Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my web browser shows me undesirable Silvermason.top pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Silvermason.top pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus creators began a broad adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the annoying Silvermason.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Silvermason.top) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have alerts regarding the most recent information?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are risk-free, and can only distract you with its unexpected showing up. Also it can be quickly disabled, in case notifications from this web site are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are quite an efficient advertising and marketing instrument. If you want goods of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a tip concerning the item he/she planned to buy. As well as such an advertising and marketing technique is practically free – this element is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Silvermason.top |
| IP Address | 172.67.145.27 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Videolightstream.com, Stabledstreaming.com, Safevideostreaming.com |
Silvermason.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can come out without your permission, as well as with an information which is entirely various from your present cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Silvermason.top pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your computer, then starts displaying you various advertisements. Their content usually has no connection with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also demonstrate to you a massive amount of various Silvermason.top pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are demonstrated to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in earnings. And to finish the user’s desktop, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big number of advertisements in addition to Silvermason.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical jobs will be impossible to do in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Silvermason.top Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, as well as your information, is in a significant danger. To stop this infection, you need to utilize anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Silvermason.top pop-ups malware. However, it can not return the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. Another drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
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 delete all malicious programs on your PC, including Silvermason.top 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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, 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 virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Silvermason.top malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, 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 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 Silvermason.top 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.
