Last week, I saw a ton of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted Thankyouf.fun pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Thankyouf.fun pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus creators began a large adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the annoying Thankyouf.fun pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Thankyouf.fun) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts concerning the most up to date news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are riskless, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected arrival. Moreover, it can be simply turned off, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are fairly an efficient advertising and marketing tool. If you want items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification about this. The counterparty – online retailers, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will certainly obtain a tip about the product he/she intended to pay for. As well as such a marketing method is nearly free of charge – this aspect is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Thankyouf.fun |
| IP Address | 52.86.219.129 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Onterralink.xyz, Erwithtime.fun, Coiestrong.fun |
Thankyouf.fun Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, as well as with a content which is entirely different from your current interests or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Thankyouf.fun pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which initially have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of malware which injects into your computer, after that starts demonstrating to you numerous promotions. Their content , in most cases, has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also demonstrate to you a huge number of different Thankyouf.fun pop-up ads, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Ads, which are shown to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to terminate the user’s computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system may continue to be affected by adware virus. A significant quantity of ads together with Thankyouf.fun pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical work will certainly be impossible to carry out in common way.
How Can I Deal With Thankyouf.fun Pop-Ups?
Assuming the paragraphs above: your computer, along with your data, is in a significant risk. To stop this virus, you require to utilize anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Thankyouf.fun pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not reset the web browser changes which were implemented by malicious program. Another disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all unwanted applications on your computer, including Thankyouf.fun 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 malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting 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 Thankyouf.fun virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser restoration, you can 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 Thankyouf.fun 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.
