Recently, I saw a ton of posts like “my internet browser shows me unwanted Universal-current.com pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Universal-current.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus creators started a large adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the annoying Universal-current.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Universal-current.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices relating to the latest news?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are trustworthy, and may only sidetrack you with its unexpected appearing. And it can be quite easily disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an effective marketing tool. If you want products of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the site where you can acquire this stuff, and also as quickly as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a pointer about the product he/she planned to purchase. And also such an advertising approach is nearly free – this factor is very vital for firms.
| Site | Universal-current.com |
| IP Address | 5.189.255.67 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Videomx.ru, Ceukwaterh.com, Facebookteens.com |
Universal-current.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However often pop-up ads can show up without your confirmation, as well as with a material which is completely different from your existing cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Universal-current.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no promotions at all. Such a scenario can be the indicator of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of pc virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, after that starts suggesting you various advertisements. Their content often has no correlation with your regular search questions. Besides banner ads, your web browser can additionally demonstrate to you a big number of different Universal-current.com pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in profitability. And to terminate the user’s desktop, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A massive amount of promotions together with Universal-current.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical tasks will certainly be difficult to perform in normal way.
How Can I Deal With Universal-current.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your computer, as well as your information, is in a severe danger. To quit this infection, you need to use antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Universal-current.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t change the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. Another disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your personal 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 eliminate all unwanted programs on your desktop, including Universal-current.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 viruses, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Universal-current.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 making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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 Universal-current.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.