Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser demonstrates me unwanted System-protects.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these System-protects.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. Due to the data for last months, pc virus distributors started a large adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the viruses from your computer, and forget about the bothersome System-protects.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a System-protects.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices relating to the current information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about latest price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are trustworthy, and may only distract you with its unexpected visual appeal. And it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notices are rather an reliable marketing tool. If you want items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this stuff, and as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will definitely obtain a pointer regarding the product he/she intended to purchase. And such an advertising technique is nearly cost-free – this factor is very vital for companies.
| Site | System-protects.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Alliedowlagator.store, Advtreviews.com, News-rirere.cc |
System-protects.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can come out without your permission, and with a content which is entirely different from your current attentions or search queries. And, besides undesirable System-protects.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which initially have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of malware which infiltrates into your PC, then begins suggesting you various promotions. Their subject usually has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can additionally demonstrate to you a huge number of different System-protects.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Ads, which are demonstrated to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in profitability. And to terminate the user’s PC, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A huge number of promotions along with System-protects.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical jobs will be impossible to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With System-protects.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your desktop, and your data, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you require to utilize anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with System-protects.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t revert the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your computer 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 delete all malicious applications on your desktop, including System-protects.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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus 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 revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by System-protects.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 antivirus programs for browser reset, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 System-protects.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.
