Last week, I saw a plenty of messages like “my browser shows me unwanted Usefulhead.buzz pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Usefulhead.buzz pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus creators started a vast adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your PC, and forget about the aggravating Usefulhead.buzz pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Usefulhead.buzz) offer you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to receive alerts regarding the most up to date news?” or “enable alerts to be reported about latest discounts?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and may only sidetrack you with its abrupt showing up. Moreover, it can be quite easily disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer needed.
Pop-up alerts are rather an reliable advertising and marketing instrument. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can buy this stuff, and also as quickly as these things are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, cars and truck lending companies, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – customer will surely get a reminder concerning the item he/she intended to purchase. And such an advertising and marketing approach is almost free of charge – this aspect is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | Usefulhead.buzz |
| IP Address | 107.22.28.167 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Reader.com, Regadsworld.com, Datadesktopsecurity.online |
Usefulhead.buzz Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But in some cases pop-up ads can show up without your confirmation, and with a text which is completely various from your present interests or search queries. And also, besides unwanted Usefulhead.buzz pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, and then starts demonstrating you numerous promotions. Their content typically has no match with your usual search questions. Besides banner ads, your browser can also show you a substantial quantity of various Usefulhead.buzz pop-up promotions, which show up in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The large pack of adware is spread via trojan viruses, which are injected in your desktop earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to end up the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can still be influenced by adware virus. A significant amount of promotions together with Usefulhead.buzz pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be difficult to execute in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Usefulhead.buzz Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your PC, along with your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this virus, you require to use virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Usefulhead.buzz pop-ups virus. However, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were applied by malicious program. An additional negative aspect of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your system 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 malicious programs on your computer, including Usefulhead.buzz 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 programs, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard 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 set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Usefulhead.buzz virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser reset, you may choose the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Usefulhead.buzz 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.