Last week, I saw a huge amount of messages like “my browser shows me undesirable Yourniceposts.com pop-up ads, is it a computer virus?” or “these Yourniceposts.com pop-up ads in my Chrome making me insane, how to deal with them?”. According to the statistics for last months, virus creators began a vast adware distribution campaign. Let me demonstrate you, how you can erase the pc virus from your personal computer, as well as forget about the aggravating Yourniceposts.com pop-ups.
Pop-Ups : Discovering The Nature
You can admit that some sites (like a Yourniceposts.com) offer you pop-up promotions. The message can include something like “do you want to get alerts relating to the current information?” or “permit notifications to be reported regarding recent discounts?”. Typically, such messages are harmless, and may only distract you with its sudden appearing. Moreover, it can be easily turned off, in case alerts from this site are no longer wanted.
Pop-up notifications are rather an effective marketing mechanism. If you have an interest in items 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 get the alert about this. The counterparty – online merchants, auto lending services, etc – will remain in profit, too – purchaser will undoubtedly obtain a suggestion regarding the product he/she intended to buy. As well as such an advertising method is nearly free – this element is very vital for corporations.
| Site | Yourniceposts.com |
| IP Address | 139.45.197.146 |
| Infection Type | Adware, Push notifications, Unwanted Ads, Pop-up Ads |
| Symptoms | Annoying pop-up ads in the right corner. |
| Similar behavior | Donaldbackinsky.com, Solo3.biz, 9sercher.biz |
Yourniceposts.com Pop-Ups Are Not So Safe
However in some cases pop-up promotions can come out without your permission, and with a content which is entirely various from your current attentions or search questions. And also, besides unwanted Yourniceposts.com pop-ups from the unknown site, you can simultaneously see a lot of advertisements, including ones on the web pages which at first have no advertisements whatsoever. Such a situation can be the sign of adware existence.
Adware is the kind of pc virus which injects into your personal computer, after that begins demonstrating you different ads. Their content usually has no connection with your typical search questions. Besides banner promotions, your browser can likewise demonstrate to you a massive quantity of different Yourniceposts.com pop-up promotions, which appear in the lower right area.
The model of adware use is very sly. The large pack of adware is distributed through trojan viruses, which are infiltrated in your computer earlier. Promotions, which are suggested to you by virus, are paid by their creators. In a couple of weeks, all anti-malware programs began to stop these adware, for this reason, trojan sheds in earnings. And to terminate the user’s computer, virus distributors start ransomware distribution through these trojans.
Even if there is no active ransomware distribution, your desktop may continue to be impacted by adware virus. A significant number of ads in addition to Yourniceposts.com pop-ups can make your PC as slow-moving as snail, so your typical activities will certainly be difficult to perform in normal manner.
How Can I Deal With Yourniceposts.com Pop-Ups?
Thinking the paragraphs above: your PC, and your data, is in a serious risk. To stop this infection, you require to utilize anti-malware tool. Microsoft Defender, which is installed in every Windows 10 distribution, has the ability to handle Yourniceposts.com pop-ups malware. However, it can not reset the browser changes which were put into effect by harmful program. An additional drawback of the antivirus by Microsoft is its particular susceptability: malware can disable Microsoft Defender via the Group Policies after being infiltrated to your PC.
To be 100% sure that your desktop 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 unwanted applications on your PC, including Yourniceposts.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 malware, because it checks only the most popular registry entries and directories.
You can see the detected malicious apps sorted by their possible harm during the scan process. But to perform any actions against malware, you need to hold on until the scan is finished, or to stop the scan.
To set the action for every spotted virus or unwanted program, click the arrow in front of the name of detected virus. By default, all malware will be moved to quarantine.
Reset browser settings to original ones
To reset your browser settings, you need to use the Reset Browser Settings option. This action is not able to be counteracted by Yourniceposts.com virus, hence, you will surely see the result. This action can be located in the Tools tab.
After pressing the Reset Browser Settings option, the menu will be displayed, where you can specify, which settings will be reverted to original.
Reset browser setiings without making use of third-party programs
Besides using antivirus programs 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 Yourniceposts.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.
