Recently, I saw a plenty of messages like “my internet browser demonstrates me undesirable Thefreshposts.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Thefreshposts.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, virus distributors started a vast adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Thefreshposts.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Thefreshposts.com) offer you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the most recent information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new discounts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can just distract you with its unexpected arrival. Moreover, it can be easily disabled, in case alerts from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable advertising and marketing mechanism. If you are interested in products of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can get this stuff, and also as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will definitely get a reminder concerning the product he/she intended to purchase. And such an advertising approach is nearly cost-free – this element is really important for firms.
| Site | Thefreshposts.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.139 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Dinstration.work, Ladapter.work, Disputerer.work |
Thefreshposts.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can come out without your approval, as well as with an information which is totally different from your current interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Thefreshposts.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, consisting of ones on the web pages which at first have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, and then starts showing you different promotions. Their subject usually has no match with your regular search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally display you a significant number of various Thefreshposts.com pop-up promotions, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Promotions, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s desktop, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A big amount of promotions in addition to Thefreshposts.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common tasks will certainly be difficult to carry out in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Thefreshposts.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your computer, along with your data, is in a significant risk. To quit this virus, you require to use anti-virus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Thefreshposts.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t reset the web browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your desktop.
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 erase all malicious applications on your PC, including Thefreshposts.com 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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each detected malicious 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 reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Thefreshposts.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing 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 using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, 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 Thefreshposts.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.
