Last week, I saw a plenty of posts like “my internet browser displays me unwanted Window-safe.com pop-up ads, is it a virus?” or “these Window-safe.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me mad, how to deal with them?”. According to the data for last months, pc virus distributors started a vast adware delivery project. Let me show you, how you can get rid of the pc virus from your computer, and forget about the frustrating Window-safe.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Window-safe.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can include something like “do you want to have notices about the most up to date information?” or “enable notifications to be reported about recent discounts?”. Normally, such messages are trustworthy, and can just distract you with its abrupt showing up. And it can be easily turned off, in case alerts from this website are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective marketing mechanism. If you are interested in goods of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the internet site where you can get this stuff, and as quickly as these products are in stock again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the notice about this. The counterparty – online merchants, vehicle lending companies, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will certainly get a pointer regarding the product he/she meant to buy. And such an advertising and marketing approach is nearly free of charge – this aspect is extremely essential for corporations.
| Site | Window-safe.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 | Saumeechoa.com, Webpushpull.com, Blamedbuckie.fun |
Window-safe.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But occasionally pop-up advertisements can show up without your permission, and also with a content which is completely various from your present cares or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Window-safe.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can simultaneously see a great deal of promotions, including ones on the web pages which originally have no promotions whatsoever. Such a situation can be the indication of adware appearance.
Adware is the kind of computer virus which infiltrates into your PC, and then starts demonstrating to you various advertisements. Their material , in most cases, has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner advertisements, your web browser can additionally show you a significant number of different Window-safe.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the bottom right area.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The huge pack of adware is distributed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Promotions, which are shown to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to block these adware, hence, trojan loses in earnings. And to finish the user’s desktop, malware distributors start ransomware distribution via these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer can continue to be affected by adware virus. A massive amount of advertisements together with Window-safe.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your normal work will be difficult to execute in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Window-safe.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your personal computer, as well as your data, is in a significant danger. To quit this infection, you need to make use of virus removal tool. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to take care of Window-safe.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not return the web browser changes which were applied by harmful program. An additional disadvantage of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your personal computer is clean of any viruses now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and erase all malicious applications on your desktop, including Window-safe.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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can observe the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible hazard till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malicious programs, you need to wait until the scan is over, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for each spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all the viruses 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 is not able to be counteracted by Window-safe.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing 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 utilizing third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser reset, you may choose 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 Window-safe.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.