Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser presents me unwanted Yourmonds.com pop-up advertisements, is it a virus?” or “these Yourmonds.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me crazy, how to handle them?”. Due to the data for last months, computer virus distributors started a broad adware delivery campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can get rid of the viruses from your PC, and also forget about the irritating Yourmonds.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Yourmonds.com) use you pop-up advertisements. The message can contain something like “do you want to receive alerts concerning the most recent news?” or “enable alerts to be reported regarding latest discounts?”. Typically, such messages are risk-free, and may only sidetrack you with its sudden visual appeal. And it can be quite easily turned off, in case notifications from this site are no longer needed.
Pop-up notifications are rather an efficient marketing mechanism. If you are interested in products of some sort, you can give a permission to the pop-ups from the website where you can get this things, and as quickly as these things are in inventory again, or if you can have a discount – you will obtain the alert concerning this. The counterparty – online sellers, vehicle lending services, etc – will certainly remain in profit, too – purchaser will surely obtain a pointer concerning the item he/she meant to pay for. And also such a marketing approach is practically cost-free – this element is really essential for companies.
| Site | Yourmonds.com |
| IP Address | 172.67.170.248 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Mymatigg.live, Loboodae.com, Monuadz.com |
Yourmonds.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
But sometimes pop-up advertisements can come out without your permission, and also with a content which is completely various from your present cares or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Yourmonds.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can at the same time see a great deal of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which initially have no ads whatsoever. Such a scenario can be the trace of adware presence.
Adware is the type of pc virus which injects into your system, then begins showing you numerous ads. Their subject usually has no correlation with your usual search questions. Besides banner promotions, your web browser can also suggest you a big amount of different Yourmonds.com pop-up ads, which come into view in the lower right corner.
The model of adware usage is extremely sly. The large pack of adware is spread with trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your personal computer previously. Advertisements, which are shown to you by malicious program, are paid by their creators. In several weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, hence, trojan sheds in productivity. And to dispatch the user’s personal computer, malware distributors start ransomware distribution with these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop might still be impacted by adware virus. A massive number of advertisements along with Yourmonds.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow as snail, so your typical jobs will certainly be difficult to do in usual manner.
How Can I Deal With Yourmonds.com Pop-Ups?
Presuming the text above: your PC, as well as your data, is in a severe danger. To quit this virus, you need to use anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, is able to handle Yourmonds.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not change the web browser alterations which were put into effect by malicious program. An additional downside of the anti-malware program by Microsoft is its certain susceptability: viruses can disable Microsoft Defender with the Group Policies after being injected to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop is clean of any malware now, and will be clean in future, I can advice you to use GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
To detect and eliminate all malicious applications on your personal computer, including Yourmonds.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 malicious apps, because it scans only the most popular registry entries and folders.
You can spectate the detected malicious programs sorted by their possible harm till the scan process. But to choose any actions against malware, you need to wait until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To choose the action for each spotted 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.
Reverting browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you are required to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action cannot be counteracted by Yourmonds.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This option can be found in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be shown, where you can choose, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without using third-party applications
Besides using anti-malware tools for browser reset, you may pick the “Reset browser settings” function, 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:
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 Yourmonds.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.
