Last week, I saw a great deal of messages like “my internet browser displays me undesirable Viibngx.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Viibngx.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to handle them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus suppliers started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the computer viruses from your computer system, and forget about the irritating Viibngx.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Viibngx.com) show you pop-up advertisements. The message can have something like “do you want to get notifications relating to the most recent information?” or “allow notifications to be reported about new discounts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and can just distract you with its abrupt showing up. Also it can be easily disabled, in case notices from this website are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient marketing tool. If you have an interest in goods of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this things, and also as soon as these things are in store again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notification regarding this. The counterparty – online merchants, car lending companies, etc – will remain in profit, too – customer will definitely get a tip concerning the item he/she planned to pay for. As well as such a marketing approach is practically free of charge – this element is extremely crucial for companies.
| Site | Viibngx.com |
| IP Address | 31.220.27.134 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Haloweenpromob2.click, Ethicsage.com, Buynads.com |
Viibngx.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up advertisements can come out without your confirmation, as well as with an information which is totally different from your present cares or search questions. And, besides undesirable Viibngx.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a great deal of ads, consisting of ones on the pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a situation can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your PC, and then begins showing you numerous promotions. Their content usually has no correlation with your normal search queries. Besides banner ads, your web browser can likewise demonstrate to you a significant amount of different Viibngx.com pop-up advertisements, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware use is really sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC previously. Promotions, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in productivity. And to end up the user’s computer system, malware 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 substantial quantity of promotions along with Viibngx.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common activities will certainly be difficult to carry out in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Viibngx.com Pop-Ups?
Concluding the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your data, is in a serious danger. To quit this virus, you require to use antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Viibngx.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not revert the web browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. Another drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being implanted to your desktop.
To be 100% sure that your PC 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 applications on your personal computer, including Viibngx.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 malicious programs, because it scans 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 perform any actions against malicious programs, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious app. By default, all malware 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 cannot be counteracted by Viibngx.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, you may pick 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:
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 Viibngx.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.
