Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser displays me undesirable Thehotposts.com pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Thehotposts.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. According to the statistics for last months, pc virus creators began a wide adware distribution project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your personal computer, and also forget about the frustrating Thehotposts.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Thehotposts.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts concerning the current news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding latest price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and may just distract you with its sudden appearance. And it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient advertising tool. If you have an interest in goods of some type, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can buy this stuff, and also as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a reminder regarding the item he/she intended to purchase. And such a marketing method is almost cost-free – this factor is very crucial for firms.
| Site | Thehotposts.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.162 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Ultimate-detection.com, Techsys.site, Blackblog.site |
Thehotposts.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up promotions can appear without your confirmation, and with a text which is totally various from your existing attentions or search queries. And, besides unwanted Thehotposts.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the pages which at first have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which infiltrates into your system, then begins demonstrating to you various ads. Their subject usually has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can likewise show you a huge amount of various Thehotposts.com pop-up ads, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to dispatch the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive number of advertisements along with Thehotposts.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical work will certainly be difficult to perform in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Thehotposts.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your computer, as well as your data, is in a major danger. To quit this virus, you need to utilize anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Thehotposts.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t reset the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. One more negative aspect of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Thehotposts.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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each 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.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Thehotposts.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Thehotposts.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.
