Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my browser shows me unwanted Torrent-protection.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Torrent-protection.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, pc virus suppliers started a large adware distribution campaign. Let me show you, how you can remove the viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the irritating Torrent-protection.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Torrent-protection.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the most up to date information?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and can just distract you with its abrupt appearing. Also it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are rather an reliable marketing tool. If you have an interest in items of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this stuff, and as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online sellers, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly obtain a pointer regarding the item he/she meant to buy. And also such a marketing method is practically free of charge – this element is very vital for companies.
| Site | Torrent-protection.com |
| IP Address | 167.99.123.14 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Tendermilfs.com, News-jarisri.com, News-mevicu.cc |
Torrent-protection.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, and also with a text which is completely various from your current interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Torrent-protection.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware existence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your personal computer, after that starts demonstrating you numerous promotions. Their subject usually has no match with your regular search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can also demonstrate to you a substantial number of different Torrent-protection.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, thus, trojan loses in profitability. And to finish the user’s computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be impacted by adware virus. A substantial amount of advertisements in addition to Torrent-protection.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common work will be difficult to carry out in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Torrent-protection.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your PC, along with your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this infection, you need to utilize anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Torrent-protection.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not revert the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal 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 erase all unwanted programs on your PC, including Torrent-protection.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 malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be removed 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 Torrent-protection.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser restoration, you may 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 Torrent-protection.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.
