Last week, I saw a lot of messages like “my browser presents me unwanted Totalwowblog.com pop-up promotions, is it a pc virus?” or “these Totalwowblog.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus distributors began a wide adware delivery project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the pc virus from your computer, as well as forget about the annoying Totalwowblog.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Totalwowblog.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to have notifications regarding the most up to date news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Usually, such messages are safe, and may just distract you with its unexpected arrival. Also it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notices are quite an reliable marketing instrument. If you want goods of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the site where you can purchase this things, and also as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, auto lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will surely get a pointer regarding the product he/she planned to buy. As well as such a marketing method is nearly free of charge – this element is extremely essential for firms.
| Site | Totalwowblog.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.173 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Aloha-news.net, Vesgt-news5.online, Vesgt-news3.online |
Totalwowblog.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and with an information which is completely different from your existing interests or search queries. And, besides unwanted Totalwowblog.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your personal computer, then starts showing you different advertisements. Their subject typically has no correlation with your usual search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your browser can additionally suggest you a massive quantity of various Totalwowblog.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your system earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds 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 computer might continue to be impacted by adware virus. A substantial quantity of ads together with Totalwowblog.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal tasks will be impossible to perform in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Totalwowblog.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your personal computer, along with your information, is in a major risk. To quit this virus, you need to utilize security software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Totalwowblog.com pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. One more negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through 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 advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all unwanted applications on your personal computer, including Totalwowblog.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. By default, all the viruses 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 is not able to be counteracted by Totalwowblog.com virus, 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 shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, you can pick 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 Totalwowblog.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.