How to remove Datingsecret.top pop-ups? — Fix Guide

Datingsecret.top pop-up notifications can show up unexpectedly, covering the post of the site you explored or opening your browser when you do not wish it to be opened.

Clicking on the Datingsecret.top promotion can lead to the injection of other malware or unwanted programs. In this guide, you will see the guideline of Datingsecret.top popups removal in multiple manners, as well as checking your system for other viruses presence.

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What are Datingsecret.top pop-ups?

Datingsecret.top popups are a consequence of adware activity. Adware is a kind of malware that shows you the pay-per-view of pay-per-click ads, which creates a significant amount of profit for adware distributors. These promotions might consist of sometimes shocking composition, or have a web link to malicious content/website, considering that adware maintainers have no purpose to inspect the goodness of the web content they are going to reveal – their single target is money.

Datingsecret.top push notification.

Pop-up advertising itself is a good, affordable and also extremely productive advertising solution¹. It allows the seller to link the buyers’ attention to their website, as well as the buyers to get the dynamic updates on the goods they intend to buy. When the consumer will get a pop-up notification that the TV set he wishes to purchase is offered at the online store he/she visited earlier with a 15% price cut, one will definitely use this chance and buy it. Considering the very small cost for the popups and their targeting, such a marketing instrument is a favourite thing among the advertising teams of large internet sellers.

Nevertheless, such a rewarding system could not be missed by virus creators. Option to show the popup ads forcibly to the victims of malware invasion is an excellent basis for evil-minded manipulations with the popup ads. And Datingsecret.top advertisements is among hundreds that are “employed” in this scheme.

Here is a details for the Datingsecret.top site

How have I got the Datingsecret.top virus?

There are a number of ways of getting infected by the adware that trigger the Datingsecret.top popups tornado. A lion’s part of this virus incidents is after the free software or cracked programs, that are distributed on the peering networks. Freeware can likewise be downloaded from the official site, and the adware is supplied as a legitimate bundled program.

There is no need to blame yourself. A plenty of users oftentimes work with the unreliable programs from untrusted sources: abandonware, a wide range of tools that are free of cost, or even hacked programs. Every one of these sorts of software are unsafe, due to the fact that it is very easy to build in a Datingsecret.top malware under the guise of part of the license hacking script, or as a part of the self-made algoritm within the Windows optimization tool.

Datingsecret.top popup virus can additionally be hidden in the advertisement somewhere on the odd site. Such sites are usually full of bright and blinking advertisements, and their proprietors usually accept any promotions to be published on their web page. Hence, clicking on such banners is a risky thing: only the ad contractor knows what will happen when you click this advertisement. Besides some “light” viruses, like adware or unwanted programs, you may additionally get something much more dangerous, like ransomware or coin miner; the substantial share of coin miners distribution is exactly after the malicious advertisements.

The statistic shows that people dislike popup advertising more than other types of promotions

Potentially unwanted programs, like Datingsecret.top pop-up virus can cause a lot of different troubles on your personal computer. Distracting is not the only effect – pop-up notifications can show you the promotions, where you are offered to get another dubious program, or “a perfect security tool”. Scareware is usually spread with the last motto. Potentially undesirable programs, in turn, can have spyware functionality. And it is quite hard to distinguish the unwanted app from a legit one, if you don’t know the exact names. Besides the potentially unwanted programs and fake antiviruses, popup-related advertisements are also used as a spreading way by different trojan viruses, for example – coin miners. The consequences of activity of such viruses is 100% unwanted, and can cost you hundreds or even thousands of dollars. And even if you are not interacting with these promotions, they can be clicked by whoever who also makes use of your PC – parents, children, spouse, etc. So the things can become much more serious, and it will be much harder to solve it without data loss. It is recommended to wipe out the viruses with anti-malware programs as soon as possible.

How can I get rid of Datingsecret.top pop-up advertisements?

The tutorial of Datingsecret.top adware clearing consists of 2 parts. First, we need to exterminate the malware, and afterwards correct the consequences of its action. The elimination task is very simple, due to the fact that it may be done even with using Microsoft Defender – anti-malware program that is present on all computers with Windows 8/10. Nevertheless, because of its large resources consumption, as well as some bugs that may be critical for some kinds of individuals, Defender is often turned off by the users, so its usage is most likely impossible. In addition, a wide range of trojan viruses are able to disable the embedded antivirus. It is better to use the separated program that will not have such weakness.

I’d recommend you to utilize Gridinsoft Anti-Malware² – a well-proven security tool that will definitely remove the malware from your computer and make an impenetrable cover with a Proactive protection function. However, let’s manage Datingsecret.top adware first.

Removing Datingsecret.top popup virus with GridinSoft Anti-Malware

• Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware. After the installation, you will be offered to perform the Standard Scan. Approve this action.

• Standard scan checks the logical disk where the system files are stored, together with the files of programs you have already installed. The scan lasts up to 6 minutes.

• When the scan is over, you may choose the action for each detected virus. For all files of Datingsecret.top malware the default option is “Delete”. Press “Apply” to finish the malware removal.

Now, when the computer is clean of viruses, we can proceed to the browser reset. You can do this step manually, as well as with the use of GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

Reset browser settings to default

Manual method of browser reset

To reset Edge, do the following steps :

1. Open “Settings and more” tab in upper right corner, then find here “Settings” button. In the appeared menu, choose “Reset settings” option :

2. After picking the Reset Settings option, you will see the following menu, stating about the settings which will be reverted to original :

For Mozilla Firefox, do the next actions :

1. Open Menu tab (three strips in upper right corner) and click the “Help” button. In the appeared menu choose “troubleshooting information” :

2. In the next screen, find the “Refresh Firefox” option :

After choosing this option, you will see the next message :

If you use Google Chrome

1. Open Settings tab, find the “Advanced” button. In the extended tab choose the “Reset and clean up” button :

2. In the appeared list, click on the “Restore settings to their original defaults” :

3. Finally, you will see the window, where you can see all the settings which will be reset to default :

Opera can be reset in the next way

1. 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 :


2. After clicking the “Restore settings…” button, you will see the window, where all settings, which will be reset, are shown :

When the browsers are reset, you need to make sure that your web browser will connect the accurate DNS while connecting to the web page you want. Make a text file named “hosts” on your desktop, then open it and fill it with the following text³:

Find the hosts.txt file in C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc directory. Rename this file to “hosts.old.txt” (to distinguish it from the new one), and then move the file you created on the desktop to this folder. Remove the hosts.old from this folder. Now you have your hosts file as good as new.

Nevertheless, there is one trouble that makes the things much harder to repair, particularly without the anti-malware software. A lot of adware variations that are used to show you the Datingsecret.top pop-up promotions are changing the deep browser configurations, disabling an access to the settings tab. So, if you attempt to change your browser settings after your computer was infected by pop-up-related malware, your browser will certainly collapse soon. In certain cases, you will see no crash, however, significant lag spike after pushing the “settings” key. Browser will stop reacting for ~ 30 seconds, and afterwards it will be back to the normal, until you try to open settings once more.

Reset your browser settings with GridinSoft Anti-Malware

To reset your browser with GridinSoft Anti-Malware, open the Tools tab, and click the “Reset browser settings” button.

You can see the list of the options for each browser. By default, they are set up in the manner which fits the majority of users. Press the “Reset” button (lower right corner). In a minute your browser will be as good as new.

The browser reset is recommended to perform through the antivirus tool by GridinSoft, because last is also able to reset the HOSTS file without any additional commands.

1. More about pop-up ads on Wikipedia.
2. GridinSoft Anti-Malware review and also the reasons why I advise it for malware removal.
3. Official Microsoft guide for hosts file reset.