Last week, I saw a great deal of posts like “my web browser displays me unwanted Y2mate.guru pop-up advertisements, is it a computer virus?” or “these Y2mate.guru pop-up advertisements in my Chrome making me insane, how to manage them?”. According to the data for last months, computer virus creators started a massive adware distribution project. Let me demonstrate you, how you can remove the viruses from your personal computer, and also forget about the annoying Y2mate.guru pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some websites (like a Y2mate.guru) use you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts about the current news?” or “enable notifications to be reported about new discount rates?”. Generally, such messages are harmless, and may only distract you with its abrupt visual appeal. Also it can be simply turned off, in case notices from this web site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are quite an efficient marketing tool. If you have an interest in products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the site where you can purchase 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 stores, auto lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – buyer will surely obtain a reminder concerning the product he/she meant to buy. And also such an advertising technique is almost cost-free – this element is extremely essential for firms.
| Site | Y2mate.guru |
| IP Address | 104.26.0.61 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Hilanfavouris.top, Wepushpush.com, Mylot.com |
Y2mate.guru Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However occasionally pop-up advertisements can come out without your permission, and with a content which is completely different from your current attentions or search questions. And, besides undesirable Y2mate.guru pop-ups from the unknown origin, you can at the same time see a lot of advertisements, consisting of ones on the pages which originally have no promotions at all. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which injects into your PC, after that begins demonstrating you various advertisements. Their material typically has no match with your normal search queries. Besides banner ads, your browser can also demonstrate you a huge number of various Y2mate.guru pop-up advertisements, which appear 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 injected in your computer earlier. Advertisements, which are suggested to you by malware, are paid by their makers. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, therefore, trojan loses in profitability. And to end up the user’s PC, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your computer system might still be influenced by adware virus. A massive quantity of ads in addition to Y2mate.guru pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical work will certainly be difficult to execute in common way.
How Can I Deal With Y2mate.guru Pop-Ups?
Assuming the text above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a serious danger. To stop this infection, you require to make use of antivirus tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Y2mate.guru pop-ups malware. Nevertheless, it can not reset the browser alterations which were applied by harmful program. Another downside of the anti-virus by Microsoft is its certain vulnerability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being implanted to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your PC is clean of any malware 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 Y2mate.guru 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 viruses, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malware sorted by their possible harm 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 set the action for every detected virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected malicious program. 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 cannot be intercepted by Y2mate.guru malware, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be located in the Tools tab.
After choosing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without utilizing third-party software
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser restoration, you can pick the “Reset browser settings” option, 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 Y2mate.guru 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.
