Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted Stonecommontook.top pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Stonecommontook.top pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus creators began a large adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your computer, and forget about the irritating Stonecommontook.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Stonecommontook.top) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to receive notices concerning the latest information?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Moreover, it can be simply turned off, in case notifications from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient marketing mechanism. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this stuff, and also as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a pointer concerning the product he/she intended to pay for. And such an advertising technique is practically free of charge – this factor is very important for corporations.
| Site | Stonecommontook.top |
| IP Address | Stonecommontook.top |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Leaisnotsmart.xyz, Rewardsltd.com, Goalvideo.ru |
Stonecommontook.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But often pop-up advertisements can come out without your permission, and with a text which is completely various from your current cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Stonecommontook.top pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which infiltrates into your system, after that starts showing you different promotions. Their material typically has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise suggest you a significant amount of various Stonecommontook.top pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to ruin the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be impacted by adware virus. A huge number of ads together with Stonecommontook.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal work will be difficult to do in common way.
How Can I Deal With Stonecommontook.top Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you need to utilize anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Stonecommontook.top pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. One more downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 Stonecommontook.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on 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 app. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Stonecommontook.top virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, you can pick 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 Stonecommontook.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.
