Last week, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my browser presents me unwanted Vercounsel.top pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Vercounsel.top pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. Due to the stats for last months, virus creators started a broad adware circulation project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your personal computer, as well as forget about the annoying Vercounsel.top pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Vercounsel.top) show you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to have notices regarding the current news?” or “permit alerts to be reported about recent price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are harmless, and may only sidetrack you with its abrupt appearance. Also it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this website are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective advertising instrument. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the web site where you can purchase this things, and as soon as these products are in inventory again, or if you can have a price cut – you will obtain the alert regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending companies, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a reminder regarding the product he/she intended to pay for. As well as such a marketing method is almost free of charge – this element is really essential for firms.
| Site | Vercounsel.top |
| IP Address | 54.144.3.29 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Caricerecorated.info, Locationtutor.xyz, Includemylife.info |
Vercounsel.top Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can come out without your confirmation, and with an information which is completely different from your existing interests or search questions. And, besides undesirable Vercounsel.top pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the pages which at first have no advertisements at all. Such a situation can be the signal of adware existence.
Adware is the type of malware which injects into your PC, after that begins showing you various ads. Their content usually has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can likewise display you a substantial quantity of different Vercounsel.top pop-up advertisements, which show up in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your desktop earlier. Ads, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, hence, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s computer, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can continue to be influenced by adware virus. A big number of ads together with Vercounsel.top pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your normal jobs will certainly be impossible to perform in common way.
How Can I Deal With Vercounsel.top Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your information, is in a major danger. To stop this virus, you need to make use of anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Vercounsel.top pop-ups virus. Nonetheless, it can’t return the browser alterations which were put into effect by harmful program. One more downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malicious programs now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and delete all malicious applications on your computer, including Vercounsel.top 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 folders.
You can observe the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm till 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 virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses 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 Vercounsel.top malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus tools for browser recovery, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Vercounsel.top 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.
