Last week, I saw a plenty of posts like “my internet browser demonstrates to me unwanted Win-scan.com pop-up promotions, is it a computer virus?” or “these Win-scan.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to take care of them?”. Due to the statistics for last months, virus distributors began a massive adware circulation campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can delete the viruses from your computer system, as well as forget about the irritating Win-scan.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Win-scan.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to get notices about the most up to date information?” or “permit alerts to be reported regarding recent discount rates?”. Usually, such messages are trustworthy, and may just distract you with its sudden arrival. Moreover, it can be simply disabled, in case alerts from this site are no longer desired.
Pop-up notifications are fairly an efficient marketing tool. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can allow pop-ups from the internet site where you can purchase this things, and also as soon as these items are in store again, or if you can have a price cut – you will certainly get the notification concerning this. The counterparty – online stores, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly be in profit, too – customer will undoubtedly get a tip regarding the item he/she intended to buy. And such an advertising and marketing method is nearly free – this aspect is very important for companies.
| Site | Win-scan.com |
| IP Address | 162.159.138.85 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Securedevicesolutions.com, Securesoftware.pro, News-yisejo.cc |
Win-scan.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up promotions can show up without your permission, as well as with a text which is entirely different from your present cares or search questions. And also, besides undesirable Win-scan.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of ads, including ones on the pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the indicator of adware presence.
Adware is the type of virus which injects into your computer, then starts suggesting you different ads. Their subject often has no match with your ordinary search queries. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can also suggest you a massive quantity of various Win-scan.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right corner.
The model of adware usage is very sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your PC previously. Promotions, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in earnings. And to ruin the user’s computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may still be impacted by adware virus. A big number of ads along with Win-scan.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal activities will be impossible to perform in typical way.
How Can I Deal With Win-scan.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your desktop, and your information, is in a severe danger. To stop this infection, you need to use antivirus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Win-scan.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t change the browser alterations which were implemented by malicious program. An additional drawback of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its specific vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your desktop.
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 unwanted programs on your desktop, including Win-scan.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 scans only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard during the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious apps, you need to wait until the scan is finished, 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 virus. By default, all malware will be removed to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Win-scan.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings button, the menu will be shown, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party software
Besides using antivirus software for browser recovery, you can 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:
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 Win-scan.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.