Last week, I saw a ton of messages like “my web browser shows me unwanted Stop-bot.com pop-up advertisements, is it a pc virus?” or “these Stop-bot.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, pc virus creators began a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your computer, and forget about the irritating Stop-bot.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Stop-bot.com) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have notices about the most recent news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and may just sidetrack you with its abrupt showing up. Also it can be easily turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an effective advertising and marketing tool. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can buy this stuff, and as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a suggestion regarding the product he/she intended to pay for. And also such an advertising approach is nearly free of charge – this element is extremely vital for corporations.
| Site | Stop-bot.com |
| IP Address | 54.37.82.81 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ctableobs.work, Wcsoft.link, Othesedire.work |
Stop-bot.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can show up without your permission, as well as with a text which is totally different from your existing cares or search questions. And, besides unwanted Stop-bot.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of pc virus which injects into your computer, and then starts suggesting you numerous ads. Their subject typically has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise show you a massive number of various Stop-bot.com pop-up ads, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to ruin the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might still be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of promotions in addition to Stop-bot.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will certainly be impossible to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Stop-bot.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your desktop, along with your information, is in a significant danger. To stop this infection, you need to utilize anti-malware program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Stop-bot.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not reset the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 delete all malicious programs on your PC, including Stop-bot.com 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 malicious programs, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Stop-bot.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 applications
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser reset, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Stop-bot.com 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.
