Recently, I saw a great deal of posts like “my internet browser presents me unwanted Totalniceposts.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Totalniceposts.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus creators started a large adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your personal computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Totalniceposts.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Totalniceposts.com) show you pop-up ads. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notifications concerning the most recent information?” or “enable alerts to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and can only distract you with its unexpected appearing. Plus it can be quickly turned off, in case notifications from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an effective advertising instrument. If you want items of some type, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will certainly obtain a pointer concerning the product he/she meant to pay for. And also such an advertising method is nearly free – this element is really crucial for firms.
| Site | Totalniceposts.com |
| IP Address | 172.64.202.29 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Backoildee.live, Afteriole.co.in, Longtonehave.live |
Totalniceposts.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 different from your existing attentions or search queries. And also, besides undesirable Totalniceposts.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can simultaneously see a great deal of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of malware which infiltrates into your PC, then starts demonstrating to you numerous ads. Their content usually has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can also demonstrate you a big amount of various Totalniceposts.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is really sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan loses in productivity. And to terminate the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be impacted by adware virus. A huge quantity of advertisements along with Totalniceposts.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your regular activities will be impossible to do in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Totalniceposts.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a major risk. To stop this virus, you need to utilize security program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Totalniceposts.com pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can not change the browser changes which were applied by malicious program. Another negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
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 remove all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Totalniceposts.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 folders.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each 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.
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 Totalniceposts.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of 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:
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 Totalniceposts.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.