Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my web browser displays me unwanted Spotcontent.ru pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Spotcontent.ru pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus creators started a large adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the bothersome Spotcontent.ru pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Spotcontent.ru) use you pop-up ads. The message can have something like “do you want to receive alerts about the most up to date news?” or “permit notifications to be reported about latest price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are harmless, and can just distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient marketing instrument. If you want items of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this things, and as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, auto lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a suggestion regarding the item he/she meant to pay for. And also such an advertising approach is almost free of charge – this element is really crucial for corporations.
| Site | Spotcontent.ru |
| IP Address | 104.248.207.50 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Gcouncerne.xyz, Fixstrongoverlythefile.vip, Live-updates-center.com |
Spotcontent.ru Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, as well as with a material which is entirely different from your current attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Spotcontent.ru pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the type of virus which infiltrates into your computer, then begins demonstrating to you different ads. Their material typically has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a significant number of different Spotcontent.ru pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in profitability. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big quantity of advertisements in addition to Spotcontent.ru pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be impossible to perform in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Spotcontent.ru Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, along with your information, is in a severe risk. To stop this virus, you require to make use of anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Spotcontent.ru pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious applications on your PC, including Spotcontent.ru 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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform 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 detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be removed 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 counteracted by Spotcontent.ru malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, 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 Spotcontent.ru 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.
