Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted Stvkr.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Stvkr.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a large adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the pc virus from your computer system, and also forget about the annoying Stvkr.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Stvkr.com) show you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications about the current information?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding new discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can only sidetrack you with its sudden appearance. Also it can be simply turned off, in case notifications from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are rather an reliable advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in goods of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this stuff, and also as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will surely get a suggestion about the product he/she intended to buy. And also such a marketing method is almost free – this element is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | Stvkr.com |
| IP Address | 212.32.251.44 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Producingdestroyer.com, Pastaesthetictracks.com, News-zevina.cc |
Stvkr.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can come out without your approval, as well as with an information which is totally different from your existing cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Stvkr.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which at first have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which infiltrates into your computer, then starts suggesting you numerous advertisements. Their content usually has no correlation with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise display you a big quantity of various Stvkr.com pop-up advertisements, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Ads, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in earnings. And to finish the user’s computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive amount of promotions along with Stvkr.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical tasks will certainly be impossible to carry out in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Stvkr.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you require to make use of anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Stvkr.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t return the web browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
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 erase all malicious applications on your desktop, including Stvkr.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 apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard till 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 every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Stvkr.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, 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 Stvkr.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.
