Recently, I saw a lot of posts like “my internet browser shows me undesirable Thetchaixoo.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Thetchaixoo.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus suppliers started a wide adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your PC, and forget about the annoying Thetchaixoo.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Thetchaixoo.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to have alerts relating to the current news?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can just distract you with its abrupt arrival. Moreover, it can be simply turned off, in case notices from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are rather an efficient advertising tool. If you want items of some kind, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can acquire this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online sellers, auto lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly obtain a tip about the product he/she intended to pay for. And also such a marketing approach is practically cost-free – this element is very important for companies.
| Site | Thetchaixoo.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.152 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Threecaptcha.top, Uppromoc1.click, Hardhugedan.live |
Thetchaixoo.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can appear without your permission, and also with a material which is completely different from your present attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Thetchaixoo.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which injects into your computer, and then begins displaying you various ads. Their content typically has no correlation with your normal search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can likewise demonstrate to you a significant quantity of various Thetchaixoo.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The big pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are injected in your computer previously. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s computer system, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may still be impacted by adware virus. A massive number of ads together with Thetchaixoo.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will be difficult to perform in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Thetchaixoo.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a severe risk. To stop this infection, you need to use antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Thetchaixoo.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t change the web browser changes which were applied by harmful program. One more downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your computer 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 malicious programs on your computer, including Thetchaixoo.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 viruses sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. 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 counteracted by Thetchaixoo.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found 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 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 Thetchaixoo.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.
