Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my browser displays me undesirable Streamnotify.net pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Streamnotify.net pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus distributors started a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the irritating Streamnotify.net pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Streamnotify.net) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notifications about the most up to date news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about new discount rates?”. Typically, such messages are safe, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. Plus it can be simply turned off, in case notifications from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient advertising mechanism. If you want items of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this things, and also as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, automobile lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a reminder regarding the product he/she intended to pay for. And such a marketing technique is practically cost-free – this factor is really crucial for firms.
| Site | Streamnotify.net |
| IP Address | 178.128.246.195 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Nitsveryim.fun, Ouropiniio.fun, Rletitertha.fun |
Streamnotify.net Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is completely various from your present interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Streamnotify.net pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your computer, then begins showing you numerous advertisements. Their subject , in most cases, has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also display you a substantial quantity of different Streamnotify.net pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in earnings. And to ruin the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be impacted by adware virus. A huge amount of promotions in addition to Streamnotify.net pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal work will be difficult to execute in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Streamnotify.net Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you need to use virus removal program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Streamnotify.net pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. An additional downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your system is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Streamnotify.net 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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malware sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted 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.
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 Streamnotify.net virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, you can 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 Streamnotify.net 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.
