Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my web browser presents me undesirable Webslick24.com pop-up promotions, is it a virus?” or “these Webslick24.com pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. According to the stats for last months, pc virus distributors started a broad adware circulation campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the pc virus from your personal computer, and forget about the irritating Webslick24.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Webslick24.com) use you pop-up promotions. The message can have something like “do you want to have notices concerning the latest news?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Normally, such messages are risk-free, and can just sidetrack you with its abrupt appearing. Plus it can be simply disabled, in case notifications from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective advertising tool. If you want goods of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the web site where you can buy this things, and as soon as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will certainly obtain the notification about this. The counterparty – online retailers, auto lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will surely obtain a pointer about the item he/she intended to purchase. And also such an advertising and marketing technique is nearly free of charge – this aspect is extremely essential for companies.
| Site | Webslick24.com |
| IP Address | 188.114.97.0 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Newtaber.com, Mega-tonne.com, Malox.live |
Webslick24.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up ads can show up without your permission, and also with a text which is completely various from your present cares or search queries. And, besides undesirable Webslick24.com pop-ups from the unknown resource, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which initially have no ads at all. Such a situation can be the proof of adware presence.
Adware is the kind of virus which injects into your system, after that starts showing you different ads. Their content often has no connection with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also display you a massive amount of various Webslick24.com pop-up advertisements, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware usage is really sly. The big pack of adware is dispersed through trojan viruses, which are injected in your system previously. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malicious program, are paid by their makers. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan loses in productivity. And to end up the user’s desktop, virus distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system can continue to be affected by adware virus. A huge number of promotions in addition to Webslick24.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your regular work will be impossible to do in common manner.
How Can I Deal With Webslick24.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the paragraphs above: your PC, and your information, is in a significant risk. To stop this infection, you require to make use of virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Webslick24.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t return the web browser changes which were put into effect by malicious program. One more downside of the anti-virus 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 system is clean of any viruses 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 Webslick24.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 spectate the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to perform any actions against the viruses, you need to hold on until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Webslick24.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 specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware software for browser recovery, you may 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 Webslick24.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.
