Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my web browser shows me unwanted Video-searches.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Video-searches.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to take care of them?”. According to the stats for last months, virus distributors started a broad adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your PC, and also forget about the annoying Video-searches.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Video-searches.com) use you pop-up ads. The message can include something like “do you want to have alerts relating to the most up to date information?” or “allow alerts to be reported about latest discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can only sidetrack you with its unexpected showing up. Moreover, it can be easily disabled, in case notifications from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up alerts are quite an effective advertising and marketing tool. If you are interested in items of some type, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this things, and also as quickly as these items are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly get the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online stores, cars and truck lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will definitely get a suggestion concerning the product he/she planned to pay for. And such a marketing technique is almost free – this aspect is very crucial for firms.
| Site | Video-searches.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.96.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Twxhvr.com, Gate36.xyz, Rplnd35.com |
Video-searches.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can appear without your approval, and with a content which is completely different from your present cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Video-searches.com pop-ups from the unknown source, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, including ones on the web pages which at first have no ads at all. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your PC, after that begins displaying you different ads. Their content usually has no match with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can also display you a huge amount of various Video-searches.com pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right corner.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is spread through trojan viruses, which are injected in your personal computer previously. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to finish the user’s PC, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your PC may still be affected by adware virus. A substantial quantity of advertisements along with Video-searches.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common work will be impossible to carry out in common way.
How Can I Deal With Video-searches.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your personal computer, and your information, is in a serious danger. To quit this infection, you require to make use of antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Video-searches.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t revert the browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. Another downside of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted 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 advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious programs on your PC, including Video-searches.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 malicious apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can see the detected viruses sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to perform 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 each detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware 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 cannot be intercepted by Video-searches.com malware, 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 choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser restoration, you can choose 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 Video-searches.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.
