Last week, I saw a great deal of messages like “my browser presents me undesirable Web-scanning.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Web-scanning.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me crazy, how to deal with them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus distributors started a vast adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can eliminate the computer viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the bothersome Web-scanning.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Web-scanning.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can contain something like “do you want to get notifications concerning the current information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding recent price cuts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and can only distract you with its unexpected appearing. And it can be easily turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer required.
Pop-up alerts are rather an effective advertising mechanism. If you want goods of some kind, you can allow 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 get the notification about this. The counterparty – online retailers, automobile lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – buyer will undoubtedly obtain a suggestion concerning the product he/she meant to buy. And also such an advertising approach is practically free – this aspect is very vital for companies.
| Site | Web-scanning.com |
| IP Address | Web-scanning.com |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Se27.biz, Allowtocontinue.com, Save-window.com |
Web-scanning.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up ads can come out without your confirmation, and with a material which is totally various from your current attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Web-scanning.com pop-ups from the unknown website, you can at the same time see a lot of ads, including ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the signal of adware presence.
Adware is the sort of malware which infiltrates into your personal computer, then begins showing you various ads. Their material usually has no match with your regular search queries. Besides banner promotions, your browser can additionally suggest you a huge amount of different Web-scanning.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your PC previously. Advertisements, which are displayed to you by malicious app, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all anti-malware programs began to catch these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in productivity. And to finish the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A huge amount of ads in addition to Web-scanning.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your common work will be difficult to execute in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Web-scanning.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your desktop, and your information, is in a significant risk. To quit this infection, you require to utilize anti-virus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to take care of Web-scanning.com pop-ups virus. However, it can’t return the web browser alterations which were implemented by harmful program. One more disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender through the Group Policies after being implanted to your computer.
To be 100% sure that your computer 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 unwanted programs on your desktop, including Web-scanning.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 checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reset 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 counteracted by Web-scanning.com malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware software for browser reset, 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 Web-scanning.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.
