Recently, I saw a huge amount of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted Video-search-on.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Video-search-on.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, computer virus suppliers started a large adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can erase the viruses from your PC, as well as forget about the irritating Video-search-on.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Video-search-on.com) show you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to have notifications relating to the latest information?” or “enable notifications to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Typically, such messages are riskless, and can just distract you with its unexpected arrival. And it can be quickly disabled, in case alerts from this online resource are no longer desired.
Pop-up notices are rather an effective advertising and marketing tool. If you are interested in goods of some sort, you can enable pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this stuff, and as soon as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly obtain the alert about this. The counterparty – online merchants, automobile lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – customer will certainly get a suggestion about the item he/she intended to pay for. As well as such a marketing method is nearly free of charge – this factor is really crucial for firms.
| Site | Video-search-on.com |
| IP Address | 134.209.203.156 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Xxxcontent.biz, 18plusvideos.me, Majortoplink.com |
Video-search-on.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However sometimes pop-up ads can appear without your permission, and also with an information which is totally various from your present cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Video-search-on.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of promotions, including ones on the web pages which at first have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the proof of adware appearance.
Adware is the type of pc virus which infiltrates into your personal computer, after that starts showing you different advertisements. Their subject typically has no correlation with your regular search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can likewise display you a massive amount of different Video-search-on.com pop-up advertisements, which show up in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is distributed with trojan viruses, which are injected in your system earlier. Promotions, which are displayed to you by virus, 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 computer system, virus distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer might still be affected by adware virus. A massive quantity of ads together with Video-search-on.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common activities will certainly be difficult to do in common way.
How Can I Deal With Video-search-on.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your information, is in a severe risk. To quit this virus, you need to use anti-malware software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to deal with Video-search-on.com pop-ups malware. Nonetheless, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. One more drawback of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your computer system.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can offer you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and remove all malicious applications on your personal computer, including Video-search-on.com pop-ups virus, with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, it’s better to utilize Standard or Full scan. Quick Scan is not able to find all the malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard during 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 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 are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be intercepted by Video-search-on.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party software
Besides using antivirus programs for browser reset, you can choose 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 Video-search-on.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.
