Recently, I saw a great deal of messages like “my browser demonstrates me unwanted Strongpcprotection.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Strongpcprotection.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, virus distributors began a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the irritating Strongpcprotection.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Strongpcprotection.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive notifications relating to the most recent news?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt showing up. And it can be quickly turned off, in case alerts from this web page are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient advertising instrument. If you are interested in goods of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will surely get a tip concerning the product he/she meant to purchase. And also such an advertising and marketing method is practically free of charge – this aspect is very vital for companies.
| Site | Strongpcprotection.com |
| IP Address | 34.102.136.180 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | News-voyezo.cc, News-zenupe.cc, Ezadblocker.com |
Strongpcprotection.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can appear without your confirmation, and also with an information which is completely different from your present interests or search questions. And, besides unwanted Strongpcprotection.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the sign of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of virus which injects into your system, and then starts showing you numerous advertisements. Their content usually has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can likewise display you a huge quantity of different Strongpcprotection.com pop-up ads, which appear in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A big quantity of advertisements together with Strongpcprotection.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will be difficult to perform in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Strongpcprotection.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a major danger. To stop this infection, you need to use anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Strongpcprotection.com pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not reset the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 applications on your desktop, including Strongpcprotection.com 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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, 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 virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Strongpcprotection.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware software for browser restoration, you can 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 Strongpcprotection.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.
