Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my web browser displays me undesirable Tei.ai pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Tei.ai pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the pc virus from your computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Tei.ai pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Tei.ai) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts concerning the current information?” or “allow notifications to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notices from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will definitely get a pointer regarding the product he/she meant to buy. As well as such a marketing method is almost free – this element is really crucial for firms.
| Site | Tei.ai |
| IP Address | 172.67.181.154 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Whiteplasticwn1.click, Eruthoxup.com, Cansaveneck.top |
Tei.ai Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, and with an information which is totally various from your current cares or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Tei.ai pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of virus which infiltrates into your computer, and then begins showing you various ads. Their material usually has no connection with your normal search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally suggest you a substantial number of different Tei.ai pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Ads, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan sheds in earnings. And to ruin the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be influenced by adware virus. A significant amount of advertisements together with Tei.ai pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical tasks will be difficult to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Tei.ai Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, and your data, is in a serious risk. To stop this virus, you require to make use of anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Tei.ai pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not change the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via 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 advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Tei.ai 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 scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. 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 counteracted by Tei.ai malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located 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 applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you can choose 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 Tei.ai 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.
