Recently, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my browser shows me unwanted Secured-browser.com pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Secured-browser.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus suppliers began a broad adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your personal computer, and forget about the aggravating Secured-browser.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Secured-browser.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to get notifications relating to the most up to date news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can only distract you with its unexpected showing up. Plus it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable advertising mechanism. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this things, and also as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – buyer will definitely get a tip concerning the product he/she planned to buy. And such a marketing technique is almost free – this factor is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | Secured-browser.com |
| IP Address | 23.106.248.15 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Def-device.com, Sedodna.com, Satlsfyingdates.com |
Secured-browser.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can show up without your approval, and with an information which is completely various from your existing attentions or search queries. And, besides unwanted Secured-browser.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which injects into your computer, after that begins displaying you various promotions. Their material usually has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a substantial amount of various Secured-browser.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in profitability. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements in addition to Secured-browser.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal activities will certainly be difficult to perform in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Secured-browser.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the text above: your computer, along with your data, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you need to utilize security tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Secured-browser.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can’t return the web browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any malicious programs 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 desktop, including Secured-browser.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset 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 Secured-browser.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you can pick 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 Secured-browser.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.
