Recently, I saw a great deal of posts like “my web browser demonstrates to me undesirable Windows-secureit.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Windows-secureit.com pop-up promotions in my Chrome making me mad, how to manage them?”. According to the statistics for last months, computer virus distributors started a massive adware delivery campaign. Let me show you, how you can eliminate the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the bothersome Windows-secureit.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Windows-secureit.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive notices about the current information?” or “allow alerts to be reported regarding new price cuts?”. Normally, such messages are safe, and may only distract you with its sudden arrival. Moreover, it can be quickly disabled, in case notices from this web page are no longer required.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient advertising and marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the web site where you can acquire this stuff, and also as quickly as these items are in stock again, or if you can have a price cut – you will get the notification about this. The counterparty – online retailers, vehicle lending services, etc – will be in profit, too – purchaser will certainly obtain a suggestion concerning the item he/she intended to pay for. As well as such a marketing method is nearly free of charge – this aspect is really crucial for corporations.
| Site | Windows-secureit.com |
| IP Address | 104.21.87.92 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Bestfaustcaptcha.top, Greenstop.shop, Security-error.com |
Windows-secureit.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up ads can come out without your approval, and with an information which is completely various from your present interests or search queries. And, besides unwanted Windows-secureit.com pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a great deal of promotions, consisting of ones on the web pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the indication of adware existence.
Adware is the sort of computer virus which infiltrates into your computer, then starts displaying you different advertisements. Their subject , in most cases, has no match with your typical search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can likewise display you a massive quantity of different Windows-secureit.com pop-up promotions, which come into view in the bottom right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The huge pack of adware is dispersed via trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer earlier. Promotions, which are demonstrated to you by malware, are paid by their creators. In a few weeks, all antivirus programs began to block these adware, for this reason, trojan loses in earnings. And to ruin the user’s personal computer, malware distributors begin ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer may continue to be influenced by adware virus. A massive number of promotions together with Windows-secureit.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your common tasks will certainly be difficult to execute in usual way.
How Can I Deal With Windows-secureit.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, along with your information, is in a major danger. To quit this virus, you require to use anti-virus software. Microsoft Defender, which is embedded in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to deal with Windows-secureit.com pop-ups virus. Nevertheless, it can’t reset the web browser changes which were implemented by harmful program. An additional negative aspect of the antivirus by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your 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 delete all malicious applications on your PC, including Windows-secureit.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 see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm simultaneously with the scan process. But to perform any actions against malicious apps, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for every detected malicious or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malware. By default, all the viruses will be moved to quarantine.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To revert your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be intercepted by Windows-secureit.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 specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party applications
Besides using antivirus software for browser reset, you can 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:
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 Windows-secureit.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.