Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my web browser presents me undesirable Special-for.me pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Special-for.me pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, virus creators started a large adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the irritating Special-for.me pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Special-for.me) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get alerts concerning the current information?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Normally, such messages are safe, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearing. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are quite an effective marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in goods of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and also as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert about this. The counterparty – online stores, car lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly obtain a suggestion concerning the product he/she intended to pay for. And also such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly free – this factor is extremely crucial for firms.
| Site | Special-for.me |
| IP Address | 95.168.170.165 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Aymentpeo.space, Getmusicsearch.com, Getsmartyapp.com |
Special-for.me Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and also with a text which is entirely various from your existing attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Special-for.me pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, and then starts displaying you various advertisements. Their content , in most cases, has no correlation with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise demonstrate to you a huge amount of different Special-for.me pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to rub out the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop can still be impacted by adware virus. A huge quantity of advertisements together with Special-for.me pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular work will be difficult to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Special-for.me Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a major risk. To stop this infection, you need to utilize anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Special-for.me pop-ups malware. However, it can’t reset the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. An additional downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 eliminate all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Special-for.me 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 folders.
You can observe the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, 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 malware. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Special-for.me 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 using third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser restoration, 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 Special-for.me 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.
