Recently, I saw a great deal of posts like “my web browser displays me unwanted Urltiny.ru pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Urltiny.ru pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, computer virus suppliers began a large adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can erase the pc virus from your PC, and also forget about the aggravating Urltiny.ru pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Urltiny.ru) show you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to get notices relating to the latest information?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding new discounts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can only distract you with its unexpected appearing. Also it can be simply turned off, in case notices from this website are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are quite an reliable advertising and marketing instrument. If you have an interest in items of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website 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 notice regarding this. The counterparty – online retailers, car lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a tip regarding the item he/she intended to buy. And also such an advertising and marketing method is practically cost-free – this aspect is extremely vital for corporations.
| Site | Urltiny.ru |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Advnphome.com, Ouweecotsurvey.space, Romeks.live |
Urltiny.ru Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can show up without your confirmation, and also with an information which is entirely different from your existing interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Urltiny.ru pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your system, and then begins demonstrating you numerous advertisements. Their content often has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise demonstrate you a big number of different Urltiny.ru pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer previously. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in productivity. And to finish the user’s computer system, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be affected by adware virus. A huge number of advertisements in addition to Urltiny.ru pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common jobs will certainly be difficult to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Urltiny.ru Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a severe danger. To stop this virus, you need to use virus removal software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Urltiny.ru pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t revert the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 malicious applications on your PC, including Urltiny.ru 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 malicious apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to choose any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted malicious 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 revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Urltiny.ru virus, 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 shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using anti-malware software for browser recovery, you may 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:
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 Urltiny.ru 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.
