, Feeldyepath.live, Piran.live |
Scantowebprotection.online Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can show up without your permission, as well as with an information which is entirely different from your current interests or search queries. And, besides unwanted Scantowebprotection.online pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, after that starts demonstrating you numerous ads. Their content often has no match with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a huge amount of different Scantowebprotection.online pop-up ads, which show up 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 infiltrated in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to ruin the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be affected by adware virus. A significant number of advertisements along with Scantowebprotection.online pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular tasks will certainly be impossible to do in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Scantowebprotection.online Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your information, is in a major risk. To quit this virus, you need to utilize anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Scantowebprotection.online pop-ups malware. However, it can not reset the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted applications on your PC, including Scantowebprotection.online 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during 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 malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. 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 is not able to be intercepted by Scantowebprotection.online 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 specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, you may choose 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 Scantowebprotection.online 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.
