Recently, I saw a lot of messages like “my web browser demonstrates to me unwanted Totalnicefeed.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Totalnicefeed.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus suppliers began a massive adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the computer viruses from your computer, as well as forget about the annoying Totalnicefeed.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Totalnicefeed.com) offer you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts about the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are risk-free, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt visual appeal. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are quite an efficient advertising tool. If you have an interest in items of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the website where you can get this things, and also as soon as these products are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notice regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a pointer about the product he/she intended to pay for. As well as such an advertising and marketing approach is almost free of charge – this factor is extremely vital for companies.
| Site | Totalnicefeed.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.158 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Spotcontent.ru, Gcouncerne.xyz, Fixstrongoverlythefile.vip |
Totalnicefeed.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up promotions can show up without your approval, and also with an information which is completely various from your existing attentions or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Totalnicefeed.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the signal of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of computer virus which injects into your system, then starts showing you various promotions. Their material often has no correlation with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise show you a massive amount of various Totalnicefeed.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in earnings. And to rub out the user’s personal computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of promotions along with Totalnicefeed.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular jobs will be impossible to perform in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Totalnicefeed.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your PC, and your information, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you require to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Totalnicefeed.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t reset the browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware 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 malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your desktop, including Totalnicefeed.com pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to use Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malware, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is over, 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 virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Totalnicefeed.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party programs
Besides using anti-malware software for browser recovery, 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:
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 Totalnicefeed.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.