Recently, I saw a great deal of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates me unwanted Vantbox.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Vantbox.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, virus creators started a broad adware circulation project. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the annoying Vantbox.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Vantbox.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts about the latest information?” or “permit alerts to be reported about new discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are riskless, and may just distract you with its abrupt showing up. Moreover, it can be quite easily turned off, in case alerts from this web page are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an reliable marketing mechanism. If you want products of some kind, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can get this stuff, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will get the notice concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, car lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely get a suggestion regarding the item he/she planned to pay for. And such an advertising method is practically cost-free – this aspect is extremely crucial for corporations.
| Site | Vantbox.com |
| 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 | Fleshwax.icu, News-molixo.cc, Allnicespot.com |
Vantbox.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can appear without your permission, as well as with a material which is entirely various from your present cares or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Vantbox.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which primarily have no advertisements at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which injects into your personal computer, after that begins demonstrating you different advertisements. Their content , in most cases, has no match with your typical search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally demonstrate to you a big quantity of various Vantbox.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The big pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Ads, which are displayed to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, thus, trojan sheds in earnings. And to end up the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be affected by adware virus. A big amount of advertisements along with Vantbox.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular work will be impossible to execute in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Vantbox.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the text above: your PC, and your information, is in a significant danger. To quit this infection, you require to utilize antivirus program. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Vantbox.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can not change the web browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer system.
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 erase all unwanted programs on your personal computer, including Vantbox.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all the viruses will be removed to quarantine.
Reverting 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 intercepted by Vantbox.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, 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 restoration, you may choose 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:
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 Vantbox.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.
