Eclipse-adblocker.pro Pop-up Virus — How to Remove Unwanted Ads?

Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-ups that appear while browsing the Web are the result of a malware activity that resides within your web browser. Such pop-ups emerge in abundant quantities, distracting and annoying you.

The majority of the pop-ups from Eclipse-adblocker.pro site are not relevant to your choices, as it presents any marketing content it receives a contract for. Given that a large number of websites promoted in this fashion are not legitimate, it is obvious to expect them to feature malicious content. In particular, they can throw you into diverse types of online frauds.

What are Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-ups?

By certain characteristics, Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-ups are to normal pop-ups you may experience on regular sites. However, all the distinction – and harmfulness – arises from this specific website. Pages like Eclipse-adblocker.pro are frequently formed with just one intention – to present unsuspecting individuals to allow pop-ups and then begin spamming them.

Short summary of the Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-ups:

Name	Eclipse-adblocker.pro
Hosting	AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. United States, San Francisco
IP Address	172.67.188.19
Malware type	Adware¹
Effect	Unwanted pop-up advertisements
Hazard level	Medium
Malware source	Apps from third-party websites, ads on dubious websites
Similar behavior	Pbmsoultions, Prizestash, Verifiedbreaking
Removal method	To remove possible virus infections, try to scan your PC

Ads by the Eclipse-adblocker.pro site are not legit either. At best, those will be completely irrelevant banners, that will still be irritating considering their frequency. Though, more frequent instances include advertisements of mysterious deals with 90% discount, adult sites ads or phishing attempts. Here are some of the standard patterns for pop-up spam:

You have a new message on Facebook/Twitter/WhatsApp *link to a phishing copy of the site*
There are 5 (10,20,50) women near you that wish to chat with you
Collect your 90% discount coupon on this new, totally not scam shopping site
Get a huge crypto bonus for signing in on this new crypto exchange website
Your PC is infected with 15(any number up to 100) viruses, scan your system urgently/contact our tech support
Use this extremely effective system cleaner to speed up your PC

Due to the illegal promotional approach of Eclipse-adblocker.pro, no legitimate enterprises will actually utilize their advertisement services. Instead, the whole array of topics I’ve delineated above is controlled by the same deceitful actors as those who are responsible for Eclipse-adblocker.pro. Occasionally, upon interaction with the pop-up ad, you might be redirected to another page that suggests activating pop-up advertisements. The activity of multiple origins of pop-ups can transform your browser into an outlet of a pop-up surge.

Eclipse-adblocker.pro push notification.

Where did Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-ups come from?

The primary and most prevalent method to access the pop-up spamming site is to browse content on warez sites, pages containing pirated content, and the like. The people responsible for such dubious venues aim to counterbalance expenses via redirects, often as a promotional strategy. This type of redirection is commonly known as an “anti-bot verification”.

A further plausible source of pop-up advertisements is adware, currently active inside of your system. It alters browser settings in a way so it begins displaying Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-ups without your consent. However, this situation is relatively rare, as such malware employs its own, more productive method to showcasing advertisements.

Are Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-up ads dangerous?

Yes, they are. Initially, they can look harmless – just a colourful pop-up that appears from time to time. However, the things this window promotes differ sharply from what you used to see in pop-up ads. Eclipse-adblocker.pro web page is controlled by fraudsters, who intentionally show hundreds of irrelevant ads in pop-ups. They also never follow any common sense and can launch sporadic pop-up advertisements into a hurricane of ads. For weak computers, that may be enough to cause performance issues. But troubles are not over at this point.

As any other thing that touches illegal ads, Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-up ads lack legit deals to offer. Even when crooks make the ads similar to ones from well-known retailers, the web page these ads will throw you to are completely different. And these pages may offer you to turn on other pop-ups, install a “useful” program, or pay for a thing at a big discount and never receive it. Let’s leave aside the cases when push notifications promote phishing pages or straightforward malware. There’s no way these pages will bring you any good, thus interacting with them is a very bad idea. For the same reason, Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-up advertisements are not recommended to click on either, and the best solution is to disable them as soon as possible.

How to remove Eclipse-adblocker.pro pop-ups?

Reset your browsers manually

To reset Edge, do the following steps:

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:

For Mozilla Firefox, do the next actions:

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

The first step to revert Mozilla Firefox

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

If you use Google Chrome

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:

Opera can be reset in the next way

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:

When the browsers are reset, you need to ensure that your browser will connect the right DNS while connecting to the website you need. Create a text file titled “hosts” on your pc’s desktop, then open it and fill it with the following lines²:



# Copyright (c) 1993-2006 Microsoft Corp.

#

# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.

#

# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each

# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should

# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.

# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one

# space.

#

# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual

# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.

#

# For example:

#

# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server

# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handle within DNS itself.

# 127.0.0.1 localhost

# ::1 localhost

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.

Scan your system for possible viruses

Once the scan is complete, you will see the detections or a notification about a clean system. Proceed with pressing the Clean Up button (or OK when nothing is detected).

References

Official Microsoft guide for hosts file reset.