Recently, I saw a ton of messages like “my web browser shows me unwanted Support-notify.space pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Support-notify.space pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers began a vast adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the frustrating Support-notify.space pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Support-notify.space) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications relating to the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and can only distract you with its sudden visual appeal. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable advertising instrument. If you want products of some kind, you can enable pop-ups from the website where you can buy this things, and as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly get a reminder regarding the product he/she planned to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing method is almost free – this aspect is very important for firms.
| Site | Support-notify.space |
| IP Address | 104.21.44.189 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Y0utube.design, Mersrepre.work, Adviceformeandyou.com |
Support-notify.space Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up ads can come out without your approval, and with a text which is entirely various from your present interests or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Support-notify.space pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which at first have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware presence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your personal computer, then begins demonstrating to you different ads. Their content usually has no match with your normal search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally display you a huge quantity of various Support-notify.space pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC might continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements together with Support-notify.space pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal activities will be difficult to perform in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Support-notify.space Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a severe danger. To stop this infection, you require to utilize anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Support-notify.space pop-ups virus. However, it can’t change the browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. An additional disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses 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 viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious applications on your PC, including Support-notify.space 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be moved 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 Support-notify.space malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware programs for browser recovery, 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:
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 Support-notify.space 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.