Last week, I saw a plenty of posts like “my internet browser presents me undesirable Story-board.co pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Story-board.co pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors began a large adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the frustrating Story-board.co pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Story-board.co) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the most recent information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are safe, and may just distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. Also it can be quite easily turned off, in case notices from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient marketing tool. If you want items of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can acquire this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will definitely get a pointer about the product he/she intended to pay for. And also such an advertising and marketing approach is practically cost-free – this element is extremely essential for firms.
| Site | Story-board.co |
| IP Address | 104.248.47.162 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-beneci.cc, Urretyequirements.xyz, Wholeactualnewz.com |
Story-board.co Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can come out without your permission, and with a material which is completely different from your existing interests or search queries. And, besides undesirable Story-board.co pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of malware which injects into your system, then starts demonstrating you numerous promotions. Their content , in most cases, has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise suggest you a big number of various Story-board.co pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to end up the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC can still be affected by adware virus. A massive quantity of ads in addition to Story-board.co pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will certainly be difficult to perform in common way.
How Can I Deal With Story-board.co Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your desktop, along with your data, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you need to use virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Story-board.co pop-ups virus. However, it can’t revert the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 unwanted programs on your PC, including Story-board.co 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 apps, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Story-board.co malware, 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 utilizing third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser restoration, you may choose 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 Story-board.co 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.
