Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my browser presents me undesirable Searchcommons.com pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Searchcommons.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus suppliers started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the pc virus from your PC, and also forget about the bothersome Searchcommons.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Searchcommons.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to have notifications relating to the current news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and may just sidetrack you with its unexpected appearing. And it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this web page are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are quite an efficient marketing tool. If you have an interest in items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can get this things, and as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a reminder regarding the product he/she planned to purchase. As well as such an advertising technique is practically free – this element is really crucial for corporations.
| Site | Searchcommons.com |
| IP Address | 54.71.154.131 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Deviceconnectnetwork.co.in, Upfurretan.com, Bindszone.club |
Searchcommons.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can come out without your permission, and also with a material which is completely different from your current attentions or search queries. And, besides undesirable Searchcommons.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which originally have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which injects into your PC, and then begins showing you different ads. Their content often has no connection with your regular search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also show you a significant quantity of different Searchcommons.com pop-up ads, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in productivity. And to finish the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might still be affected by adware virus. A huge quantity of advertisements in addition to Searchcommons.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be impossible to do in typical manner.
How Can I Deal With Searchcommons.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your personal computer, and your data, is in a severe danger. To quit this virus, you need to utilize security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Searchcommons.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can’t return the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
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 programs on your personal computer, including Searchcommons.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 malicious apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on 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 malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Searchcommons.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs for browser recovery, you can 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 Searchcommons.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.
