Last week, I saw a lot of posts like “my browser demonstrates me undesirable Stonebeard.top pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Stonebeard.top pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors began a massive adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the frustrating Stonebeard.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Stonebeard.top) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices about the most recent information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about recent discounts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and may just sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. Also it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient marketing instrument. If you are interested in items of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this things, and also as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a pointer concerning the product he/she intended to buy. And also such an advertising technique is nearly free of charge – this element is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Stonebeard.top |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Mumpings.com, Www1-notifbestads.azurewebsites.net, Graipeepoo.com |
Stonebeard.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can show up without your approval, and with a text which is entirely different from your present cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Stonebeard.top pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which at first have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which infiltrates into your computer, after that begins displaying you numerous ads. Their material usually has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also show you a significant number of different Stonebeard.top pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in productivity. And to end up the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may still be influenced by adware virus. A huge quantity of promotions along with Stonebeard.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical activities will be difficult to execute in common way.
How Can I Deal With Stonebeard.top Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this infection, you need to utilize security software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Stonebeard.top pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your PC, including Stonebeard.top 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 directories.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all malware 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 cannot be intercepted by Stonebeard.top virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option 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 software
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you may 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 Stonebeard.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.
